Smart Molding International 2-2020

smart_molding international 2/2020 contents With the introduction of the new biomaterial, the specialty chemicals company Evonik is launching a new product line of next-generation, PEEK-based implant materials that it will market under the brand name VESTAKEEP® Fusion. The osteoconductive properties of the new PEEK material were achieved by using a special functional additive -biphasic calcium phosphate - and allow bone cells to adhere to implants more quickly, thus positively influencing fusion, so called osteointegration, at the boundary between the bone and the implant. This, in turn, will accelerate bone fusion and convalescence. contents newsfeed Postponement did not affect success of the show 06 Course Charted for K 2022 07 Formnext Connect succeeds as the digital heart of the international AM industry 08 PLASTIMAGEN® announces new dates and launches digital extension 08 Husky appoints Tony Black to lead Customer Success Management organization 10 Professor Helmar Franz resigned as a member of the Haitian Iternational board 10 Desma makes personnel adjustments and investments to secure the future 11 Bonnie Tully named President Evonik Corporation 12 Anniversary machine: KraussMaffei delivers 100th injection molding machine to Polycom 12 Medical high-volume molds in demand for 2020 13 Sumitomo (SHI) Demag modernizes production logistics and training centre 14 Ultramid® for high-quality surfaces in the car interior 14 DAHL Automation becomes member of the Hahn Group 15 Increased clamping force for the largest BOY-Insert moulding machine 16 New virtual FAT from Gefit 16 Virtual FAT and SAT ensuring continuity for SACMI customers worldwide 17 Dyemansion raises $14M to drive the transformation of manufacturing 18 medical application Henkel and Origin collaborate to help meet demand for COVID-19 NP swabs 20 Compact, flexible, cost-effective 21 Arburg despite corona: “Wir sind da.” 22 Wittmann Battenfeld molding technology for FACEshield fasteners from FT-TEC 24 Sabic accelerates order fulfillment amid COVID-19 26 EnvisionTEC to 3D print mass quantities of nasopharyngeal swabs for COVID-19 testing 28 Evonik launches next-generation PEEK biomaterial for medical technology applications 29 machinery Engel presents the next generation e-cap 30 World premiere of the all-new Netstal PET-line: Re-shuffling the cards in the PET market 32 Thermoplay unveils its new thermal hot-runner nozzle for direct side injection 34 robots Ideal partner in production 36 Campetella intensifies IML performance with latest robot generation and autonomous mobile robot (AMR) support 38 rawmaterials Smartl y designed with easy-flowing polyamide 40 periphery Cent ral material supply system for producing pharmaceutical grade packaging materials 42 3D printing AM T Launches PostProDP, an Automated De-powdering System for 3D Printing 44 mold design Precise an d Quick Face Mask Production With Virtual Molding 45 service YiM ES: Be gin the Digital Transformation Journey 46 Milacron unveils new M-Powered applications 48 Arburg has responded to the Corona crisis very early on with great prudence and excellent know-how. Thanks to that, the machine manufacturer based in Lossburg considers itself well-positioned for the future after the pandemic, in terms of technology, know-how and organisation: production continues to progress and the development of innovative solutions for injection moulding, industrial additive manufacturing and progress in digitalisation is being driven forward. 4 29 22