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Article: Netstal Machinery showing wide range of technologies.
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- Plastics News
- Article date:
- June 22, 2006
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Byline: Bill Bregar
Netstal Machinery Inc. (Booth S2616) is hitting all the bases at NPE 2006, as it molds PET preforms on a 192-cavity press and demonstrates in-mold labeling and all-electric molding. Want to see a lot of closures? Netstal is slamming out 65,000 of them an hour - then checking every single one with a vision-system inspection.
This NPE marks the North American trade show debut for the 192-cavity preform machine and the Elion all-electric press. Both were introduced in 2004, at the last K show in Germany.
The PET-Line press, which has clamping force of 660 tons, can turn out up to 94,000 preforms an hour, said Rick Shaffer, ...