Extrusion.The new factor in extrusion machinery at this NPE NPE NullPointerException (Java) NPE Network Processing Engine NPE National Policy on Education NPE National Plastics Exposition NPE Natural Penis Enlargement NPE Nutrition Program for the Elderly is the influx of Asian suppliers. We count 30 Chinese OEMs this time vs. five at NPE '03 and 17 Taiwanese vs. six in '03. Chinese exhibitors now are likely to have a North American or European engineering or sales alliance. Some Chinese machine builders have adopted westernized west·ern·ize tr.v. west·ern·ized, west·ern·iz·ing, west·ern·iz·es To convert to the customs of Western civilization. west manufacturing techniques. Jwell (Shanghai) Machinery, for example, is ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001 certified. And Jin Ming Plastics Machinery has several years' experience building oscillating os·cil·late intr.v. os·cil·lat·ed, os·cil·lat·ing, os·cil·lates 1. To swing back and forth with a steady, uninterrupted rhythm. 2. hauloffs for a European maker of blown film extruders and now offers seven- and nine-layer blown film lines itself, though it has a three-layer line for its NPE debut. Jin Ming (North American offices at J.M. Machinery in Canada) incorporates European components such as a Kundig thickness gauge on a manually adjusted, Chinese-built die; and Schneider inverter (1) A logic gate that converts the input to the opposite state for output. If the input is true, the output is false, and vice versa. An inverter performs the Boolean logic NOT operation. (2) A circuit that converts DC current into AC current. Contrast with rectifier. drives from Germany on Chinese-built AC motors. News in testing and inspection Lots of new capabilities are shown for on-line quality checks. Gneuss developed a small on-line capillary Viscosimeter viscosimeter an apparatus used in measuring viscosity of a substance. to determine polyolefin and PET I.V. A PLC generates shear and viscosity data, and the sampled melt goes back into the extruder. Two NPE exhibitors brought new visual inspection systems based on LED light instead of lasers. Wintriss Engineering is introducing Refraction refraction, in physics, deflection of a wave on passing obliquely from one transparent medium into a second medium in which its speed is different, as the passage of a light ray from air into glass. Ranger sheet inspection to detect superfine superfine a class of merino sheep with wool finer than that of fine-wool. Usual limit is wool of 18.5 microns or less fiber diameter. MD scratches in films for window glass. Pixargus is introducing X-LightEdge surface and dimension inspection for profiles. Isis Optronics' new non-contact gauge uses IR reflection to measure overall film and individual layer thickness. Davinor is displaying a white-light interferometer interferometer: see interference under Interference as a Scientific Tool. See also virtual telescope. An instrument that measures the wavelengths of light and distances. gauge for layer thickness. Less glamorous but very practical is the Melt Monitor from Dynisco, said to be the only combination extrusion pressure/temperature gauge on the market. Going gearless Machinery news includes wider application of gearless, synchronous, permanent-magnet torque motors, especially in blown film. NPE is a prime opportunity to explore motors, gears, and drives for extrusion because these component suppliers haven't been allowed to exhibit at the K Show in Dusseldorf--the only plastics show bigger than NPE. At NPE, however, Zambello of Italy (represented by STC STC Supplemental Type Certificate (FAA) STC Society for Technical Communication STC Subject to Change STC Surf the Channel (website) STC Sound Transmission Class STC Singapore Turf Club Equipment) will display a new TST TST 1 Toxic shock toxin 2 Treadmill stress test, see there high-speed gearbox, said to have the world's highest torque. German motor builder Baumuller is exhibiting its newest and largest gearless torque motor (see Other Exhibitors section). Gearless torque motors are actually running equipment at this show. Macchi will operate a coex blown film line with all-gearless motors from Siemens on three extruders, the oscillating hauloff, and five winder rolls. Davis-Standard is showing the first North American-built extruder with a gearless permanent-magnet torque motor (from Siemens) on its new EMDD (Electric Motor Direct Drive) extruder. TechFlow Design & Manufacturing will show a video of its coex blown film line with gearless torque motors from Siemens, built in Italy this year at partner Giovanni Zocchi. Reifenhauser, which showed the first gearless motor on an extruder at last NPE, has added three new extruder sizes (60, 80 and 90 mm) for wire coating with Siemens motors. Besides being silent and allegedly energy efficient (which some OEMs say is hard to substantiate), the real advantages of the new gearless motors may turn out to be greater accuracy for better quality film and rolls and space savings where it counts most--in high-layer coextrusion. Addex's first extruder with a gearless torque motor is called SlimLine (see Keeping Up with Extrusion) and is recommended for seven- and nine-layer lines. High-wood-content profiles New wood/plastic composite (WPC WPC (in Britain) woman police constable WPC (Brit) n abbr (= woman police constable) → Polizistin f WPC n abbr (BRIT ) profile systems, mostly from Europe, pack in much more wood flour than U.S. processors are used to, and they generally do so without predrying. Cincinnati Extrusion is showing its Fiberex conical (or parallel) twin-screw running 80% wood flour in PP interior profiles, a fairly new application in the U.S. Cincinnati Milacron will show a TC 86 conical twin for running up to 70% natural fiber in fence profiles. Futuresoft's WPC profile extruders, built in China by a joint venture with Shan Xi Qinchuan Machinery, also reportedly process up to 70% wood flour or rice hulls. In two-stage WPC extrusion, Advanced Extruder Technologies (AET AET Aetna, Inc. AET After Extra Time AET Actual Evapotranspiration AET Alliance for Environmental Technology AET Alpha-Ethyltryptamine AET Applied Extrusion Technologies, Inc. ) combines a continuous batch intensive mixer with a hot-melt extruder. Altech-CTE in Japan combines one long and one short screw side by side, thereby combining a twin-screw kneader knead tr.v. knead·ed, knead·ing, kneads 1. To mix and work into a uniform mass, as by folding, pressing, and stretching with the hands: kneading dough. 2. in line with a single-screw extruder, all in one barrel. New flexibility in pipe & profile Extruders are becoming more modular as an affordable way to offer choices of custom features. Many profile extruders introduced at NPE are described as modular with interchangeable sections, often prewired and preplumbed. American Kuhne's new AKcent low-cost customizable extruder offers a choice of three base configurations. American Maplan's new TechBEX single-screw profile extruder offers downstream modules that can easily be reconfigured. And Macro Engineering is introducing extruders with interchangeable grooved or smooth feed throats. Inoex is showing its Advantage here for the first time: It allows pushbutton push·but·ton n. also push button A small button that activates an electric circuit when pushed. adj. also push-but·ton Equipped with or operated by a pushbutton. changes of polyolefln pipe dimensions and is said to be retrofittable on any pipe line. Krauss-Maffei's QuickSwitch system to change polyolefin pipe dimensions has now been adapted for PVC PVC: see polyvinyl chloride. PVC in full polyvinyl chloride Synthetic resin, an organic polymer made by treating vinyl chloride monomers with a peroxide. pipe, too. MESIM MESIM Minefield Effects Simulation MESIM Mission Essential Subsystem Inoperative Maintenance , LISIM, and other cast film news Even some of the most highly specialized equipment is becoming more flexible. DMT is bringing drawings of its new MESIM (Mechanical Simultaneous Stretching) line for biax film, which is only the second in the world (after Bruckner's LISIM technology) for simultaneous MD/TD stretching. DMT's MESIM is designed to accommodate a couple of different materials on one adjustable-width line, either BOPP and BOPE BOPE Batalhão de Operações Policiais Especiais (Special Police Operations Battalion; Rio de Janeiro Police) BOPE Blowout Prevention Equipment or BOPET and BOPS. Bruckner, meanwhile, is bringing its third-generation LISIM system to the show. For complex, high-output cast films, Dolci is announcing a 5-layer line with a jumbo chill roll (1.5 meter diam.) and Welex is showing only the die of a 6-extruder, 9-layer line that company sources say is the most complex Welex has ever built--capable of both double-barrier sheet for packaging and pinstriped pin·stripe also pin stripe n. 1. A very thin stripe, especially on a fabric. 2. a. A fabric with very thin stripes, often used for suits. b. A suit made of such fabric. Often used in the plural. sheet for yogurt cups. A lot of market development is going on in micro-layer films with 100 or 1000 layers, but only EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) The electronic communication of business transactions, such as orders, confirmations and invoices, between organizations. Third parties provide EDI services that enable organizations with different equipment to connect. will reflect that at the show. Cloeren and newcomer Allied Dies have micro-layer developments too, but won't display them in Chicago. In other sheet news, EDI is also introducing a Restrictor Bar version of its Contour die for higher sheet throughput. And HPM HPM High Power Microwave HPM Health and Productivity Management HPM Hyper Page Mode HPM Human Performance Modeling HPM High Pressure Mercury HPM Hazardous Production Material (1997 Uniform Fire Code) HPM Human Potential Movement is featuring Multi-Nip roll stacks with up to seven nipped chill rolls, also for higher sheet output. More wear & corrosion resistance With all the glass-filled resins being processed, lots of exhibitors will show more wear-resistant screws and barrels. A few claim to have new metallurgy. Crucible Service Centers is introducing wear-resistant nickel and stainless alloys. Extreme Coatings features a new NiBoride nickel boride bo·ride n. A binary compound of boron with a more electropositive element or radical. coating for abrasion resistance and release in dies. And Conforma Clad is announcing new technology for extreme corrosion resistance. To help you discern when to repair or replace a screw or barrel in the first place, Glycon Corp. is showing its novel Smart Barrel system, which mechanically measures wear without removing the screw, and Flitescan, which measures screw wear while the extruder is running. Exhibitor Listings Includes extruders, dies, air rings, screen changers, screws, barrels, controls, gauging, web-handling and other downstream equipment, bag-making, corona treating, and other converting equipment. New developments appear in boldface ABIEF-BRAZILIAN ASSOCIATION OF FLEXIBLE PLASTIC PACKAGING Booth 10214 Trade group will run a hospitality suite for its 190 plastic packaging members. ADDEX INC inc - /ink/ increment, i.e. increase by one. Especially used by assembly programmers, as many assembly languages have an "inc" mnemonic. Antonym: dec. . Booth 5571 Showing new 70-mm, 30:1 Slim Line Extruder with Baumuller gearless motor to save space on highly layered blown film lines. First North American appearance of synchronous, permanent-magnet torque motor from Baumuller (Booth 7409). Also new: oscillating hauloff that leaves no discernable zigzag (camber cam·ber n. 1. a. A slightly arched surface, as of a road, a ship's deck, an airfoil, or a snow ski. b. The condition of having an arched surface. 2. ) in finished film, reducing edge trim (said to be a first). First show appearance of winder with knife in lay-on-drum and electrostatic pinning. Also exhibiting 3-layer Redi Die, manual-gauge-control air ring, and 36-in.-diam. IBC IBC International Building Code IBC Iraq Body Count IBC Institutional Biosafety Committee IBC Inflammatory Breast Cancer IBC International Business Company IBC Independence Blue Cross IBC Insurance Bureau of Canada IBC International Broadcasting Convention with gauge control. ADESCOR INC. Booth 4551 Manufactures pipe cutoffs and downstream pipe fabrication equipment. ADVANCED EXTRUDER TECHNOLOGIES (AET) Booth 4372 Introducing wood/plastic composite compounding and extrusion line that combines a continuous-batch intensive mixer with Advantage single-screw, 15:1 L/D L/D Labor and Delivery L/D Lethal Dose L/D Lift/Drag (ratio) L/D Low Dynamic L/D Limiter/Discriminator L/D Loading / Discharging Rate (shipping) grooved-feed, hot-melt extruder. Also introducing sheet take-off for packaging. AEC AEC US Atomic Energy Commission Noun 1. AEC - a former executive agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States Atomic Energy Commission INC. Booth 1802 Offers vacuum calibration tanks, servo cutters, saws, pullers, embossers, takeaway conveyors, and other downstream accessories. ALLIED DIES INC. Booth 6255 Showing flat dies for film or sheet plus a model of new auto-gauge-control device with automatic lip adjustment. ALPHA MARATHON TECHNOLOGIES INC. Booth 11032 Unveiling Abacus Air Ring for automatic gauge control. ALTECH COMMUNICATIONS CO. LTD LTD 1 Laron-type dwarfism 2 Leukotriene D 3 Long-term depression, see there 4. Long-term disability . Booth 4399 Japanese firm has Swiss unit, AltechPlast AG, that sells bag machines. ALTECH USA INC. Booth 7235 Introducing wood/plastic extrusion equipment from CTE (Coefficient of Thermal Expansion) The difference between the way two materials expand when heat is applied. This is very critical when chips are mounted to printed circuit boards, because the silicon chip expands at a different rate than the plastic board. Co. Ltd. in Japan. Requires no predrying of wood flour. Extruders have one long and one short screw side by side, changing from twin-screw kneader to single-screw extruder. AMERICAN CUTTING EDGE INC. Booth 4423 Supplies slitter blades. AMERICAN EXTRUSION SERVICES INC. Booth 5728 Introducing barrier screw for higher output at lower melt temperature. Also presenting information on small "roll-around" coextruders (0.75-1.5 in.). AMERICAN JET STREAM INC. Booth 1180 Offers Tecom-Plastimac blown film lines and DeBernardi-Plastimac bag machines. AMERICAN KUHNE INC. Booth 6139 Showing latest AKtive color touchscreen controls with new hardware and software for improved graphics, higher speed, and greater accuracy. Also launching AKcent low-cost coextruders with choice of three base configurations. Showing standard Ultra extruders and AKcel customizable extruders, plus barrier screws. AMERICAN MAPLAN CORP. Booth 2515 (Exhibiting with Battenfeld Gloucester) Introducing TechBEX modular single-screw profile extruder in 45 and 75 mm. Also new are two AMC/BEX single-screw extruders for sheet and VS1250/700 spiral-lattice basket die for polyolefin pipe. Also showing automation control, screws, downstream equipment, and the largest HDPE HDPE abbr. high-density polyethylene pipe ever made in the U.S. (63 in. diam.). AMERICAN ROLLER CO. Booth 10829 Showing rollers with rubber, urethane, ceramic, and chrome coatings. AMUT AMUT Advanced Manpack UHF Terminal NORTH AMERICA Booth 4375 Featuring new higher-output drive system for PVC profile extruders. Also highlighting a recently built PVC blister sheet line for thermoforming that can use up to 80% scrap, with a BA120 twin-screw extruder and vertical calender CALENDER. An almanac. Julius Caesar ordained that the Roman year should consist of 365 days, except every fourth year, which should contain 366, the additional day to be reckoned by counting the twenty-fourth day of February (which was the 6th of the calends of March) twice. . Ariostea Div. will show a new PVC feeding system. A+G EXTRUSION-GRUBER & CO. GMBH Booth 10464 Featuring recently introduced Combiline extruder and profile downstream equipment and S Series small profile downstream equipment. A.R. ENG ENG electronystagmography. ENG abbr. electronystagmography ENG enzootic nasal granuloma. . MACHINE & TOOL INC. Booth 921 Showing a blown film line, available with 1.25- to 80-in. die diam. ASCON ASCON Administrative Staff College of Nigeria ASCON Associate Contractor ASCON Automatic Switched Communications Network CORP. Booth 4170 Italian maker of PLCs and controls is featuring new Sigma2 high-speed Ethernet controls combining PID (1) (Process IDentifier) A temporary number assigned by the operating system to a process or service. (2) (Proportional-Integral-Derivative) The most common control methodology in process control. and PLC. Introducing Gamma2 extrusion controls and auto-calibrating pressure indicator, as well as Delta2 self-calibrating pressure and temperature controllers (8 and 16 DIN). LUIGI BANDERA COSTRUZIONI MECCANICHE Booth 8345 Presenting barrier coex line for cast film and thermoformable sheet of APET/PET, PP, or HIPS with EVOH EVOH Ethylene Vinyl Alcohol Polymer (chemical industry) barrier. Has 85-ram, corotating twins-crew main extruder, 65-mm coextruder, and three or five 35-mm coextruders. Also presenting newly developed plants for direct extrusion of sheet from 80% to 90% PET bottle flake. BATTENFELD GLOUCESTER ENGINEERING CO. Booth 2515 Featuring Thermoflex 45[degrees]three-roll stack for sheet, designed to mate with in-line thermoforming. Showing new 160-mm Opticell spiderless die for foam sheet with tighter gauge control than annular annular /an·nu·lar/ (an´u-ler) ring-shaped. an·nu·lar adj. Shaped like or forming a ring. annular ring-shaped. dies and no weld lines. Also showing new low-cost, servo-controlled bag machine. Highlighting E-Plus II controls with graphics and animation. BEIJING GREAT WALL-PEONY MOULD MANUFACTURE CO. LTD. Booth 9436 (Exhibiting with Skyreach) Makes dies for PVC window and door profiles. BEIJING JIAN CHENG MACHINERY CO. LTD. Booth 9436 (Exhibiting with Skyreach) Builds PVC extruders and dies. Offers new steel-plastic coextrusion process, which saves labor compared to traditional insertion of steel components. BEIJING MAIKESI WEIER TRADING CO. LTD. Booth 7144 Specializes in PVC compounding and extrusion lines for pipe and window profiles. BERSTORFF Booth 2102 (Exhibiting with Krauss-Maffei) Highlighting extrusion lines for foam, film, and sheet with a Schaumtandex ZE/KE foam extrusion line, combining twin- and single-screw extruders. BETA LASERMIKE Booth 4007 Featuring enhanced version of Snap Technology for ultrasonic wall-thickness measurement with lower noise and higher dynamic range. BETACONTROL OF AMERICA Booth 4689 Demonstrating beta thickness sensor with new safety feature--a mechanical check on whether the sensor shutter is open or closed in case of a power outage. Displaying recently developed laser foam thickness gauge. BLACK CLAWSON CONVERTING MACHINERY See Davis-Standard. BONDABELT Booth 3039 (Exhibiting with G.F. Goodman) Makes replacement belts for hauloff caterpillars. Launching Bondaflow belt-covering materials (35 to 93 durometer). BONMART ENTERPRISE CORP. Booth 264 (Exhibiting with Taiwan External Trade Development Council The Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) is a non-profit government co-sponsored[1] trade promotion organization in the Republic of China on Taiwan (R.O.C.) founded in 1970. ) Taiwanese supplier of entire lines for producing PE squeeze tubes. BOSTON MATTHEWS INC. Booth 5061 Launching Logic Series energy-efficient single-screw extruders with Accutrol barrel-temperature control. Also showing AC vector-drive puller/servo-cutter combination and UC600 winder. Illustrating new coex capabilities, including a 5-layer tubing die head. C.W. BRABENDER INSTRUMENTS INC. Booth 2532 Will run KE-30 multi-purpose lab extruder with Univex flat-film take off. BRAMPTON ENGINEERING INC. Booth 5533 New blown film equipment includes battery-operated roll cart, integrated with front-to-front winders. Also showing 9-layer SCD-3 streamlined coex die for conventional coextrusion or water-quenched AquaFrost downward bubble. Real-time demo of Italycs-4 controls on 3- to 10-layer coextrusion. Newest feature is secondary nip to prevent wrinkles in film during winding. BREVINI RIDUTRORI S.P.A. See PIV PIV Particle Image Velocimetry PIV Personal Identity Verification (FIPS 201) PIV Pentium 4 PIV Peak Inverse Voltage PIV Personal Identification Verification PIV Post Indicator Valve (firefighting) Drives. BREYER GMBH MASCHINENFABRIK Booth 10550 Showing five extrusion lines, a traveling saw for sheet, and 3-roll calender with electro-hydraulic gap control adjustable on the fly. Also bringing a Fast Gap flat film die and a tubing die. BRUCKNER INC. Booth 514 Will demonstrate biaxial biaxial /bi·ax·i·al/ (-ak´se-al) having, pertaining to, or occurring in two axes. film orientation of unusual materials such as PLA (Programmable Logic Array) A type of programmable logic chip (PLD) that contained arrays of programmable AND and OR gates. PLAs are no longer used. See PLD. (language, music) Pla - A high-level music programming language, written in SAIL. , cyclic olefin copolymers, PVA PVA polyvinyl alcohol. , polyimide Pronounced "poly-ih-mid." A type of plastic (a synthetic polymeric resin) originally developed by DuPont that is very durable, easy to machine and can handle very high temperatures. Polyimide is also highly insulative and does not contaminate its surroundings (does not outgas). , PTFE PTFE polytetrafluoroethylene. , and triacetate Noun 1. triacetate - cellulose acetate that is relatively slow to burn; used instead of celluloid for motion-picture film cellulose triacetate cellulose acetate - an ester of acetic acid; used in fibers and fabrics; photographic films and varnishes on its Karo KARO Kane Amateur Radio Operators (Kane, PA) IV enhanced laboratory stretcher with three ovens instead of two. Also highlighting third-generation LISIM simultaneous biax stretching. BRUCKNER PLANT TECHNOLOGIES GMBH Booth 4106 (Exhibiting w/Triad) Makes curing and drying ovens for vinyl flooring, roofing membranes, and tarpaulins. BSG BSG Battlestar Galactica BSG Broadband Stakeholder Group (UK) BSG British Society of Gastroenterology (London, UK) BSG Business Systems Group BSG Business Solutions Group BSG Basigin (BRUCKMAN STEUERUNGSTECHNIK) GMBH Booth 4668 (Exhibiting with Kreyenborg Industries) German designer of complete process-control and data-acquisition systems for extrusion and compounding. BUSCH INC. Booth 10420 First showing of new Mink MM BV dry rotary-claw vacuum pump. Also displaying three other types of vacuum pump--recently introduced Panther rotary-lobe, positive-displacement blower; Dolphin liquid-ring pump; and Cobra NB dry screw pump. BYTEWISE MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS Booth 5139 (Exhibiting in Rubber/TPE Pavilion) Offers in-line laser profile-measuring systems. CANADIAN FEED SCREWS MFG MFG Manufacturing MFG Manufacturer MFG Mit Freundlichen Grüßen (German: With Best Regards) MfG Mitfahrgelegenheit (German) MFG Marithe Francois Girbaud (French clothing company) . LTD. Booth 4446 Will display screws and barrels. CANTERBURY ENGINEERING CO. Booth 5984 Showing new Zero Feed crosshead cross·head n. A beam that connects the piston rod to the connecting rod of a reciprocating engine. Noun 1. crosshead - a heading of a subsection printed within the body of the text crossheading . Also showing screws, barrels, in-line heads, crossheads, screw tips, end caps, dies, and breaker plates. A. CARNEVALLI & CIA CIA: see Central Intelligence Agency. (1) (Confidentiality Integrity Authentication) The three important concerns with regards to information security. Encryption is used to provide confidentiality (privacy, secrecy). . LTDA LTDA Limitada (Portuguese; similar to Limited Liability Company) LTDA Limitada (Spanish) LTDA London Taxi Drivers Association LTDA Lower Tier Defended Area LTDA Low Temperature Die Attach . Booth 1895 Brazilian maker of blown film lines and pipe and profile extruders will run Polaris 3PO1800 coex blown film line with new Multi Point automatic gauge-control die. C.B. MANUFACTURING & SALES C0. INC. Booth 4423 Industrial knife producer is introducing CB Sharpening Systems, a program to reduce knife-sharpening costs. CDL 1. CDL - Computer Definition anguage. A hardware description language. "Computer Organisation and Microprogramming", Yaohan Chu, P-H 1970. 2. CDL - Command Definition Language. Portion of ICES used to implement commands. Sammet 1969, p.618-620. 3. TECHNOLOGY INC. Booth 10422 Offers twin- and single-screw extruders and downstream equipment. Will display a 2.5-in. single-screw extruder. CDS Booth 5581 Showing latest traveling planetary saw, which cuts up to 18-in. pipe. Also showing servo-driven Miter miter bishop’s headdress signifying his authority. [Christian Symbolism: EB VI] See : Authority 45 miter saw for 45[degrees]and 90[degrees]cuts on profiles. Also showing "high-precision" vacuum tank for close-tolerance tubing and 20-ft Fenestrand dual-strand line with cooling, calibration, haul off, and guillotine. CHANGZHOU HENGLI MACHINERY CO. LTD. Booth 7443 Chinese firm produces extrusion coating and tape extrusion machinery, and tape and flat-fiber stretching equipment. CHENG YIEU DEVELOPMENT MACHINERY CO. LTD. Booth 281 (Exhibiting with Taiwan External Trade Development Council) Taiwanese firm builds single- and parallel twin-screw extruders for PVC pipe, tubing, and profiles. CHI CHANG MACHINERY ENTERPRISE CO. LTD. Booth 363 (Exhibiting with Taiwan External Trade Development Council) Taiwanese firm is introducing PS foam plank extrusion line for construction applications. CHINA HANGZHOU SHUANGLIN PLASTIC MACHINERY Booth 7344 Launching dies, hauloffs, calibration tables, and irradiation tower for one-step in-line crosslinking of PEX pipe. Also offering pipe extrusion and downstream equipment for PVC, PP, PB, and aluminum-wrapped composite pipe. CHING HSING IRON WORKS CO. LTD. Booth 167 (Exhibiting with Taiwan External Trade Development Council) Taiwanese firm is highlighting equipment for mono- and multi-layer sheet extrusion with PET, PLA, and TPU TPU - Text Processing Utility , as well as conductive and antistatic sheet. Also presenting coex processes for PC/PMMA/MS (modified styrene sty·rene n. A colorless oily liquid from which polystyrenes, plastics, and synthetic rubber are produced. Also called vinylbenzene. ) and PP/HIPS/PE sheet. CINCINNATI EXTRUSION INC. Booth 2515 (Exhibiting with Battenfeld Gloucester) First North American demonstration of Fiberex T58 WPC profile line running 80%-woodflour PP profile for furniture. Running pelletized material from Fasalex GmbH in Germany (Fasalex representatives will be present). Also displaying Alpha 45 and Alpha 60 single-screw profile extruders for the first time in North America. Other introductions include Argos 173 EA jumbo parallel twin-screw extruder for foamed PVC sheet; Monos 90 single-screw extruder with 37:1 L/D for PP and PE; and Talos "universal" single-screw extruder for flexible operation. Also showing Konos 50 conical and Argos 93 parallel twin-screws, plus molybdenum-coated screws. CINCINNATI MILACRON EXTRUSION MACHINERY Booths 1702, 1715 Introducing Mosaic extrusion control, a no-cost option on twin-screws and extra-cost option on single-screws. Also showing FACTS microprocessor control system for parallel and conical twin-screw extruders. A 115-mm, 26:1 TP115-26 parallel twin-screw will be shown with a pipe die and a TC86 conical twin-screw for high natural-fiber loadings of up to 70% will be shown for fence profiles. Also featuring aftermarket services with specially coated replacement barrels and screws, including the newly licensed Barr VBET and ET feed-screws; a new barrel air-cooling system; and gearboxes. Showing Akron Milacron PAK PAK, n.pr See pyridoxal-alpha-ketoglutarate. 350 single-screw extruder with affordable customization, bimetallic bi·me·tal·lic adj. 1. Consisting of two metals, often bonded together and having different rates of thermal expansion. 2. Of, based on, or using the principles of bimetallism. barrel, chrome-plated screws, 4-bolt gate for die removal. Also showing PAK 200 coextruder. CLOEREN INC. Booth 5566 Highlighting 145-in. AutoGauge die and feedblock for cast film; 92-in. MasterFlex sheet die with 3-layer feedblock; 72-in. EBR EBR East Baton Rouge EBR Environmental Bill of Rights (Ontario, Canada) EBR European Business Register (European Economic Interest Group) EBR Established Business Relationship EBR Experimental Breeder Reactor IV AG die with feedblock; and a 2-layer die for PVC siding. Also showing two fixed-slot coating dies: 1250-mm and 12-in. hot-melt. Discussing die-repair capabilities (and showing 17-in. dies before and after rework). CMD CMD cerebromacular degeneration. CORP. Booth 755 First-time introduction of Model 1400 BS (bottom-seal) servo-driven bag maker for shopping/handle/side-gusset bags and lawn/garden/can liners up to 99 in. long. Also showing for the first time compact drawtape bag maker, running at up to 600 ft/min integrated with roll banding. COFIT INTERNATIONAL SRL 1. SRL - Bharat Jayaraman. ["Towards a Broader Basis for Logic Programming", B. Jayaraman, TR CS Dept, SUNY Buffalo, 1990]. 2. SRL - Schema Representation language. 3. SRL - Structured Robot Language. C. Blume & W. Jacob, U Karlsruhe. Booth 241 Italian maker of screen changers, gear pumps, and diverter valves. Showing for first time in North America fully automatic AP Type screen changer. DR. COLLIN GMBH Booth 5395 First U.S. show for Mini blown film line for multi-layer film with Teach Line Series 20-mm extruders. Also showing new filter-pressure test unit, type FT-E20T-MP-IS, for the new European EN dispersability standard for colorants and additives. Also showing 7- or 9-layer feedblock, CR 136-350 chill roll, and E30E extruder. COMERIO RODOLFO S.N.C. Booth 5084 Italian producer of complete PVC calendering calendering, a finishing process by which paper, plastics, rubber, or textiles are pressed into sheets and smoothed, glazed, polished, or given a moiré or embossed surface. lines, displaying information on newly improved take-off for calenders. COMMODORE MACHINE CO. INC. Booth 3120 Specializes in foam tray equipment. Introducing extrusion line controls with data storage and trending. Also featuring new Quick-Cut trim tool. Displaying real-time video and data monitoring of foam tray extruder running at Commodore's plant. CONAIR Booth 2649 Showing downstream equipment for extrusion, including vacuum sizing and cooling tanks, pullers, cutters, and saws. CONFORMA CLAD INC. Booth 4367 Manufactures replacement barrels for co-rotating twin-screw extruders, clad with tungsten carbide for longer wear. Announcing new technology for extreme corrosion resistance. COOPER MACHINE & TOOL GMBH Booths 9249, 9252 Showing new turret winder with fixed cantilever and end support during winding. Also demonstrating a buttom-seal, shuttle-track bag machine and cureless surface winder. CORELCO Booth 10610 Will show an automotive corrugator. CORMA CORMA Complete Relaxation Matrix Analysis INC. Booth 5749 Supplies single-, double-, and triple-wall pipe corrugating equipment for PP, PE and PVC, from I to 3000 mm OD, offering the largest commercially available size. COROTEC CORP. Booth 10104 Exhibiting Plasma-Jet surface treater for film to increase printability and adhesion. Also showing Uni-Dyne sheet-fed treater and narrow-web treater. CRG CRG Centre for Research on Globalisation CRG Council for Responsible Genetics CRG Contingency Response Group CRG Citizens for Responsible Government CRG Corporate Renaissance Group CRG Columbia River Gorge CRG Consulting Resource Group CRG Columbia Resource Group LOGICS, INC. Booth 6165 Supplies extrusion gravimetric throughput monitoring and control as well as complete line control systems. CRUCIBLE SERVICE CENTERS Booth 4529 Introducing two corrosion- and wear-resistant alloys for barrels and screws: WR-16 nickel alloy and CPM SV110 stainless steel. Will bring a novel die material as well. CUMBERLAND ENGINEERING Booth 2642 Offers vacuum calibration tanks, servo cutters, saws, pullers, embossers, conveyors, and other downstream accessories. DAVINOR LTD. Booth 9420 Introducing white-light interferometer gauge for layer thickness. DAVIS-STANDARD LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control Booth 5107 Extrusion Systems Group will feature new DS-TPC touch-panel controls combining pressure, temperature, and drive control in three pre-configured levels with a PLC. Converting Systems Group (formerly Egan and Black Clawson) will feature Integrator Pro complete line controls for coating and converting cast and blown film and new Integrator C upgrade for Egan CMR CMR Crude mortality rate, see there cast film controls with recipe storage, data trending, alarms and improved temperature and gauge control. Also highlighting new 75-mm EMDD (electric motor direct drive) coextruder, the first North-American-built extruder with a gearless, permanent-magnet, synchronous torque motor (from Siemens). Also displaying new XP Express roll stand with gel-detection camera, new lab QC line, and a cotton-swab production line, running at the show. Introducing 7-layer blown film line with "Super-Cooled" MAC extruders and 64-in. dual turret winder. Other featured products include EPIC III and MESA III control systems; 3.5-in. Merritt extruder; and 4.5-in. Super Blue extruder. DEKKER VACUUM TECHNOLOGIES INC. Booth 9326 Presenting Titan liquid-ring vacuum pumps and Vmax oil-sealed liquid-ring pumps. Demonstrating Vacuum Solutions Assessments, a full review of customer's vacuum needs with solutions to improve performance. DEKUMA GMBH Booth 9940 Sales arm of Cosmos Machinery Ltd. in Hung Kong, a builder of German-designed pipe dies and extruders. DELTAPLAST MACHINERY LTD. Booth 4139 Showing a parallel twin-screw extruder with new Siemens color tonchscreen supervisory control for up- and downstream equipment and a 3.5-in., 24:1 single-screw Deltaplast extruder with a PID controller to keep head pressure constant. Displaying new 1.25-in., 24:1 coextruder with slimmer, shorter design. Also showing a new compact control cabinet (24 x 30 x 8 in.), believed to be the industry's smallest. DIAMOND AMERICA CORP. Booth 4265 Showing a 2.5-in., 24:1 single-screw extruder with twin-lever, quick-opening die gate and 1.5-in., 24:1 extruder with adjustable height. Highlighting screw-repair services with a screw showing different stages of rebuilding. Also displaying a variety of replacement screws. DMT See DSL. TECHNOLOGY GMBH/ ARTEC MASCHINENBAU GMBH Booth 9946 (Exhibiting with Austrian Trade Commission) Showing new MESIM (mechanical simultaneous stretching) system capable of simultaneous MD/TD stretching. TDO TDO Type Descriptor Object (Oracle Call Interface, 8.1) TDO Test Data Out TDO Temporary Detention Order TDO Technologie voor Duurzame Ontwikkeling TDO Tallahassee Democrat Online TDO Typed Data Object section adjusts to different widths, allowing one line to make both BOPP and BOPE or BOPET and BOPS. DOLCI EXTRUSION SRL Booth 7405 Announcing new high-output FC H8 Stratocast 5-layer cast film line, including a Jumbo chill roll (1500 mm diam.). Line includes new Contrawind 3000 robotic winder with vibration reduction. Also presenting recent developments in blown film and a cast film extruder. DOTECO SRL Booth 5091 Showcasing new Profit automatic gauge-control air ring with PLC and Kundig thickness sensor on the bubble. Also introducing Prolix pro·lix adj. 1. Tediously prolonged; wordy: editing a prolix manuscript. 2. Tending to speak or write at excessive length. See Synonyms at wordy. auto profile-control system and showing Dotexa supervisory extrusion controls. R. DRAY MFG. INC. OF TEXAS Booth 283 Will show Dray Adjustable-Barrier screw and other extrusion screws. DSM 1. DSM - Data Structure Manager. An object-oriented language by J.E. Rumbaugh and M.E. Loomis of GE, similar to C++. It is used in implementation of CAD/CAE software. DSM is written in DSM and C and produces C as output. XPLORE Booth 4687 Showing variable-capacity twin-screw batch tester for 3-, 7-, or 15-cc batches. Now features either co- or counter-rotation. Accessory film roll winds 1.25-in. tapes. DYNAMIC METAL TREATING INC. Booth 4134 Highlighting Dynablue low-temperature, ferritic nitro-carburizing process to harden tool steel. It reportedly resists wear, corrosion, and galling up to 10 times longer than ion or gas nitriding. DYNISCO INSTRUMENTS Booth 5016 First showing of new Melt Monitor pressure and temperature sensor for extruders with integral digital display. ECON ECON Economics (course) ECON Economy (minimum cost speed schedule) ECON Centre for Economic Analysis ECON Eastern Coalition of Nations (Star Trek) GMBH Booth 9946 (Exhibiting with Austrian Trade Commission) Exhibiting screen changers Also offering a new pyrolysis py·rol·y·sis n. Decomposition or transformation of a chemical compound caused by heat. pyrolysis (pīrol´isis), n furnace to clean dies and filters. EGS EGS European Geophysical Society EGS European Graduate School EGS El Goonish Shive (webcomic) EGS Environmental Goods and Services EGS Employment Guarantee Scheme (UK) EGS EOS Ground System GAUGING INC. Booth 4639 Showcasing latest EPlus web gauging and control technology with Shadow-Master "True Caliper caliper Instrument that consists of two adjustable legs or jaws for measuring the dimensions of material parts. Spring calipers have an adjusting screw and nut; firm-joint calipers use friction at the joint to hold the legs unmoving. " sensor, a non-nuclear, non-contacting thickness gauge with fast scan speeds. EPlus is also offered with SR-90 or KR-85 beta gauges. Also introducing version 2.0 of 21Plus measurement and control system with two new modules, Die Mapping Display and Mass-Map Display for biax cast film. EISBAER TROCKENTECHNIK GMBH Booth 9946 (Exhibiting with Austrian Trade Commission) Offers air chillers for blown film. EREMA NORTH AMERICA INC. Booth 1185 Featuring a video of direct extrusion of PET sheet and strapping from Vacurema PET recycling line. Also demonstrating new KAG KAG Kapitalanlagegesellschaft (German: Capital Investment Company) KAG Klingon Assault Group (Star Trek fan club) KAG Kiln-formed Architectural Glass KAG Kick Ass Girls 504 in-line edge-trim recycler, integrated with touchscreen controls to supervise multiple systems. ERHARDT & LEIMER INC. Booth 5875 Showing a new generation of Eisis surface inspection system for high-speed webs. ESI-EXTRUSION SERVICES INC. Booth 4946 Showcasing recently built downstream equipment for an unusual wood/plastic sheet line for product up to 48 in. wide and 0.5-in. thick. Uses novel tooling concept: a sheet die and calibration, instead of a three-roll calendar. Also introducing low-cost puller/cutter. Also featuring a high speed, dual-station coiler with automatic cut and transfer and an all-servo fly-knife cutter. EUROIMPEX S.R.L. Booth 10748 Italian firm is showing extruder screws and barrels, including standard and specialty screws. Also exhibiting a partial extruder with gearbox, bimetallic screw and barrel, and thermal regulation. EVERPLAST MACHINERY CO. LTD. Booth 265 (Exhibiting with Taiwan External Trade Development Council) Taiwanese firm builds extrusion plants for pipe and profile, as well as dies. EXTREME COATINGS, DIV. OF SURFACE ENGINEERING & ALLOY CO. Booth 332 Extreme Coatings features a new NiBoride nickel boride coating, introduced six months ago for abrasion resistance and release in extrusion dies. Also displaying screws with carbide and other coatings. EXTRUSION CONTROL & SUPPLY INC. Booth 10922 Introducing replacement screws and belts as supplement to the firm's replacement heaters, breaker plates, rupture discs, transducers, temperature sensors, and screen packs. EXTRUSION DIES INDUSTRIES LLC (EDI) Booth 4661 New technologies include layer-multiplier die for micro-layer film of 80 layers or more. Also presenting new Restrictor-Bar contour die for sheet. It adjusts sheet gauge inside the die with a restrictor bar instead of using flexible die lips. Also new is a custom-engineered flat-die system, which optimizes die design for better gauge, properties, and output. Also showing dies for cast and oriented film, sheet, and coating, plus coex feed-blocks. FACTS INC. Booth 4344 Showing new on-line color control using an X-Rite color analyzer and automatic adjustment of color feed. Also new is a replacement thickness gauge for existing scanner frames. FAS CONVERTING MACHINERY AB Booth 9225 (Exhibiting with Peco) Swedish firm will run a bag maker and new PU500 perforator per·fo·rate v. per·fo·rat·ed, per·fo·rat·ing, per·fo·rates v.tr. 1. To pierce, punch, or bore a hole or holes in; penetrate. 2. with TW 475 turret winder. FONG KEE KEE - Knowledge Engineering Environment. Frame-based expert system. Supports dynamic inheritance, multiple inheritance, polymorphism. Classes, meta-classes and objects are all treated alike. A class is an instance of a meta-class. IRON WORKS CO. LTD. Booths 458, 557 (Exhibiting with Taiwan External Trade Development Council) Makes extruders for mono- and multi-layer cast film and sheet and will feature an extrusion laminator. FRANKISCHE ROHRWERKE GEBR GEBR Gebrüder (German: Brother) . KIRCHNER GMBH & CO. KG Booth 5992 German builder of single-and dual-wall corrugated cor·ru·gate v. cor·ru·gat·ed, cor·ru·gat·ing, cor·ru·gates v.tr. To shape into folds or parallel and alternating ridges and grooves. v.intr. pipe lines up to 1.8 meter diam. will show photos and a video of its machinery and factory. Displaying a die for 1.5-meter pipe. Now planning its first 2-meter-diam., dual-wall corrugator. FREDERICK ENTERPRISES CO. LTD. Booth 163 (Exhibiting with Taiwan External Trade Development Council) Exhibiting a bag-making machine and polypropylene woven bags and shopping bags. FUJI TECHNO INDUSTRIES CORP. Booth 11427 Demonstrating new HYSC-06 pulse-free reciprocating metering pump to feed fluids with high accuracy into an extruder. Also featuring a portable metering pump and Super metering pump. FUTURE DESIGN INC. Booth 5933 Introducing Chinese-built oscillating haul-off (not displayed). Also introducing segmented air ring in three versions: manual, manual with Sussex SIG 130 profile gauge, and automatic with thickness control from Aipex Engineering in the U.K and Saturn Genie recipe storage. The manual version will be displayed. FUTURESOFT TECHNOLOGIES INC. Booth 7442 Offers turnkey wood/plastic profile extrusion systems built by Qinchuan-Future Materials Equipment Co. Ltd., a Chinese joint venture of Futuresoft and Shan Xi Qinchuan Machinery Development Co. Profiles contain up to 70% wood fiber or rice hulls in PVC or recycled HDPE. GAMMA MACHINERY Booth 8311 Canadian firm is showing a winder and bag machine. GENCA Booth 9415 Showing in-line pipe dies up to 8 in. diam., dies for multi-lumen medical tubing, and replacement screws and barrels. Showing a model of a die that switches from monolayer mon·o·lay·er n. 1. A film or layer one molecule thick formed at the interface between water and either oil or air by a substance such as a partially esterified fatty acid that contains both hydrophobic and hydrophilic groups in the same to striping Interleaving or multiplexing data to increase speed. See disk striping. striping - data striping to coex and finally coex with stripe. Also showing a video on rotating tips and dies. GLYCON CORP. Booth 5915 Introducing Hurricane screw mixing section with a high degree of chaotic mixing and self-cleaning action for fast color changes. Also showing new Smart Barrel mechanical wear measurement of screw and barrel without removing the screw and Flitescan device for measuring screw wear while extruder is running. Also displaying custom feedscrews. GMA GMA glycol methacrylate. MACHINERY ENTERPRISE CO. LTD. Booth 11229 Taiwanese maker of dies for hollow sheet extrusion of PC, PP and PET as well as coex feedblocks for flat dies. Also offers static mixers, gear pumps, and air knives. GNEUSS INC. Booth 4766 Featuring new SFXmagnus rotary filtration system and introducing a capillary bypass "Viscosimeter" for online measuring of melt viscosity. Also exhibiting RSFgenius automatic filtration system with reduced purging time. G.F. GOODMAN & SON INC. Booth 3039 Makes standard and custom downstream equipment for pipe and profile extrusion, including vacuum calibrators, cooling tanks, pullers, servo cutters, flywheel cutters, traveling saws, conveyors and packaging systems. Sells Bondabelt line of replacement belts for caterpillar pullers. GREINER EXTRUSION U.S. INC. Booth 791 Austrian-based firm is showing new, more robust and accurate Guillotine cutter and stainless-steel cooling tanks for large fence and wood/plastic profiles. Also featuring HOT (high-output tooling), E-Tech, and Simplex tooling. GUANGDONG LIANSU MACHINERY MFG. CO. LTD. Booth 8340 Chinese firm offers L&S extrusion lines and corrugating equipment for PVC pipe production. GUANGDONG SIMCHENG PLASTICS MACHINERY CO. LTD. Booth 7225 Chinese firm makes 3-layer coex cast film lines up to 5 meters wide for CPET CPET Central Point of Expertise on Timber (UK) CPET Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing CPET Computer Engineering Technology CPET Center for Precollegiate Education and Training (University of Florida) and CPE (Customer Premises Equipment) Communications equipment that resides on the customer's premises. CPE - Customer Premises Equipment with a PVB PVB Polyvinylbutyral PVB Pressure Vacuum Breaker PVB Portametric Voltmeter Bridge PVB Potemkin Village Band (Potemkin Village, Canada) inner layer. Also makes extrusion lines for stretch film and MDO MDO Multidisciplinary Design Optimization MDO Multidisciplinary Optimization MDO Medium Density Overlay (engineered plywood) MDO Marine Diesel Oil MDO Mothers Day Out MDO Mentally Disordered Offender units for sanitary films. GUILL TOOL & ENGINEERING Booth 4465 First display of new Micro-Mini II die, 1.772 x 1.772 in. square, for tubing down to 0.005 in. OD and 0.0002 in. wall thickness. Also featuring new crosshead die that's guaranteed leak-free. It combines multi-port spiral flow, FeatherTouch concentricity adjustment, and SealRight technology. Also displaying a range of other dies. HAIDE HAIDE Hostile Aircraft Identification Equipment HAIDE Hostile Aircraft Identification Design Effort PLASTIC MACHINERY CO. LTD. Booth 7139 Chinese firm makes machinery for PE spiral pipe and PVC carpet production, single-screw tubing extrusion lines for PP and ABS, and conical twin-screw lines for PVC tubing and panels. HANGZHOU SHUANGLIN PLASTIC MACHINERY CO. LTD. Booth 7344 Chinese firm supplies lines for smooth-wall, corrugated and composite pipe. HARDEN INDUSTRIES LTD. Booth 7245 Chinese supplier of screws, barrels, screen changers, melt pumps, feed-blocks, dies, and bag makers. Also supplies single- and twin-screw extruders and extrusion lines for cast film. HARREL INC. Booth 5709 Launching CP644 extrusion controller with LCD screen and keypad and CP 873 complete extrusion line control. Also showing static display of Alternate Polymer System that extrudes two materials sequentially to avoid a weld. HIGH-TECHNOLOGY CORP. Booths 5033, 5728 Running a continuous screen changer on a 5/8-in. Randcastle single-screw lab extruder. HONG YUENG MACHINERY CO. LTD. Booth 258 (Exhibiting with Taiwan External Trade Development Council) Makes a wide range of bag machines will feature an automatic servo-driven T-shirt bag machine. HOSOKAWA ALPINE AMERICAN Booth 5555 Displaying 7-layer coex blown film line with new AES7 controls. After the show the line goes to Alpine's lab for customer trials. Also new is "Reverse IBC" air system, which reverses the usual position of air pipes through the die to insulate the hot die from cold pipes. Also displaying a 20-in. side-fed "K" die design and samples of MDO film. HPM, A TAYLOR'S COMPANY Booths 2115, 2127 Featuring novel "multi-roll" roll stacks with up to seven nipped chill rolls for high-output sheet lines. HUESTIS INDUSTRIAL Booth 7305 Displaying downstream equipment for wire and cable: air wipe, payout, and take-up stand. IEEC-PBJ INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS PVT LTD. Booth 7631 Indian firm supplies corona treaters for wide- and narrow-web applications in blown and cast film, coating, converting and ultra-wide BOPET, BOPP, and CPP cpp - C preprocessor. . IMG IMG International medical graduate, see there PLASTEC PLASTEC Plastics Technical Evaluation Center SP. Z.O.O. Booth 8228 German-Chinese joint venture making extrusion lines for blown film and PS and PP packaging foams. INDUSTRIAL EXTRUSION BELTING Booth 10315 Displaying hauloff belts. Specialty is large belts matching a pro file's geometry. INJEX SYSTEMS INC. See Syn-Genuity Sourcing. INOEX LLC Booth 10301 Presenting new Advantage pushbutton vacuum-calibration technology to automatically change polyolefin pipe dimensions. Retrofittable on any extrusion line. Also displaying Aurex ultrasonic wall-thickness measurement and flaw detection for pressure pipe. Also showing "igs" D6 (intelligent gravimetric system) multi-component dosing station to feed liquid silane silane or silicon hydride Any of a series of inorganic compounds of silicon and hydrogen with covalent bonds and the general chemical formula SinH(2n + 2). and peroxide directly into an extruder for PEX pipe. INTELECS CONTROLS INC. Booth 7230 Canadian firm is unveiling BATCH, a supervisory yield-control system capable of handling multiple extruders or coextruders, vacuum loaders, pumps, and blenders. ISIS OPTRONICS GMBH Booth 10806 German maker of thickness and profile gauges will demonstrate a new non-contact thickness gauge using infrared reflection to measure total film thickness and individual layer thickness. ISRA ISRA Industrial Site Recovery Act (New Jersey commercial real estate law) ISRA Institut Senegalais de Recherches Agricoles ISRA Illinois State Rifle Association ISRA International Symposium on Robotics and Automation SURFACE VISION Booth 5887 Introducing SMASH surface inspection system for 100% on-line film and sheet QC. Includes statistical reporting, defect flagging, and rewind control. ISRA's gel counter will run at Davis-Standard booth. ITAL-PLAST MACHINERY Booth 8423 Canadian firm will have information on Ghioldi Italian-made extruders for blown and cast film and coextrusion and Saldoflex Italian bag-making machines. ITIB MACHINERY INTERNATIONAL SPA Booth 10362 Italian firm manufactures extrusion lines for single- and dual-wall corrugated pipe (4.5 to 630 mm OD). Featuring new F15 small-diameter vacuum corrugator. JELLIFF CORP. Booth 10837 Displaying screen packs and screens for blown film, as well as copper gauze to clean screws and breaker plates. JENN CHONG PLASTICS MACHINERY WORKS CO. LTD. Booth 466 (Exhibiting with Taiwan External Trade Development Council) Makes extruders for blown film, strapping, and netting, plus bag makers. J.M. MACHINERY CO. LTD. Booth 9846 New North American sales agent for Guangdong Jinming Plastics Machinery Co. Ltd., a major Chinese maker of multi-layer blown film lines, automatic gauge-control air rings, IBCs, spiral-mandrel dies for up to 3 layers, pancake dies for up to 9 layers, horizontal oscillating hauloffs, and dual-station gap winders. Will run a 3-extruder line with IBC, Kundig profile gauge, manual die adjustment, automatic winder, horizontal oscillating haul-off, and computer controls. Also makes five-layer, water-quenched downward-bubble line and agricultural blown film lines with up to 10-meter layflat. D.R. JOSEPH INC. Booth 4339 Introducing non-IBC-based layflat width control using ultrasonic sensors. Also displaying IS-IBC2 IBC; seal-cut MD sealing unit; and a Gammatec blown film sizing cage. JUMBO STEEL MACHINERY CO. LTD. Booths 266 (Exhibiting with Taiwan External Trade Development Council) Will demonstrate PP straw extrusion, packing, and package bundling. Also providing info on extruders for PP or PET strapping, heat-shrinkable PVC film, and PVC vacuum hose. JWELL (SHANGHAI) MACHINERY CO. LTD. Booth 8405 Large Chinese producer of plastic machinery and chemical fiber plants, ISO-certified builder of PVC extrusion lines for pipe, sheet, and profile (including dies and feedblocks). Also builds extruders for blown and cast film, foam, and wire/cable coating. KADANT JOHNSON Booth 10250 Featuring new RX ball-bearing rotary union for water and thermal oil. KAMPF KKA KKA Koyuk, Alaska (Airport Code) Booth 4106 German-based firm builds turret winders and other equipment for film calendering, laminating, embossing embossing, process of producing upon various materials designs or patterns in relief by mechanical means. The material is pressed between a pair of dies especially adapted to its hardness and the depth of the design needed. , and coating (suspension, emulsion, dispersion, or solvent-based). See also Triad Sales. KEY FILTERS INC. Booth 5756 (Exhibiting with Parkinson Technologies) Showing new economical, flexible PLC control for continuous screen changer, with Ethernet communication to supervisory line controls. Also exhibiting manual and continuous screen changers. KIEFEL INC. Booth 1515 Running new Kirion MDO line for film, 2.6 meters wide for stretch ratios up to 1:10. Also featuring novel Enhanced Cooling Package IBC with water-cooled insert inside bubble for higher output of heavy-duty shipping sacks. Is building its first 9-layer blown film line for its lab. KRAUSS-MAFFEI CORP. Booth 2102 New modification of QuickSwitch system to change pipe dimensions on the fly--now suitable for PVC pipe. Also launching modular KME KME Knowledge Management Environment KME Kentucky Mining Engineering KME Kia Motors Europe KME Key Mouse Electronic 60-36 B/R B/R Bridge/Router single-screw extruder for pipe with ability to convert to sheet and film. Also showing KMD KMD Kazaa Media Desktop KMD Kiss Me Deadly (band) KMD Kausing Much Damage (hip hop) KMD Komodo Manchester Debugger KMD Knock Me Down KMD Kazaa Movie Database KMD Key Management Device KMD Kernel Model Driver 75-32/P high-output twin-screw profile extruder. Video and lectures highlight reinforced thermoplastic high-pressure pipe for gas. KREYENBORG INDUSTRIES Booth 4668 First North American show for new 4-screen version of automatic back-flush screen changer with constant pressure. KUAG KUNSTSTOFF-MASCHINEN UND UND University of North Dakota UND University of Notre Dame UND University of Natal-Durban (South Africa) UND Urgency of Need Designator UND Union Nationale et Démocratique ANLAGENBAU GMBH Booth 9946 Austrian supplier of pipe and profile downstream equipment, including hauloffs, calibrators, spray baths, calibration tables, cutoffs, saws, and bellers. KUHNE GMBH See American Kuhne. KUNDIG HCH HCH Hexachlorocyclohexane HCH Health Care for the Homeless HCH National Health Care for the Homeless Council HCH Holy Cross Hospital HCH Hypochondroplasia HCH Highline Community Hospital HCH Huntsman Cancer Hospital (Salt Lake City, UT) & CIE (Commission Internationale de l'Eclairage, International Commission on Illumination, Vienna, Austria, www.cie.co.at) An international organization that sets standards for all aspects of lighting and illumination, including colorimetry, photometry and the measurement of visible and AG Booth 1315 First U.S. show for S-100 Twin capacitance gauge for barrier film, combining thickness measurement, width control, and edge guide in one sensor. KNC-200 (Kundig non-contact cling-free) sensor will run at Windmoeller & Hoelscher booth and a Kundig K-100 ECO E·co , Umberto Born 1932. Italian writer best known for his novels, including The Name of the Rose (1981). He has also written extensively on semiotics and British and American popular culture. gauge profiler at Jinming and Carnevalli booths. LABTECH ENGINEERING CO. LTD. Booth 4575 Thai maker of lab extruders will display a large assortment, all running daily. Introducing mini blown film line and three-layer, two-extruder laboratory cast film and sheet line with chill roll, convertible to five layers with three extruders. LAND INSTRUMENTS INTERNATIONAL Booth 11426 Introducing M4 hand-held thermal-imaging camera the size of a cell phone. Also showing recently introduced SOLOnet web-enabled, digital IR thermometer. Display includes other thermal-imaging cameras and calibration equipment. LEADER EXTRUSION MACHINERY INDUSTRY CO. LTD. Booth 5896 Taiwanese builder of equipment for flat, corrugated, and hollow-profile PC sheet; PET and PP sheet; and 3-layer coex cast film with MDO. Features sheet calendars, surface/center winders, and Japanese controls with closed-loop servo line-speed control. LEISTRITZ Booth 5544 First display of PLA sheet extrusion, running on 18-mm lab ZSE ZSE Zimbabwe Stock Exchange ZSE Zagreb Stock Exchange (Croatia) co-rotating twin-screw with gear pump. It will produce 6-in.-wide sheet using a flex-lip die and three-roll stack. Also showing auxiliary extrusion equipment, including a small sheet takeoff, recirculating oil-ring pump, and supercritical Adj. 1. supercritical - (especially of fissionable material) able to sustain a chain reaction in such a manner that the rate of reaction increases critical - at or of a point at which a property or phenomenon suffers an abrupt change especially having enough mass C[O.sub.2] injection system for foams. LEMO LEMO Lowest Empty Molecular Orbital LEMO Laboratory of Electromagnetic Oscillations (Ukrainian Institute of Physics and Technology) MASCHINENBAU GMBH Booth 5575 German maker of bag machines will show one in operation. LUNG-MENG MACHINERY (USA) INC. Booth 9610 Taiwan-based firm will run three-layer coex blown film line with three 55-mm extruders. Also running three bag machines: bottom-seal/loop handle; drawstring; and "universal" side or bottom seal. Will also run a zipper profile extruder. MAAG MAAG Military Assistance Advisory Group MAAG Multidisciplinary Audit Advisory Group PUMP SYSTEMS TEXTRON Booth 4749 Introducing 5th-generation Maag extrusion pump in three versions: general purpose, high pressure, or high volume. Also new is Constant Pressure Module for screen changers to keep pressure steady and candle filters with very high screen area. MACCHI NORTH AMERICA CORP. Booth 1695 Italian-based firm will run novel all-gearless blown film line with five Siemens permanent-magnet, synchronous torque motors on extruders, hauloff, and winder. Also running a 3-layer coex Flex 3.3 line with one 3.2-in. and two 2.6-in. extruders, 14-in. die, oscillating hauloff, and back-to-back winder. MACRO ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY Booth 4410 New technologies include prototype of ProFix automatic air ring and multi-video-camera monitoring of blown and cast film lines for cost-effective troubleshooting of large bubbles or difficult materials. A six-camera installation on Macro's lab blown film line will be shown on monitors at NPE. Also highlighting recently developed interchangeable grooved or smooth extruder feed throats. Exhibiting 7-layer Macro Pack blown film die. MAGUIRE PRODUCTS INC. Booth 5507 Introducing LineMaster AC extrusion yield control system via simulation of a coex blown film line. Material consumed by three extruders will be monitored with loss-in-weight hoppers. Also introducing new sizes of loss-in-weight hoppers. MAILLEFER S.A. Booth 4791 Swiss firm is featuring new in-line crosslinking process for PEX-A pipe with IR oven immediately after the die. Crosslinked tube is then wrapped with aluminum and coated. U.S. introduction of MEH MEH Miniszterelnöki Hivatal MEH Midwest Express Holdings Inc. MEH Modern European History (Advanced Placement Test) MEH Mount Elizabeth Hospital MEH Marine Electronic Highway MEH Moorfields Eye Hospital MEH Make Everything Happen 60 and 80 high-output single-screw extruders with a barrier screw and new barrel design. MARSHALL AND WILLIAMS PLASTICS Booth 5756 (Exhibiting with Parkinson Technologies) Makes stretching equipment for biax film. Introducing SuperFlex clipping system for tenter frame rails. Boasts lower profile and smoother movement than previous Multi-Joint System. Also showing MD Orienter. MEECH STATIC ELIMINATORS USA INC. Booth 3138 First display of Model 986 pulsed-DC feedback system, reportedly the only long-range ionization ionization: see ion. ionization Process by which electrically neutral atoms or molecules are converted to electrically charged atoms or molecules (ions) by the removal or addition of negatively charged electrons. system with automatic feedback control loop. It has a sensor bar that checks the web for residual static and adjusts the ionizer ionizer, n See electrolyzer. accordingly. Also showing new line of static-control equipment for locations with hazardous fumes fumes odorous gases and other volatile materials; inhalation of irritating fumes causes coughing and, if sufficiently severe, irreversible pulmonary edema. , where ionizers typically can't be used. MENZEL Booth 8512 Introducing Polyband Expander device to prevent wrinkles during web winding. Neither a slat expander nor a bow roll, the non-driven roll is a 6-in.-diam. aluminum cylinder with parallel lengthwise length·wise adv. & adj. Of, along, or in reference to the direction of the length; longitudinally. Adj. 1. lengthwise grooves holding 30 elastomeric bands. Also showing A-frame winding stand. MERRITT EXTRUDER See Davis-Standard. MICHIGAN PLASTICS MACHINERY CO. Booth 4369 Builds downstream equipment for large pipe up to 42 in. diam. and large fence and deck profiles. Showing combination servo puller/cutter and standalone servo cutter. A vacuum cooling tank will be displayed at Beta Laser-mike booth. MIDWEST KNIFE GRINDING INC. Booth 11232 Showing industrial knives. MIGRANDY CORP. Booth 10101 Featuring custom screw designs and consultation services. Showing video on screw geometries and Migrandy 1000 hard facing. MILACRON INC. See Cincinnati Milacron. MOZART AG Booth 7314 German maker of tool-steel cutting knives, including slitters for film. MYUNG-IL FOAMTEC Booth 10443 Korean firm specializes in PE and PS foam extrusion lines and related equipment. Also makes lines for PS foam board and chemically crosslinked PE foam. NANJING GIANT MACHINERY CO. LLC Booth 4899 Chinese firm makes single- and twin-screw extruders. NANJING RUBBER AND PLASTICS MACHINERY PLANT CO. LTD. Booth 7347 Chinese firm builds single-screw extruders for pipe, sheet and film; conical twin-screws for PVC pipe with downstream equipment, and twin-screw compounding extruders. NAROTO (N.A. EXPORTS-INDIA) Booths 7825, 7831 Offers single-screw extruders for LLDPE LLDPE Linear Low Density Polyethylene throughputs up to 650 lb/hr. NDC NDC National Drug Code NDC NATO Defense College NDC National Documentation Centre (National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens, Greece) NDC National Dairy Council NDC National Democratic Congress INFRARED ENGINEERING Booth 5461 Introducing Remote View software for remote display of gauging results and remote ability to changing extrusion control settings. Also displaying Accuprobe, a small, inexpensive gamma backscatter backscatter in radiology, radiation deflected by scattering processes at angles greater than 90 degrees to the original direction of the beam of radiation. Important in radiotherapy when estimating surface exposure dose. thickness gauge; Minitrack single-sided sensor with XRB XRB X-Ray Background XRB X-Band Radar Beacon laser thickness sensor; and FG 710 gauge running on Accutrak. NFM/WELDING ENGINEERS Booth 5501 Introducing single-screw reclaim extruders for low-bulk-density film and fiber scrap. Also presenting new Aries II HMI (Human Machine Interface) The user interface in a manufacturing or process control system. It provides a graphics-based visualization of an industrial control and monitoring system. touchscreen controller for supervisory control and data acquisition (application) Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition - (SCADA) Systems are used in industry to monitor and control plant status and provide logging facilities. SCADA systems are highly configurable, and usually interface to the plant via PLCs. . Displaying HSX-160 single-screw extruder, standard and OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and spare parts for single- and twin-screws (co- and counter-rotating) with HIP (high-isostatic-pressure) process for imparting abrasion and corrosion protection. NINGBO FANGLI GROUP CO. LTD. Booth 7231 Chinese firm makes SJ Series single-screw extruders, SJCZ conical twin-screw extruders, and extruders for tri-colored straws, hollow-wall flexible pipe, dual-wall corrugated pipe, and profiles. Also makes pipe dies, pipe cutters, cooling and calibration tanks, and expandable air shafts. NORWELL PLASTICS INC. Booth 7537 New U.S. company builds cast film, sheet and profile lines in China. Products include single-screw extruders and conical and parallel twins. Offers Chinese pipe corrugators from under 400 mm to over 1000 mm, including systems for steel-reinforced pipe. OLMAS SRL Booth 10450 Italian firm will present information on extrusion lines for corrugated and flexible HDPE, PP, and PVC pipe from 4.5 to 315 mm. Showing pipe samples. OMA (1) See Object Management Architecture. (2) (Open Mobile Alliance Ltd., La Jolla, CA, www.openmobilealliance.org) An organization formed in June of 2002 by the consolidation of the WAP Forum group and the Open Mobile Architecture Initiative. USA INC. Booth 10016 Italian maker of braiding machines will bring a Model 24/1-140 ST/EC braider for textile reinforcing of plastic hose. OMIPA SPA Booth 8431 Italian firm will display 2.7-meterwide die for custom PP profile with very fine vertical flutes (1.5 to 3.5 mm). Makes dies for hollow optical sheet as wide as 3 meters. ON LINE CONTROLS INC. Booth 10106 Displaying UltraGauge 4000 and 6000 pipe thickness gauges. Also showing UG 4000 paired with recently developed 3-axis gauge from Laser Line and PC-based touchscreen display of OD/ID on tiny medical tube. Also showing MicroAir low-pressure regulator for air pressure inside the tube within the die. OPTICAL CONTROL SYSTEMS GMBH (OCS OCS - Object Compatibility Standard ) Booth 10317 German firm is introducing ME2800/BFT-300 lab-scale blown film line. Also exhibiting updated FSA-100 film defect analyzer and updated model ME-2800/CR-9 cast film line. OPRTO Booth 6195 Russian firm produces turnkey PVC profile lines, including downstream equipment, for panels, window profiles, planks, and siding. Introducing technology for PVC profile decoration. OX PAPER TUBE & CORE INC. Booth 6197 Showing spiral-wound paper tubes for film roll cores and for protecting film rolls during shipping. PARKINSON TECHNOLOGIES INC. Booth 5756 Launching Dual Razor web slitter for uninterrupted slitting during blade changes. Also makes winders and other web-handling equipment. PATT PATT Party All The Time (song) PATT Panel for the Allocation of Telescope Time (UK) PAtT Professionals Allied to Teaching PATT Pulse Arrival Time Technique TECHNOLOGIES Booth 7244 Introducing the Rotary IV rotary backflush screen changer with greater filtration area. Also introducing PLC-based Gen III controls to integrate full extrusion line control. Will run a Rotary III screen changer at the booth. Also displaying extrusion dies, knives, adapters, screw elements, and coating/nitriding services. PECO INC. Booth 9225 (Exhibiting with FAS Converting Machinery AB) Unit of Swedish FAS Machinery Group will run two converting modules from roll stock--a bag-making line and a new PU500 perforator showing sheet perforation per·fo·ra·tion n. 1. The act of perforating or the state of being perforated. 2. An abnormal opening in a hollow organ or viscus, as one made by rupture or injury. Perforation A hole. and winding on a TW 475 turret winder. C.A. PICARD Booth 5884 Makes screws, screw elements, and barrels for twin-screw extruders. First North American display of SK kneader element. Also showing tungsten carbide hard facings. PILLAR TECHNOLOGIES, AN ITW ITW In The Wild (informatics, antivirus research) ITW Information Theory Workshop (IEEE) ITW Into Thy Word (religion) ITW Into the Woods CO. Booth 935 Demonstrating split-box treater for blown film. PIPE COIL TECHNOLOGY LTD. Booth 9637 British firm's first U.S. showing of fully automatic pipe coiler with automatic stretch-film overwrapping. Model SPC 1. (business) SPC - Statistical Process Control. Something to do with quality management. 2. (body) SPC - Software Productivity Centre. 3. (company) SPC - Software Publishing Corporation. 4. 030 SH-F is for 10- to 32-mm pipe. Showing video of automated pipe coiling in production. PITAC PITAC President's Information Technology Advisory Committee PITAC President'S Information and Technology Advisory Committee INTERNATIONAL MACHINERY CO. LTD. Booth 360 (Exhibiting with Taiwan External Trade Development Council) Will highlight equipment for foam extrusion and coextrusion of PS, PE, PP, and PVC. Also featuring PVC pipe and profile extrusion and sheet extrusion of PVC, PP, HIPS, PET, PS, ABS, and PE. PIV DRIVES GMBH Booth 5187 German drive manufacturer (part of Brevini Riduttori in Italy) will highlight its Posirex I drives on singlescrew extruders for Reifenhauser's largest blown film line (making 4800 lb/hr of 3-layer agricultural film in Spain). PIXARGUS INC. Booth 4996 Introducing X-LightEdge surface and dimension inspection system for profiles, reportedly more accurate than laser technology. PCD-X360 system with X-LightEdge projects a line of LED light onto a plastic profile. Also offers machine-vision cameras for film quality inspection. PLAS PLAS Programming Languages and Systems PLAS Performance Labor Accounting System PLAS Passive Linear Array Sonar PLAS Pacific Liquid and Air Systems ALLIANCE LTD. Booths 282, 365 (Exhibiting with Taiwan External Trade Development Council) Displaying bag-making machines for bottom and side sealing and T-shirt bags. PLAST-CONTROL INC. Booth 6364 First U.S. display of non-contact capacitive C-Scan scanning device for blown film with seven or more layers. Introducing re-engineered Pro-Jet segmented automatic gauge-control plate, which fits between air ring and die. Previously only custom-built. Also showing uncontrolled air ring. PLASTIC PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES Booth 1240 Provides extrusion screws, tips, and barrels, including Posi-Melt plasticating screw for better homogeneity, lower melt temperature. PLASTIMAC Booth 1180 (Exhibiting with American Jet Stream) Italian firm is featuring blown film machinery and DB 100N SH automatic electronic sealing machine for boutique bags with soft loop, patch, rigid, and zip handles. PREMIER DIES CORP. Booth 8335 Builds flat sheet and film dies. Showing 50-in. cutaway model of novel Rapid Gap sheet die with single-point adjustment, shown with coex feedblock. Also showing unusual 3-layer, 2-material (ABA) triple-manifold sheet die for 20in.-wide PVC siding. PROCESS CONTROL CORP. Booth 2926 Offers Gravitrol extrusion yield and line-speed control systems. PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES INC. (PTI PTI - Portable Tool Interface ) Booth 5961 Showing Trident Model 5000 convertible sheet extruder (5-in., 32:1). Also Revolution 5000 J-stack with convertible conveyor that changes from close-coupled for in-line thermoforming to full-length takeoff PROFILEPIPE MACHINERY INC. Booth 4551 Sales representative for Adescor in Canada, which builds downstream equipment for corrugated pipe. PROGRESSIVE MACHINE CO. INC. Booth 5930 Displaying updated 3-position turret tube coiler with new programmable winding patterns for a wide variety of tube and bundle sizes. Also introducing "fly winder" for small spools of small-diameter micro tubes, fishing line, or optical fibers. PROGRESS PRECISION INC. Booths 1702, 1715 Exhibiting recently developed MixStar distributive mixing tip for screws. Has multiple flights with stepped root geometry and notched flights. Also displaying feedscrews and relined barrels. PSI-POLYMER SYSTEMS INC. Booth 6340 Makes gear pumps, screens, screen changers, filtration materials, and static mixers. PUROLATOR EFP EFP Explosively Formed Penetrator EFP Electronic Field Production EFP Explosively Formed Projectile EFP Exempted Fishing Permit EFP Environmental Farm Planning (Canada) EFP Exempted Fishing Permits Booth 11008 Formerly United EFP, makes screens and screen packs. QINCHUAN-FUTURE MATERIALS EQUIPMENT CO. LTD. Booth 7442 (Exhibiting with Futuresoft Technologies Inc.) Chinese joint venture of Futuresoft Technologies builds wood/plastic profile extrusion lines. QINGDAO LUHUA PLASTIC MACHINERY CO. LTD. Booth 7128 Chinese firm builds extruders and lines for smooth and corrugated PE pipe. RAJOO ENGINEERS LTD. Booth 4980 Indian firm is introducing sheet lines for PP and PET and Inverted inverted reverse in position, direction or order. inverted L block a pattern of local filtration anesthesia commonly used in laparotomy in the ox. Conical Spiral Stack Die (INCOSS) for blown film. RANDCASTLE EXTRUSION SYSTEMS INC. Booth 6307 Demonstrating new tiny single-screw batch mixer with Reeirculator mixing sections. Will automatically make small tensile bars. Also showing tiny sheet line, lab extrusion coater, and newly developed downstream web coater for roll stock. Displaying full-size 3.5-in. Recirculator screw and a 5/8-in. extruder will run at High Technology's booth. RDN RDN Relative Distinguished Name (TMN) RDN Resource Discovery Network (UK) RDN Regional District of Nanaimo (Nanaimo, BC, Canada) RDN Redirected Number RdN Ragazzi Della Nord MANUFACTURING CO. LTD. Booth 5939 New products include Taper Tube software Version 6.0, shown running on a TT-0.5/206-1 Taper Tube extrusion line. Also new is Intellicut Version 4.0 software for IC-8 Intellicut servo cutter. Also showing IC-2/218-3 IntelliCut puller/cutter, servo saw, vacuum sizer, conveyor, saws, belt puller, and vacuum calibrator calibrator an instrument for dilating a tubular structure or for determining the caliber of such a structure. . REEL-O-MATIC Booth 7215 Exhibiting In-Line FM Series shaftless, tension-controlled spooling equipment to coil flexible profiles like conduit, cable or tubing. Model ILFM1.8 for reels up to 1800 lb will be operated during the show. REIFENHAUSER INC. Booth 2911 First North American show for new REI2Cool double air ring for high-output blown film. It's height adjustable and specially matched to IBC orifices. Also announcing three-layer spiral-mandrel die for high output of metallocene PE, LLDPE, and bimodal bi·mod·al adj. 1. Having or exhibiting two contrasting modes or forms: "American supermarket shopping shows bimodal behavior PP; and 5-layer spiral-mandrel die for very thin layers of barrier and tie resins. Also highlighting recently developed gearless REItorque single-screw extruders for wire and cable in 60- to 90-mm diam. and 25:1 or 30:1 L/D. REINHOLD Booth 2559 Windmoeller & Hoelscher subsidiary will produce heavy-duty shipping sacks on its high-speed tube former for form/fill/seal. Also showing Topas FFS (Flash File System) Software from Microsoft that made flash memory look like a disk drive. It was superseded by the Flash Translation Layer (FTL) from PCMCIA and M-Systems. See flash memory. packaging system with integrated dust removal for bagging powdery pow·der·y adj. 1. Composed of or similar to powder. 2. Dusted or covered with or as if with powder. 3. Easily made into powder; friable. Adj. 1. materials. ROLLEPAAL INC. Booth 1385 Dutch-based supplier of extruders and downstream equipment for PVC and polyolefin pipe. Introducing RCM RCM Reliability-Centered Maintenance RCM Royal College of Music RCM Royal Conservatory of Music RCM Royal Canadian Mint RCM Reliability Centered Maintenance RCM Revenue Cycle Management RCM Regional Climate Model RCM Ring-Closing Metathesis 8 pipe cutter with two knife blades on a rotating cutting head. Also displaying two extruders: 75-mm, 30:1 TREX TREX Tree Regular Expressions for XML TREX Futures Industry Trade Exchange TREX Tardec R&D Execution System TREX Text Retrieval and Information Extraction TREX Technology Research Experimental 75/30 parallel co-rotating twin-screw; and 80-mm, 33:1 single-screw AREX 80/33 with grooved infeed. Showing RDV RDV Rendez-Vous RDV Rendezvous (Buick SUV) RDV Rapid Design Visualization RDV Rice Dwarf Virus RDV Recommended Daily Value RDV Repeatable Digital Validation RDV Reference Dose Values RDV Rotary Drum Vacuum 2/1-4 dual-vacuum sizing tank and 4-in., dual-track RHO Rho The rate at which the price of a derivative changes relative to a change in the risk-free rate of interest. Rho measures the sensitivity of an option or options portfolio to a change in interest rate. 4-2T hauloff. Also showing stationary RSS (Really Simple Syndication) A syndication format that was developed by Netscape in 1999 and became very popular for aggregating updates to blogs and the news sites. RSS has also stood for "Rich Site Summary" and "RDF Site Summary. 4 pipe thickness gauge with ring of ultrasonic sensors and a newly upgraded rotary scanner. ROSENTHAL MANUFACTURING Booth 835 Designs and builds custom automation systems for sheet and roll handling. Displaying a sheeter and new dual-lane sheet stacker, designed to allow continuous operation. SFR SFR Swiss Franc (national currency) SFR Société Française du Radiotéléphone (French cellular provider) SFR Single Family Residence SFR Single Family Residence (real estate) INDUSTRIES Booth 4633 Showing custom breaker plates for extruders. SHAN XI QINCHUAN MACHINERY DEVELOPMENT CO. LTD. Booth 7442 One of largest plastics machine-building groups in China. Its Qinchuan-Future Plastics Machinery subsidiary (a joint venture with Futuresoft) builds turnkey wood/plastic composite extrusion systems. See Futuresoft Technologies. SHANGHAI JARI JARI Japan Automobile Research Institute JARI Jute Agricultural Research Institute (India) EXTRUSION TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD. Booth 7318 Chinese firm (also known as Jari Tooling Technology Co.) exports extrusion tools, dies, and downstream equipment for profiles. SHANG TA CHIA chi·a n. An aromatic annual plant (Salvia columbariae) in the mint family, native to Mexico and the southwest United States and having clusters of blue or violet flowers and edible seedlike fruits. INDUSTRIAL CO. LTD. Booth 566 (Exhibiting with Taiwan External Trade Development Council) Will feature equipment for extrusion of hollow PP and PC profile sheet and PP and PC corrugated sheet. Also offers extrusion laminators and multi-layer sheet extruders for PC, PLA, and PET. SHENG sheng (Chinese; “sage” or “saint”) In Chinese belief, a mortal who attains extraordinary or supernatural powers by self-cultivation and serves as a model for others. Confucius used the term to refer to exemplary rulers of the past. YANG MACHINERY CO. LTD. Booth 4697 Chinese builder of single- and multi-screw extruders for pipe, profile, and sheet. SIKORA AG/SIKORA INTERNATIONAL CORP. Booth 9050 German-based firm produces measuring, control, and test equipment for hose, tube, wire and cable. First U.S. demonstration of X-Ray 2000 wall-thickness system. Also showing complete range of laser diameter gauges for pipe and X-Ray 2120 wall-thickness gauge with EcoControl 2000 for up to 4-in. OD pipe. SKYREACH GROUP INC. Booth 9436 Sales company represents Beijing Jian Cheng Machinery Co. and Beijing Great Wall Peony peony (pē`ənē), any plant of the genus Paeonia of the family Ranunculaceae (buttercup family, although placed in the order Dilleniales as a separate family, the Paeoniaceae, by many modern botanists), mostly Eurasian species Mould Mfg. Co. SML 1. SML - Standard ML. 2. SML - Small Machine Language. Barnes, ICI 1969. Real-time language, an ALGOL variant, and the predecessor of RTL. "SML User's Guide", J.G.P. Barnes, ICI, TR JGPB/69/35 (1969). MASCHINEN GMBH Booth 9946 (Exhibiting with Austrian Trade Commission) Introducing novel shaftless winder/ slitter for film. Also highlighting its Sleeve Touch steel-band polishing technology for high-clarity cast polypropylene film. SOLVETECH INC. Booth 826 Introducing Precision SpotChecker, a non-contact capacitance thickness gauge for coating. Showing an SC 1000 SpotChecker and Precision Profiler thickness gauge. Offering free analysis of material samples at the booth. SPI (1) (Stateful Packet Inspection) See stateful inspection. (2) (Service Provider Interface) The programming interface for developing Windows drivers under WOSA. FILM AND BAG FEDERATION Show Entrance (Exhibiting in SPI Pavilion) SPI trade group open to converters and suppliers to plastic bag industry, offering fall and spring conferences, recycling programs, economic data, and information on legislative activities related to plastic bags. SPIREX SPIREX South Pole Infrared Explorer CORP. Booth 2170 Displaying screws, barrels, and front-end extrusion components. Plasma screen display of mixing-screw flow simulations. STC EQUIPMENT CORP. See Zambello USA. STERLING INC. Booth 1849 Offers vacuum calibration tanks, serve cutters, saws, pullers, embossers, takeaway conveyors and other downstream accessories. SUNWELL GLOBAL LTD. Booth 9840 (Exhibiting with Thermoforming Systems LLC) Hong Kong firm builds extrusion lines for PP, PET, and PS solid and foam sheet for thermoforming. Builds equipment in partnership with Thermoforming Systems LLC, Yakima, Wash. SURFACE ENGINEERING & ALLOY See Extreme Coatings and Syn-Genuity Sourcing. SYN-GENUITY SOURCING LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol Booth 4798 Supplies bimetallic barrels and liners from Injex Systems Inc. in Columbia Station, Ohio. Also provides wear-resistant hard-surfacing for screws and dies from Surface Engineering & Alloy, St. Petersburg, Fla. TANTEC INC. Booth 7306 Showing air-ionization systems to neutralize or apply static charge on film. Also showing ionization systems from Ion Industrial, which recently acquired Tantec (and was in turn acquired by MKS Instruments). Also offering corona surface treaters for foam and sheet. TECHFLOW DESIGN & MANUFACTURING Booth 7001 Canadian firm is highlighting its first blown film line driven entirely by gearless, permanent-magnet, synchronous torque motors (from Siemens). Has two 55-mm and one 65-mm extruder, hanloff, nips, and winder rolls. Line was built at partner Giovanni Zocchi in Italy. Showing video of 5-layer blown film line at Zocchi. TECHNOPLAST INTERNATIONAL INC. Booth 4793 First North American showing of Double Downstream calibration table and cooling tanks, displayed with two different window-profile tools. Also showing samples of complex profile dies. TECNICA INTERNATIONAL CORP. Booth 278 (Exhibiting with Taiwan External Trade Development Council) Offers plastic film converting machinery. THERMOFORMING SYSTEMS LLC Booth 9840 Introducing 120/150-mm tandem foam extrusion system for PS, PE, or PP, made in Taiwan The Made in Taiwan mark is a country of origin label affixed to products to indicate that the said product is made in Taiwan, The Republic of China. The label is not regulated by any institution or law. by partner Sunwell Global Ltd. with Flender gearboxes. Has 32:1 primary extruder, 34:1 secondary extruder. Also showing 45[degrees], three-roll sheet takeoff. THEYSOHN VINYL EXTRUSION TECHNOLOGIES INC. Booth 9946 (Exhibiting with Austrian Trade Commission) Makes conical and parallel twin-screw extrusion systems for PVC pipe, profile, siding, and sheet. Supplies extruders, screws, dies, cutters and other downstream equipment. TONG SHIN PACK CO. LTD. Booth 10731 Korean maker of thermoformers will launch later this year a sheet line with vented twin-screw extruder for PET regrind. TRENDELKAMP LP Booth 6158 German-based firm is showing screen changers and new line of melt pumps, built by Eprotec Extrusion Technology AG in Switzerland. Eprotec representatives will be at booth. TREXEL INC. Booth 5908 Highlighting joint development with ExxonMobil's Advanced Elastomer elastomer (ĭlăs`təmər), substance having to some extent the elastic properties of natural rubber. The term is sometimes used technically to distinguish synthetic rubbers and rubberlike plastics from natural rubber. Systems of smooth-surface MuCell microcellular TPV TPV Temporary Protection Visa (Australia) TPV Terminal Punto Venta TPV Third-Party Verification TPV Thermophotovoltaic TPV Thermoplastic Vulcanizate (thermoplastic elastomer) TPV Total Payment Volume profile extrusion of automotive weatherseals, using a special Santoprene F150 grade. AES-Santoprene people will also be present. TRIAD SALES LLC Booth 4106 Represents Bruckner Plant Technology ovens for coating lines; Kampf KKA calendering, laminating, embossing, coating and turret winding equipment; and Paper & Plastics Solution Group's in-line gauge, moisture, surface, transparency, and defect measurement systems for film. TRINITY NORTH AMERICA INC. Booth 11309 Austrian-based firm is featuring single- and dual-strand extrusion tooling and downstream equipment. TROESTER MACHINERY LTD. Booth 5139 (Exhibiting in Rubber/ TPE TPE Thermoplastic Elastomer TPE Terminal de Paiement Electronique (French) TPE Total Power Exchange TPE Twisted Pair Ethernet TPE Tampines Expressway (Singapore) TPE Therapeutic Plasma Exchange Pavilion) German-based firm makes air- and fluid-cooled single-screw extruders for wire and cable coating, hose, and profiles; also Twin-Rot caterpillar belts, accumulators, and winders for wire and cable. TSM TSM Tivoli Storage Manager TSM Transportation System Management TSM Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (stock symbol) TSM Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. CONTROL SYSTEMS INC. Booth 4017 Ireland-based firm's first U.S. show for double-sided C-frame, non-contact capacitance gauge. Also displaying new width-measurement system combining two sensor types and locations--IR sensor on the layflat and three stationary ultrasonic sensors on the bubble. VERSA MACHINERY Booth 7237 Launching new servo puller cutters with 6-in. color touchscreen controls. Also showing recently developed ACT (Adaptive Cutting Technology) cutter controls with three cutting modes--on-demand, cam, and flywheel. Also new is a servo-driven, table-top Minicutter for small medical tubing. VFK VFK Variable Function Key HEAD CORP.--KOREA Booth 10727 Makes sheet extruder primarily for thermoforming PP cups and bowls. VIHAN ENGINEERING PVT. LTD. Booth 9043 Indian maker of pipe socketing and belling machines, cutoffs, hauloffs, pullers, saws, and a high-speed servo-based profile cutter. VULCAN MACHINERY CORP. Booth 3023 Launching high-speed coiler with improved servo control. Displaying takeoff equipment for tube, profile, sheet, and strands. WAYNE MACHINE & DIE CO. Booth 4439 Introducing Yellow Jacket Flexi-Panel extruder that converts from straight dies for sheet, film, or pelletizing Pelletizing or pelletising is the process of compressed or molding of product into the shape of a pellet. A large range of different products are pelletized including chemicals, iron ore, animal compound feed, and more. to crosshead dies for tube, wire, or cable. Also displaying co-rotating twin-screw lab extruder and 0.75-in. tabletop extruder. WEAR TECHNOLOGY Booth 1702, 1715 Cincinnati Milacron unit custom builds parallel and conical twin screws and barrels. Exhibiting new tungsten-coated twin screws and tungsten-lined barrel. Also displaying conical screws. WEBEX INC. Booth 4267 Introducing extremely low-tension winders that use dancer roll and transducer for tension control. Showing dual-spindle slitter/rewinder for up to 120-in.-wide 3-roll stack, plus ThermEx chill rolls and ZDR ZDR Zeroth-order Design Report ZDR Zone Distribution Rectangle ZDR Zen Do Ryu (freestyle Karate) ZDR Zeus Discrimination Radar ZDR Zero-Ductility Range ZDR Zone Density Recording anti-deflection chill roll for sheet. WEIFANG ZHONGYUN MACHINERY CO. Booth 7345 Builds extrusion lines and downstream equipment for corrugated pipe of 400 to 1000 mm diam. Distributed by Norwell. WELEX INC. Booth 4501 Displaying EDI feedblock and die for unusually complex 6-extruder sheet line for 9-layer double-barrier sheet and for 1/8-in. alternating-stripe sheet for thermoformed yogurt cups. Exhibiting World Standard monolayer vented sheet line with 5-in. extruder for 2200 lb/hr of 60-in. PET or PLA sheet. Winder has differential winding shaft for different roll widths. Also displaying 2.5-in. profile extruder and Evolution takeoff with new automatic controls and dual-shaft turret winder for 48 in.-diam. rolls. WESTLAND CORP. Booth 4336 Showing new solid C-2 tungsten-carbide-lined barrel and also presenting the new 8th Edition of Cylinder & Screw Handbook. Also showing Reilloy bimetallic barrel from Reifenhauser, Eagle low-shear mixing screw, and Eagle Barrier screw. WEXCO CORP. Booth 3009 Featuring bimetallic barrels, including "Durocast" carbide-lined barrels with 5-yr guarantee; super-corrosion-resistant "BO22" barrels for fluoropolymers. Displaying high-performance screws and tips. WINDMOELLER & HOELSCHER CORP. Booth 2559 Showing 3-layer Varex blown film line with Filmatic T dual-stack turret winder, running at the show with new fully robotic handling and laser core aligning. Winder comes in new TX model for up to 47-in.-diam. rolls. Varex line has new roller stabilizing cage with single bar design. Reinhold subsidiary will showcase production of heavy-duty shipping sacks on high-speed tube former. WINDSOR FEEDSCREWS INC. Booth 4256 Custom screw manufacturer displaying assorted feedscrews. WINTRISS ENGINEERING CORP. Booth 11107 Demonstrating surface inspection of cast film samples with new OPSIN opsin /op·sin/ (op´sin) a protein of the retinal rods (scotopsin) and cones (photopsin) that combines with 11-cis -retinal to form visual pigments. op·sin n. 7500 HS line-scan camera. Also first commercial showing of Refraction Ranger sheet inspection system using LED light source and special lense to detect fine MD scratches, gels, and contamination. WITTE PUMPS AND TECHNOLOGY LLC Booth 4172 Exhibiting Xtru extrusion gear pumps in seven sizes and a herringbone gear section for constant pressure generation in film extrusion. WORLDLY INDUSTRIAL CO. Booth 165 (Exhibiting with Taiwan External Trade Development Council) Offers extrusion coating and laminating machinery. XALOY INC. Booth 1432 Highlighting new Fusion II screw with notched flights in mixing section for greater mixing at lower temperatures. Featuring a new space-saving vertical screen changer in seven sizes. Also new are manual screen changers in metric sizes, and melt pump sizes for 715 and 1120 cc/rev. XINXING TWIN SCREW MACHINERY CO. Booth 5087 Chinese maker of conical twin-screw extruders for PVC pipe, dual-wall corrugated PVC and HDPE pipe, PVC/PUR foam-core pipe, and PVC profiles. Makes single- and parallel twin-screw extruders and lines for wood/plastic boards. YE I MACHINERY FACTORY CO. LTD. Booth 1685 Taiwanese builder of extrusion lines for sheet, pipe, profile, strapping, flat yarn, and zippers. Also makes bag-making and film-embossing machines. ZAMBELLO USA Booth 4273 Italian-based firm will display gear reducers, including new TNT TNT: see trinitrotoluene. TNT in full trinitrotoluene Pale yellow, solid organic compound made by adding nitrate (−NO2) groups to toluene. high-speed, twin-screw gear reducer, said to be the world's highest-torque gearbox. ZEIGER INDUSTRIES Booth 522 Manufactures custom feedscrews, tips, and bimetallic barrels. ZENITH PUMPS Booth 5826 Introducing PEP-III melt pump. Also showing additive and metering pumps and motor controllers and offering pump repair services. ZHEIJANG JINHAI PLASTIC MACHINERY Booth 7418 Chinese firm supplies screws, barrels, and single-screw extruders of 15- to 250-mm diam. and up to 48:1 L/D. Also builds conical twin-screw extruders from 45 to 92 mm and complete extrusion lines for wood/plastic composites, profiles, pipe, sheet, blown film, pipe coating, and wire/cable coating. Also builds gearboxes, vacuum pumps, and pipe dies. ZHONGSHAN FENGYUAN PLASTIC MACHINERY CO. LTD. Booth 7245 Chinese firm specializes in machines to extrude extrude /ex·trude/ (ek-strldbomacd´) 1. to force out, or to occupy a position distal to that normally occupied. 2. in dentistry, to occupy a position occlusal to that normally occupied. bubble wrap. ZUMBACH ELECTRONICS CORP. Booth 4757 Highlighting ProfileMaster, the first inline measurement and control system to control profile shape and overall dimensions. It uses 1 to 4 measuring heads, each with camera and laser. Also displaying UMAC-G, the first ultrasonic thickness gauge to measure pipe walls before the vacuum tank, not in it. Target is earlier detection of gauge problems in big profiles. |
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