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Rich director of UMR - March 2006
Rich Smith has been promoted to Director, Marketing and Sales, Reciprocating Screw Technologies, UMNA. Rich is uniquely qualified for this newly created position given is experience, the respect he has by industry participants and his attitude for the reciprocating screw blowmolding technologies

3D suction molding - February 2006
Resulting from a detailed analysis of the Automotive sector, in partnership with leading companies, the new UMA.SH series allows the production of PA under-hood ducts with 3D complex shapes. And suction plus sequential coextrusion become essential to process two or more resins to get a rigid-flexible-rigid duct

The Hybrid’s Power - December 2005
Uniloy Milacron R&D has designed a new injection-blow molding machine for the needs of medical pharmaceutical and cosmetic sectors: UMIB 85 is now equipped with an electric recovery and hydraulic injection unit made by Ferromatik Milacron. UMIB 85 with hybrid injection unit can save 10% of total, energy and maintenance, costs

Plast06: 3D suction. Here it is! - December 2005
Uniloy Milacron presented at Plast 2006 in Milan, Italy the new UMA 20.SH (Suction High temperature). The machine dimension permits the production of a wide range of products and is already oriented towards more and more urgent needs of blowing polyamides at very high temperature (closer to the motor area)

Co-injection: research continues - November 2005
Lastly a common research program is in the definition stage between Uniloy and some customers on the theme of co-injection that has involved the Uniloy laboratory technicians for some time. Three layer injection and blowing with the UMIB machines: this technology will bring many novelties for various application sectors besides the pharmaceutical-medical one

For German market - November 2005
Jens Albrecht joined Uniloy’s team since September 1st last year and he is charge for Germany as Area Manager. With over ten years experience in the field of plastics processing and blow molding machines, Jens knows very well the German market and German blowmolders (250-300 blow molding companies approx.)

SPC: everything under control - October 2005
The Statistic Process Control (SPC) is now optionally installed on Uniloy technology to guarantee the quality of the finished pieces. At every cycle, all the necessary parameters relative to production are acquired. The statistic elaboration of the acquired data allows to control the process and identify any variation of the system relative to every parameter for each single examined cycle

At Chinaplas 2005 - October 2005
At Chinaplas, held during 21st to 24th June 2005 in Guangzhou, Uniloy displayed one injection blow-molding machine: the new UMIB 78. Around one hundred visitors showed much interest on this machine and the UMIB 78 was sold to one of Uniloy’s customers, where three UMIB 129 were installed in the past two years

COC: The technology is already here - September 2005
Research and tests have already been carried out with various types of resins, among which the COC, in collaboration with the research and development sectors of the Uniloy customers. The cost of the finished piece will be higher compared to that of an equivalent glass container, but the advantages in terms of quality and quick/easy sterilization are considerable. Today the technology exists: the Uniloy injection-blow molding machines are able to process this new product in accordance with the highest qualitative standards requested by the customer.

Ferromatik injection units for Uniloy’s range - September 2005
The use of Ferromatik injection units (already used for the UMIB 45/70/78) is extended to the entire range of injection-blow machines UMIB series, including the biggest Uniloy machines; the UMIB 85 and the UMIB 129. The first UMIB 85 equipped with the Ferromatik injection unit has been shown in function at the Open House in Uniloy Milacron Italy

UMIB technologies: medical version available - August 2005
The “MED” is the version of the UMIB Series by Uniloy Milacron disposed with specific features to meet pharmaceutical-medical market’s requirements: rigour, precision, hygiene, 100% reliability and cleanliness up to clean room standards. UMIB MED technology is equipped with laminar flow hood, magnetic mould platen to avoid dust infiltration and nickel treatment for steam sterilization

Blowing is teamwork for automotive - August 2005
A highly industrialized market like the automotive one requires maximum integration of the blow molding machine with down and up-stream equipments. Uniloy Milacron has recently developed a blow molding machine integrated with a robot and a complex automated system, eliminating scraps, cutting edges, drilling and welding.

Suction Technology with Uniloy - July 2005
Suction and management technology of the 3D parison is the latest in research at Uniloy: the technology that replaces classic blow molding with forced suction of the parison inside a closed mold. These are the production frontiers of the duct, tubes and complex form components. The capital investment is contained, the energy costs are low and the process drastically reduces recycled material

Rigid & flexible & rigid - July 2005
When a technical product needs alternating rigid and flexible parts, combined in the same piece sequential co-extrusion is applied. Uniloy’s solution is based on two injection units with reciprocating screws converge towards the same head to generate a sequential parison according to the needed parameters alternating one material or the other

Hotter and hotter! - June 2005
New resins with high thermal stability is what the market requires. Uniloy R&D department is running tests with new resins able to stand high temperatures and pressures intended for components in the motor area of cars. Polyamide is frequently used for the under hood area, close to the motor

7 layers!!! - February 2006
Among the most recent project developed by Uniloy Milacron, a UMS 70.D coex7 technology. The coex 7-layer contains the different types of barrier: UV rays against oxidation, steam against product dehydration. Today Uniloy technology has reduced the thickness of the barrier  layers and adhesive to minimum

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