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NPE 2006: The International Plastics Showcase will
take place from June 19 to 23, 2006 at Chicago’s
McCormick Place exposition center and will be the
largest international plastics show of the year. Founded and
sponsored by the Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc. (SPI), the
triennial show will be the 25th NPE since 1946. At least 2,000
companies are expected to exhibit on more than 1,000,000
square feet of space, one-third of them coming from outside the
U.S.A. Visitors from more than 100 countries will attend.
Among the exhibitors at NPE 2006 will be virtually all
of the world’s major suppliers of primary processing and
auxiliary equipment; machine and mold components and
supplies; resins and compounds; additives, fillers and reinforcements
and moldmaking services.
Throughout the show there will also be extensive
exhibitor representation in several categories including:
custom processing: companies that compound, mold,
extrude, thermoform and recycle; e-commerce; fabricating
and assembly: adhesives, fasteners, machining equipment,
cutters and welders; post-extrusion: systems for pipe, profile,
flat film and sheet, blown film, wire and cable.
The following companies will be exhibiting at NPE 2006
this June 19 to 23.
For additional information on NPE
2006 visit their website at www.npe.org.
Specialty Tools
Abbeon Cal, Inc. is the publisher of the PlasticWorking
catalog and has been providing specialty tools and
instruments to businesses since 1946. In addition,
Abbeon is the U.S. supplier for the German manufacturers
of FORSTHOFF Hot Air Tools, A-Z Formen Thermocutters,
Lufft Precision Instruments and Trotec Moisture Meters.
Abbeon offers an iron-clad money back guarantee on all
their products and if you can’t find what you need in their
catalog or on their website, they will either find it or build
it for you.
For additional information, contact Bob Brunsman,
Abbeon Cal, Inc., 123 Gray Avenue, Santa Barbara, CA
93101, 800-922-0977, Fax: 805-966- 7659, E-mail:
abbeoncal@abbeon.com, Web: www.abbeon.com. NPE
Booth #11305
Welding Rod
Drader Manufacturing
recently invested in new equipment
and technology to augment its plastic welding
wire business.
The new equipment increases their capacity
and the new technology allows
them to maintain even tighter tolerances
during rod production. Drader
stocks a range of welding rod and custom
manufactures numerous colors
and types of plastic. Customers can
send their own resins to ensure the
welding rod matches the parent plastic
material exactly. Drader’s minimum
order remains 10 pounds. Their welding
rod can be used with most fabrication
type plastic welders on the market
today.
Injection Welder
Drader is also the manufacturer of
the Injectiweld for fabricating,
prototyping and repairing thermoplastics.
The welder is easy to use and produces
high quality welds.
Two unique features set the Injectiweld
apart from other plastic welders.
A hot tip melts into the parent material eliminating the need to scrape off the
layer of oxidation before making a
weld. Interchangeable tips increase
the welder’s versatility,
allowing welds ranging in
size from 1/16” to 1/2” in
a single pass. The second
feature is its automatic feed system.
This allows control of the welder with one hand and
use of the other hand to hold the part being welded. High
quality welds are produced because the unit injects a
molten shot of welding rod into the weld zone with consistent,
repeatable pressure.
For additional information, contact Bruce Lecky, Drader
Mfg. Ind., Ltd., 5750 50th Street NW, Edmonton, Alberta
T6B 2Z8 Canada, 800-661-4122/780-440-2231, Fax:
780-440-2244, E-mail: blecky@drader.com, Web: www.drader.com. NPE Booth #9755
Tap Plastic
Do your tapping on the FlexArm as a secondary operation.
The FlexArm saves money by utilizing the operator’s
idle time and reducing the machine cycle time. Units
are available up to 2” tap capacity with quick change
chuck system. Blind holes in soft plastics can be tapped
without stripping the threads
by adding an Automatic
Depth Stop to the FlexArm.
For additional information,
contact Dan Sudhoff,
FlexArm, 851 Industrial
Drive, Wapakoneta, OH
45895, 800-837-2503/ 419-
738-8147, Fax: 419-738-8140, E-mail: flexarm@flexarminc.com, Web: www. flexarminc.com. NPE Booth
#5480
5-Axis CNC Line
MAAC Machinery and Stopol will be showing a new line
of 5-axis CNC routers for the thermoforming industry.
The Royce Router offers faster feeds and speeds, high quality
and reliable components. The router combines the latest
technology and speed to improve cycle times up to 400%.
Through a joint partnership between MAAC and Stopol,
the Royce Router line has been created to meet the
demanding needs of today’s heavy gauge thermoformers.
The router is designed specifically for the maximum production
of thermoformed parts. Mass production of a single
model will deliver the maximum value at the most
cost-effective price.
Cut-Sheet Thermoforming Line
MAAC has recently implemented several new features
to its line of thermoforming machinery. All machines
have larger mainframes and platen structures. Platen and
index speeds are almost double those of previous models.
New programming developments have upgraded the
System 9000 control system to provide massive amounts of
control. Each function of the machine can be set and saved
into the controller. This allows every machine parameter to
be activated with the push of a button for precise repeatability
and the quickest setups.
For additional information, contact Michael Alongi,
MAAC Machinery Corporation, 590 Tower Blvd., Carol
Stream, IL 60188, 800-588-MAAC/630-665-1700, Fax:
630-665-7799, E-mail: sales@maacmachinery.com,
Web: www.maacmachinery.com. NPE Booth #4216
Robotic Trimming
Robotic Production Technology (RPT) will introduce the
latest addition to its family of standard router trimming
systems, the RoboTrim™ RT-500, at NPE 2006. The
RoboTrim RT-500 is a new pre-engineered router trimming
and knife deflashing
system designed specifically
for the plastics
industry. The RT-500’s
increased part height
capability gives customers
the flexibility to
process a variety of part
sizes and shapes. The system’s
speed and reliability
result in more uptime
and higher throughput to consistently deliver more parts
per hour than other trimming methods. The RT-500 is
designed to remove the operator from the trimming area,
resulting in a safe and ergonomic operating environment.
The system is mounted on a single base plate and
designed for quick installation and start-up.
The RT-500’s riser-mounted robot and servo-controlled
rotating table allow it to easily process 60” x 60” x 36”
high parts typical of thermoformers. Longer parts of up to
80” x 36” with shorter heights can also be processed.
For additional information, contact Roberta Zald,
Robotic Production Technologies, 1255 Harmon Road,
Auburn Hills, MI 48326, 248-829-2800, Fax: 248-829-2750, E-mail: solutions@rpt.net, Web: www.rpt.net or Cathy Powell, FANUC Robotics America, Inc., 3900 West
Hamlin Road, Rochester Hills, MI 48309, 800-47ROBOT/248-377-7570, Web: www.fanucrobotics.com.
NPE Booth #9620
New Shredder Technology
VECOPLAN LLC , a leading manufacturer of industrial shredding
equipment, plans to exhibit and demonstrate
many new product lines at NPE 2006, including its new
HiTorc™, SureCut™ technologies and VH-series™ Horizontal
Shredders and Granulators.
VECOPLAN shredding and recycling equipment is used
in many industrial applications in the plastics processing
and reprocessing industries, woodworking industries,
printing and converting industries, secure destruction
industry, general waste processing and recovery industries.
For additional information, contact Mark Craver,
VECOPLAN, LLC, P.O. Box 7224, High Point, NC 27264,
336-861-6070, Fax: 336-861-4329, E-mail: info@vecoplanllc.
com, Web: www.vecoplanllc.com. NPE Booth #9601
Welding Equipment
WEGENER Welding, LLC offers a comprehensive line
of welding equipment and accessories for the thermoplastics
fabricator including: hot gas (air) welders from
single units for repairs or production to full, comprehensive
systems; extrusion welders in small, medium or high
output for sheet, piping or lining applications; semi-or
fully-automatic sheet butt welding or bending equipment
and AC and DC spark testers for pinhole detection in plastic
welds or non-metallic coatings.
Wegener’s philosophy is to assist the customer in evaluating
their needs. Education is an important factor. The
Wegener staff is DVS (German Welding Association) certified
and offers DVS certified training.
Wegener can also design and build custom machinery
for very specific applications.
For additional information, contact Dagmar Ziegler,
WEGENER Welding, LLC, 16W231 S. Frontage Road, Ste.
12, Burr Ridge, IL 60527, 630-789-0990, Fax: 630-
789-1380, E-mail: info@wegenerwelding.com, Web:
www.wegenerwelding.com. NPE Booth #9064
The following exhibitors offer machinery and tooling for plastic sheet fabricators and thermoformers
| Exhibitor |
Booth |
Website |
| Abbeon Cal Inc. |
11305 |
www.abbeon.com |
| Advanced Ventures in Technology |
9404 |
www.adv.ven-tech.com |
| Brown Machine LLC |
1409 |
www.brown-machine.com |
| Drader Injectiweld, Inc. |
9755 |
www.drader.com |
| FlexArm |
5480 |
www.flexarminc.com |
| Leister Process Technologies |
6358 |
www.leister.com |
| MAAC Machinery |
4216 |
www.maacmachinery.com |
| Plastic Welding Technology |
9916 |
www.pwtworld.com |
| Robotic Production Technology, Inc. |
9620 |
www.rpt.net |
| Stiles Machinery |
9762 |
www.stilesmachinery.com |
| Thermwood Corporation |
9210 |
www.thermwood.com |
| Vecoplan, LLC |
9601 |
www.vecoplanllc.com |
| WEGENER Welding, LLC |
9064 |
www.wegenerwelding.com |
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