Extrusion International 5-2018

25 Extrusion International 5/2018 Quality and Sustainability Go Hand in Hand „ BST eltromat International will be part of the special show “Marketplace for Sustainability &Plastics” at FachPack 2018 and is thus making its debut as an exhibitor at Nuremberg’s pack- aging exhibition. The company will use its information stand to highlight some current requirements that the industry has for solutions in the areas of web guiding, layer thickness and ba- sis weight measurement, as well as web inspection and video- based web monitoring. BST eltromat offers systems for quality assurance in the manufacture of printable packaging materials, such as foils for flexible packaging. The company provides its customerswithboth individual solutions and complete solutions from a single supplier – solutions that match their individual re- quirements perfectly. Many manufacturers within the global plastics industry that use web-oriented production processes put their trust in BST eltro- mat systems when it comes to quality assurance. In roll-to-roll processes, these systems satisfy the industry’s technical and eco- nomic requirements almost seamlessly, while also being very BST eltromat International www.bst.group convenient to use. They also offer a particularly high standard of reliability. BST eltromat will show a CompactGuide with a wide-array sen- sor in Nuremberg; this system has been chosen to represent the company’s entire range. This web guiding system for nar- row and medium web widths is available in six sizes. Thanks to its modular construction, it can be configured flexibly for indi- vidual requirements and can be equippedwith different sensors and controllers. The particularly economical web guiding system EcoGuide for narrow-web applications and the SmartGuide for wide-web applications complete BST eltromat’s range here. The web guiding systems satisfy practically all possible requirements for the manufacture and converting of (packaging) foils. Visitors to BST eltromat’s booth at FachPack can also find out more about the solutions offered by the business unit BST Pro- Control. This business unit’s range includes standalone systems, but also integrated solutions with radiometric, non-radiometric and optical sensors, for example. These solutions carry out a wide range of quality assurance tasks within the production of packaging foils. For example, sensors developed by BST ProCon- trol use various processes tomeasure (layer) thicknesses and ba- sis weights with the greatest precision and at production speeds of up to 800m/min. Special software captures and evaluates the measurements and presents it to the user in a simple and easy- to-understand way. BST ProControl also uses innovative tech- nology to minimize the consumption of raw materials and the waste rate by means of the control systems, allowing customers to improve both production quality and profitability. GEAR PUMPS, FILTRATION, PELLETIZING AND PULVERIZING SYSTEMS MAAG – 4 STEPS AHEAD FOR YOUR SUCCESS www.maag.com Visit us at Fakuma: Hall A6, Stand 6202