Extrusion International USA 5-2019

PREVIEW 64 Extrusion International 5/2019 ILLIG Maschinenbau will be present- ing multiple technological novelties at the K in Düsseldorf. At this year’s stand the focus will be on sustain- able packaging solutions according to the theme of circular thinking with aspects such as Designed for Recy- cling and Eco Design. The responsible management of plastics and striving towards a closed circular economy are very important to ILLIG as a tra- ditional family business and pioneer in the thermoforming industry. ILLIG is constantly pushing forward with new developments within the con- text of their 360° tailor-made pack- aging development, Pactivity ® . New sustainable IML-T ® Cardboard application: ILLIG will be present- ing a number of new developments in both their tool and machine busi- ness segments. Among them is the new, designed-for-recycling plastic- cardboard combination pack IML-T ® Cardboard that can be decorated on both sides and whose plastic inlay easily separates from the outer card- board layer. A team of ILLIG Pactiv- ity ® experts from interdisciplinary fields came up with this innovative packaging solution to meet the de- mands of being designed for recy- cling and having an eco design. The team of ILLIG engineers preserved what was good, fine-tuned the ex- isting technology and added new improvements. This innovative pack- 4th generation ILLIG thermoformer: Another innovation being show- cased at the K is the first 4th-gener- ation thermoformer. The new pro- duction system IC-RDM 76K features unprecedented performance with a completely new drive system and significantly more closing force. The machine will be producing drinking cups made of recycled PET. Digital transformation in thermo- forming: ILLIG will be showcasing developments in digitization in ther- moforming at the K 2019 that aim to significantly increase the overall availability and thus also the pro- ductivity of ILLIG systems. ILLIG Con- nectivity securely connects the cus- tomer’s thermoforming production systems into his network, enabling them to be better integrated into his value-added chain. Connectivity optimizes job and pro- cess control, and facilitates data ex- change, logging and archiving. Fur- ther steps in Connectivity in terms of Industry 4.0 will also be presented at the K 2019. ILLIG Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG www.illig-group.com New Technological Developments for Sustainable Packaging Solutions aging solution can be produced on all ILLIG IML-T ® machine lines and of- fers new possibilities of decorating in thermoforming. New! Brilliantly decorated lids with IML-T ® : With yet another first-to- market IML-T ® innovation that was also developedwith recycling inmind, ILLIGwill bedemonstratingcupsmade of rPET with easily separable paper la- bels. To go along with this innovation, ILLIG has also set a new milestone in thermoforming technology. For the first time, ILLIG will be showcasing its new thermoforming system IC-RDKL 80 at the K 2019. The IML-T ® system produces brilliantly decorated lids made from rPET to complement deco- rated cups that are also made of rPET. This makes ILLIG the world’s only one- source supplier of multiple IML-T ® thermoforming systems in response to the increasing market demand for IML-T ® applications. K 2019: Hall 3, Booth A52 The new ILLIG thermoforming system IC-RDKL 80 for the production of decorated IML-T ® lids Circular Thinking! at ILLIG. The new IML-T ® Cardboard application reduces plastic consumption by 60%and is easy to sort for recycling (Source of pictures: ILLIG)