References:Bloomberg’s business week online magazine / 3D printers official website.

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Mitsubishi Corporation initiated the project “Study and Training Program”

especially for HIPF Top Trainees. The project started last month and shall

continue twice a year.

The trainees visited Japans’ factories equipped with high technology, such as

Toyota, Mit-subishi Chemicals etc. They also visited some regions severely hit

by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.

The new era has begun for customized manufacturing which moves away from mass manufacturing. It may be the most eye catching innovation in the field of printing that is, 3D printing which is actually known as Additive manufacturing.

3D printing or additive manufacturing has the potential to bring major changes in the fields like art, medicine, construction, aerospace, manufacturing, sciences, transportation, fashions, etc; through cutting cost and breaking time bounding with customized product with the help of computer aided design and computer aided manufacturing (CAD CAM).

3D printers work on the principle of creating three dimensional object built by adding many layers of desired material like PLASTIC, GLASS, CERAMIC, METALS etc. to make complete object. It is just similar to two dimensional X, Y axis printing on a paper and added third dimension ‘Z’ axis. In other words it is just like making a multi layer cake by adding successive layer to prepare complete cake with precision control.

A 3D printer receives command through CAD file created with the use of 3D Modeling program. The 3D printer prints layers one over another until the entire object is completely made in three dimensions. This type of printing technology helps to eliminate subtractive manufacturing,

Various 3D Printing Methods used to prepare a customized product includes stereo lithography (SLA), Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM), Selective Laser Sintering (SLS), Poly Jet Photopolymer, Syringe Extrusion, Selective Laser Melting (SLM), and Laminated Object Manufacturing (LOM) and others.

Special pointS of intereSt: in thiS iSSue:• Recent Path Breaking Innovations in the field of Plastics.

• Selected International Plastics centered events and exhibitions.

• HIPF ‘s Top Trainees Visit to Japan.

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HIPF Trainees posing with Mitsubishi Corporations’ Executives and former Japan ambassador to Saudi Arabia, his Excellency Mr. Shigeru Endo @ Mitsubishi Head Office, Tokyo, Japan.

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Plastics Money 2

Gear Pump for molten plastics in extrusion process 2

SABIC-A leading petrochemical giant 3

Akron’s Applied Polymer Re-search Center (APRC) 3

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Polymer currency technology banknotes were first developed by the Reserve Bank of Australia. Vari-ous information sources reveals that, the countries that have switched over completely to polymer banknotes includes Malaysia, Brunei, New Zealand, Romania, Mauritius Vietnam, Fiji, Mexico etc.

Compared to paper banknotes, polymer banknotes are more expensive to make. However, the main reason why these countries have moved to polymer banknote is to stay ahead of counterfeiting threats, harder to tear and waterproof.

Polymer notes are made from Biaxially Oriented Polypropylene (BOPP), a non-fibrous and non-po-

rous polymer tested to withstand 140 °C heat and –75° C cold. processed through the following steps:

1- Blow film Extrusion - plastic resin is melted, blown and processed into rolled sheets.

2- Undercoating – two layers of ink (usually white) are applied to each side of the note.

3-Sheeting – the substrate is cut into sheets .

4- Printing – traditional offset, intaglio and letterpress printing processes are used.

5- Final coating – notes are coated with a protective varnish.

Gear pump is a pair of matching gears which form a positive displacement pump. Melt is pushed by the extruder into the pump and gets trapped in the chambers between the gears and the housing, carried around and forced out through the other end. One gear is driven by an external source, and drives the other gear, and the tooth-to-tooth contact creates a seal between the two gears. The pump shafts are typically lubricated by a small stream of melt diverted from its normal path through the pump.

The extruder supply the molten plastic to the gears of Gear pump in the suction side and the rotating gears discharge the molten plastic to the manifold of the die. Gear pump does more than discharge a constant volume

of melt. Gear pumps are more effective than screws at generating extrusion pressure. Gear pumps also serve as excellent mixing device in the extrusion process.

The Gear pump provides several other important advantages. It is a more effective device for raising pressure than in an extruder screw. As a result the head pressure on the screw can be reduced, lowering the melt temperature and increasing the screw’s output. The melt pump is also a mixing device and thereby improves melt quality.

Gear pump improves thickness control, takes some load off the extruder and saves material. Gear pumps play an important role in extrusion system for all thermoplastics, except PVC.

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Courtesy of Tom Chao’s paper money gallery ( Front & back view )

References: Tom chao’s paper money gallery

Internet articles.

Source: HIPF Pipe extrusion De-partment - Riyadh.

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SABIC is a diversified manufacturing company with businesses grouped into Chemicals, Polymers, Performance Chemicals, Fertilizers, Metals and Innovative Plastics. It is one of the market leaders in the production of PE, PP and other advanced thermoplastics, glycols, methanol and fertilizers in the world.

SABIC achieved a net profit of SR 24.72 billion (US$ 6.59 billion) with total assets of SR 338 billion (US$ 90.13 billion) at the end of 2012.

SABIC manufactures on a global scale in Saudi Arabia, USA, Europe and Asia Pacific. It has one Corporate Research & Innovation Center in KSA, 12 Technology & Innovation Centers in KSA, Netherlands, Spain, USA, South Korea and India, with two under construction in China and India, 4 Application Centers in KSA, USA, S. Korea and Japan. It create 150 new products each year and have a portfolio of 8,000 global patents.

SABIC produces seven key polymers –LLDPE, LDPE, HDPE, PET, PP, PVC and PS. Recently Gelsenkirchen ,YANSAB and SAUDI KAYAN has transformed SABIC into a major player in plastic pipes, with pressure pipe grades.

SABIC’s new developments in 2012 include new

In Ohio, The University of Akron was established as a college in 1870. Today it is grown to the extent of more than 80 buildings covered in around 10, 00000 square meters area offers 300 academic degree programs. The students are enrolled from U.S.A and other 60 foreign countries. The Akron’s Applied Polymer Research Center (APRC) is governed by the Akron’s College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering with the mission to serve mainly the rubber and plastics industries where, around 350 projects are carried out every year.

The research centre is equipped with wide range of highly sophisticated equipments for the identification and characterization of plastics and rubber.

Chemical analysis: Includes Chromatography Instrumentation, Infrared (IR) Spectroscopy, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) and other Miscellaneous Equipments.

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Reference : SABIC 2012 annual report / SABIC corporate brochure / SABIC press release Dec2013

medium-density LDPE film grade, nExtCoat 5 for extrusion coating, new HDPE grades for milk and juice bottles, PP random PP651H pipe grade, low processing temperature Random Co-Polymer(RCP) and Impact Copolymer(ICP) PP , grades , PET grade for 22 liter disposable bottle and tape applications and also machine direction oriented PET film(MDO PET).

SABIC’s Innovative Plastics business launched the first engineering thermoplastics (ETP) compounding facility in Saudi Arabia in 2012. It has also announced investments at Mount Vernon, Indiana site, USA for the production of a state-of-the-art cogeneration (CoGen) plant that will use natural gas to create a majority of the steam for the site .

Akron’s Applied Polymer Research Center (APRC)Thermal Analysis: Dynamic Mechanical analysis (DMA), Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and Melt Flow Rate (MFR) are important tests performed.

Physical analysis: Tensile properties, Flexural modulus, Tear testing, Impact, Hardness, Density, are available.

Rubber Analysis: The research center has the equipment to mix, characterize, and test rubber materials.

Microscopic techniques: Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), etc are provided.

APRC offers additional services similar to ASTM, reviewing patents, and also synthesizing reactions are performed.

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Interplastica 2014 International Trade Fair for Plastics & Rubber, Raw Materials, Machinery and Equipment

OMAN PLAST 2014

Saudi PPPP 2014(SAUDI PRINT/PACK/PLAS/PETROCHEM 2014 trade show)

PLASTIVISION ARABIAInternational plastic packaging and printing exhibition and conference

International Trade Fairfor moldmaking and tooling, design and application development.

CE 2014The 21st China International Machine Tool & Plastics Industry Exhibition

2nd International Conferenceon Nano and Materials Engineering (ICNME 2014)

GPCA PlastiCon 2014Focussing on the growth of plastics conversion both globally and in the GCC countries, GPCA PlastiCon 2014 will highlight the key role of innovation in market and product development.

CHINAPLAS 2014The 28th International Exhibition on Plastics and Rubber Industries

Interpack 2014Processes and Packaging trade fare

Kenya Plast 2014plastic moulding machines, packaging tools , dyes, polymer manufacturers, machinery manufacturers, traders, exporters, manufacturers, processors, molds & consultants, institutions and all others related to the industry.

INTERPLAS 2014plastics manufacturing – including design and prototyping, materials, injection moulding machinery, extrusion machinery, thermoforming machinery, printing & decorating, automation & robotics, recycling, process control & sensing, test & measurement, QA & QC equipment, mould making, temperature control, end of line/assembly, contract manufacturing.

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PLASTICS LINK

Your Link to the World of PlasticsThe establishment of HIPF aims to prepare Saudi youth to participate as skilled technicians in the booming plastics industry of the Kingdom and to develop the technical knowledge and skills of Saudi workforce towards localization of plastics fabrication technology.

The Editorial board of the Newsletter would like to remind the reader that the articles in this newsletter are collated from the various sources of information. HIPF does its best to verify the sources and confirm the authenticity of the articles published in the newsletter. The HIPF will not assume any legal liability for the content, quality, accuracy or completeness of said information and materials. The sources of the articles and the ‘terms and conditions’ of the newsletter ‘Plastic Link’ are available with the board of Editors and are available on request.s

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