Plastics

Welding containers, stretching films and foils or forming PET bottles - infrared technology has optimised many processes in the plastics industry. Infrared emitters are heat sources which can be exactly matched to the product and its manufacturing stage. Clever emitter arrangements and flexible designs also allow heating processes to be carried out on components with complex geometry. Because infrared emitters can be switched on and off in seconds, they save both energy and production costs.

Application examples:
 

Welding of plastic	Hot staking
Stretching of foils	Blow molding of PET bottles
Deburring of plastic components	Shrinking of foils
Drying of granules	Drying of coating on plastic

 
Job story: Deburring of plastic components
Job story: Plastic welding


Heating Techniques for Plastics Processing (PDF 1,7 MB)

Further links:
Infrared products for the plastics industry