This year, the exhibition has been postponed to December due to the corona pandemic. However, even with this postponement, it remains unclear for everyone involved how the pandemic situation will develop. Therefore, after evaluating the possible scenarios, it is with much regret that we have decided against participating in the wire show – if it should take place.

Visual defects on plastic pellets, like black specks or discolorations, do not affect the functionality of the final product itself but its optic. Ultimately, the size of a contamination determines if it is still visible after the melting of the material. Metallic contamination, however, always poses a risk for plastic manufacturers and processors because it threatens the functionality and the safe application of the final product. Whether breakdowns in high voltage cables or damages and blockages in the hot channel …

At wire China 2020, from September 23 to 26, 2020, in Shanghai, SIKORA will present its innovative measuring, control, inspection, sorting, and analysis systems.

The fast, lossless transfer of data over long distances via optical fiber cables is essential for our increasingly digital and connected society. The future demand for optical fiber cables is further growing due to the global establishment and expansion of 5G wireless standards, increasing intra-data traffic within data centers as well as data traffic between different data centers.

Since June 2020 Jérôme Charbonnel has been the new Managing Director of SIKORA FRANCE and thus the contact person for all customers from France and the Maghreb states.

The production of medical tubes places considerable demands on manufacturers. Because of the high safety standards, medical tubes are subject to strict approvals as patient safety depends on them. A continuous quality control during the ongoing manufacturing process is essential to ensure reliable, durable and precisely processed tubes. Besides, the manufacturing processes has to be reproducible in order to ensure consistent product quality and to save costs, making production more efficient and economical. SIKORA supplies innovative measuring and control devices …

Acting responsibly The coronavirus has changed the world. It has challenged our creativity to find alternatives for familiar workflows. SIKORA has quickly adapted to the new situation. By cooperation, flexibility and strong commitment of all employees, we have created new ways to ensure a healthy and safe environment to carry on business operations and to stay available for our customers. Early on, we introduced an action plan and established guidelines and recommended actions. These are communicated transparently and implemented adapted …

Black specks and color deviations often lead to increased scrap rates in the production of plastic injection molded parts, but also in the manufacture of profiles, cables and pipes. The same applies to metal inclusions in the pellets, which leave traces in the end product and the processing machines and cause costs. As far as black specks are concerned, this type of material contamination is often caused by thermal overload, while metallic impurities are mostly due to damage and wear of screw, barrel and pelletizing unit during the compounding process.

Online quality control at the production of automotive cables Compared to the 1980s, modern vehicles have become rolling computers that can be quite heavy due to their various comfort and safety systems. This can be a blessing and a curse at the same time, as the additional weight often overrides the savings in fuel of the advanced engines or even leads to a higher consumption. Therefore, automobile manufacturers aim at avoiding unnecessary weight. The CENTERVIEW 8000 is a reliable device …