Fakuma 2024: ECO-Consulting to support the reduction of the carbon footprint

Overath, 03.09.2024 From 15 to 19 October 2024, BARLOG Plastics will be exhibiting at Fakuma in Friedrichshafen and presenting its ECO-Consulting service, which is actively committed to reducing the carbon footprint, in addition to numerous current topics. With ECO-Consulting, BARLOG Plastics integrates sustainability into its customers’ products.

Today, sustainability is no longer just a ‘nice to have’, but a decisive success factor for companies. But what does this mean in concrete terms for companies, and what measures are necessary in order to operate sustainably in the long term? With its new Eco-Consulting (Eco: ecology and economy) consulting approach, BARLOG Plastics supports its customers in developing more sustainable processes and implementing them successfully in the production of plastic components.

Sustainability from the idea to series production

BARLOG Plastics is actively committed to reducing its carbon footprint – both within the company and at its customers. The company strives to improve sustainability along the entire supply chain. The focus is on a holistic approach that includes both suppliers (‘upstream’) and customers and their products (‘downstream’).

The 4 building blocks of ECO-Consulting

‘With our ECO-Selection service, we not only select materials for plastic components according to technical and economic criteria, but also take sustainability and the resources of our planet into account,’ explains Tobias Haedecke, Head of Engineering at BARLOG Plastics.

BARLOG’s ECO Design Service works closely with customers to develop the best possible component design. The principles of both design-for-repair and design-for-recycling are incorporated into the design. ‘We also support our customers with topology optimisation and an analysis of the injection moulding process in order to create more resource-efficient and easily recyclable or repairable components,’ adds Haedecke.

ECO simulation is used to simulate production cycles in order to develop better temperature control layouts and identify potential for cycle reductions. ‘Through targeted measures such as precisely positioned heating cartridges or optimised temperature control, we help to save energy and reduce_{CO2 emissions},’ Tobias Haedecke continues.

The ECO-Calculator, an online tool for calculating the product carbon footprint of different design variants, enables the impact of these measures on the_{carbon footprint} of plastic parts to be assessed.

Visit BARLOG Plastics at Fakuma in hall A3 at booth 3209 and find out more about the innovative solutions and services.