Mold breathing provides useful information about the processes that occur in the mold and the cavity. Mold-maker Schneider Form and injection molding machine-maker Engel have recognized the potential which this process variable offers and have worked intensively on it for several years, albeit by adopting different approaches. They recently carried out joint tests on bumper molds using a two-platen injection molding machine with a clamping force of 40,000 kN and then swapped experiences.

Bumper molds were the focus of mold-breathing studies aimed at process optimization. The photo shows an example from the bumper portfolio of Schneider Form

Comparative Methods for Determining Mold Breathing

Spritzgießen

Kunststoffverarbeitung: Verfahren

Energiemanagement / Smart Home

Installationstechnik

Spritzgießwerkzeuge

Kunststoffverarbeitung: Maschinen und Komponenten

Werkzeuge für die Kunststoffverarbeitung

Industrie 4.0 für die Kunststoffverarbeitung

Industrie 4.0

Druck- / Kraftsensoren

Messtechnik

Sensoren / Messwertaufnehmer

Spritzgießmaschinen

Using Breathing Signals for  Process Optimization

They are needed in thousands of units in Dutch greenhouses: plant pots. TN Plastics from Netherlands produces these thin-walled containers with Arburg injection molding machines in high quality and large volumes, around the clock, 363 days a year and above all resource-efficiently – using the own PP recyclate.

The terracotta-colored plant pots consist of 100 % recycled material. The recycling loop is based on a take-back system operated by the dealers

How TN Plastics Produces Thin-Walled Containers Resource-Efficiently

Production Brought to Growth

The quality of injection molded parts and the process stability are still heavily dependent on the knowledge and experience of the process technician. However, the ever increasing degree of freedom creates complex interrelationships between part quality and process parameters. At K 2019, IKV and an industrial consortium will demonstrate how algorithms based on artificial intelligence can support machine operators during the process setup by using machine data and quality data.

Fully interconnected manufacturing cell with data feedback to the injection molding machine

Model-Based Process Setup by Fully Interconnected Production in Injection Molding

Beyond Human Capabilities

ARBURG is one of the world‘s leading manufacturers of plastic processing machines. The product portfolio encompasses ALLROUNDER injection moulding machines with clamping forces of between 125 and 6,500 kN, the freeformer for industrial additive manufacturing, plus robotic systems, customer and industry-specific turnkey solutions, and further peripheral equipment.

ARBURG GmbH + Co KG  

https://www.arburg.com

Abkantmaschinen, -pressen, -bänke

Blechbearbeitungsmaschinen

Maschinen für die spanlose Fertigung

Additive Fertigung

Anlagen für die Additive Fertigung

Antriebselemente

Lineartechnik

Maschinenelemente

Ceramic-Injection-Moulding, CIM

Condition Monitoring für die Qualitätssicherung

Industrie 4.0 für die Qualitätssicherung

Energieeffizienz

Handling, Handhabungstechnik

Automatisierungstechnik

Kennzahlen

Qualitätsmanagement

Kennzahlen, Q-Leitstand, Q-Monitor

Qualitätssicherung

Kühlelemente, aktive

Kühlkörper

Elektromechanik

Software

Management-Informationssysteme

Medizintechnik

Mehrfarben-Spritzgießmaschinen

Mikrobauteile

Montage

Montagetechnik

Mikrospritzgießen

Mischer

Kunststoff-Aufbereitung

NE-Metalle

Metall Werkstoffe

PUR-Schäummaschinen

Schäumen / Reaktive Verarbeitung

Partikelschäumen

Produktionssystem

Rapid Manufacturing

Rapid Prototyping

Reinraumsysteme / -technik

Reinraumtechnik

Betriebsausrüstung / Betriebsmittel

Reporting-Tools

Rückverfolgbarkeit, Traceability

Schnecken und Plastifiziersysteme

Schnecken und Zylinder

Simulation

Spanneinrichtungen

Systemperipherie

Spritzgieß-Zubehör und Einzelteile

Stetigförderer

Fördertechnik

Logistik

Trockner

Vorbeugende Instandhaltung für die spanende Fertigung

Industrie 4.0 für die spanende Fertigung

Injection molding manufacturer Engel and technology group Heraeus have succeeded in slashing cycle times in the injection molding of amorphous metals. In so doing, the two system partners have rendered these alloys, which possess special properties, amenable to large-scale production over a wide range of end uses. The K 2019 trade fair will see two-component parts made of amorphous metal and silicone being produced for the first time – inside a fully automated manufacturing cell.

Premiere for the two-component AMM process. A silicone seal is directly molded onto the parts, which are made of amorphous metal

Engel and Heraeus to Demo a New Processing Unit for Large-Scale Production

Hybridtechnik

Doriat, Clemens, Dr.

Hybrid-Spritzgießen (Metall / Kunststoff)

Amorphous Metals Combined  with Elastomers

ENGEL, headquartered in Schwertberg, Austria, is one of the globally leading companies in plastics processing machines. From individual injection moulding machines to integrated and automated production cells, ENGEL offers customised solutions for thermoplastic, thermoset and elastomer processing from a single source. ENGEL injection moulding solutions are used, for example, to manufacture automotive components, housings and other parts for electrical and electronic products, household goods, toys and leisure articles, packaging, and products for medical technology and health care. ENGEL‘s leading market position is founded on two cornerstones: on the one hand, high-technology business that initiates permanent further development and on the other hand, large-scale production to make our cost-intensive development work financially affordable. With nine production plants in Europe, North America and Asia, as well as subsidiaries and representatives in more than 85 countries, ENGEL has a global presence. From its foundation in 1945 to the present day, ENGEL has always been 100 percent family-owned.

Engel Austria GmbH  

https://www.engelglobal.com

Industrieroboter

Kautschuk / Elastomere

Kunststoff Werkstoffe

Pressen von Kunststoffen

Technische Kunststoffe

Thermoplaste

Temperieren

Wärmebehandlung

Verbundwerkstoffe / Werkstoffverbunde

It is not new to state that injection molding is a cyclic process. However, injection molding manufacturers are now concentrating on another cycle. Machine concepts for processing bioplastics or recyclates are being optimized, the energy efficiency of machines increased, and rejects minimized in order to contribute to the circular economy.

Circular Economy and Digitalization Are Key Issues for Machine Manufacturers

Spritzgieß-Sonderverfahren

The Eternal Circle

 Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd., Bolton, Ontario/Canada, has launched its new NexPET system – a mid-volume PET preform molding solution purpose-built to help producers introduce multiple new applications into the market more quickly and cost-effectively than ever before.

The NexPET system is designed for medium volume PET preform molding

Polyethylen

 A Solution to Accommodate Niche Brands

Since 2007, one major construction project has followed another at Arburg in Lossburg, Germany: customer center, assembly hall, tradeshow logistics hall, training center and currently the next assembly hall. While environmentally friendly construction and production methods have long been established at the site, the company is now announcing an eco-efficiency program for the injection molding world, bearing the name “Arburg Green World.”

Gerhard Böhm, Sales Director at Arburg (left), and Michael Hehl, Managing Partner: “We have understood the challenge.” 

Arburg Is Pursuing a Closed Value Chain for Plastics

Digitale Transformation

Wirtschaft

Innovationen und neue Technologie

Ressourcenmanagement

Produktion

Green Wave

Haitian International, the Chinese manufacturer of injection molding machines, is consolidating its growth of the last ten years while its European business flourishes. New locations and additional investments will support its foreign activities. On the program for the K 2019 is the introduction of what is now their third generation technology.

Fu Nanhong, CTO of Haitian International, announces the third generation of all their important series for the K 

Haitian’s Success Story Continues with Big Plans

Elektrische Antriebe für Spritzgießmaschinen

Antriebe

Elektrische Antriebe

Plans for Further Expansion

With its Industry 4.0 solution portfolio, the Wittmann Group is receiving a positive echo in the market. This virtually extends the injection-molding machine into a smart workcell. For the near future, the company is tooling up for the demands of a circular economy – and declining demand.

Finger on the pulse with Industry 4.0 solutions: Michael Wittmann, Managing Director of the eponymous corporate group

Wittmann Continues to See Itself Well Placed as a One-Stop Supplier

Biokunststoffe

Nachhaltigkeit

Umweltmanagement

Immediately Ready for Use

The Circular Economy is not only the theme topic at the K 2019. It is also the “green” thread running through the fair exhibit by Engel, the provider of injection molding machines and integrated system solutions. Industry 4.0 is turning out to be a driving force for recycling. This is a most timely insight, since the branch is in for several economically cool years.

Dr. Stefan Engleder, CEO of the Engel Group: “The plastics industry bears a  global responsibility.”

Engel Supports Strong Involvement by the Plastics Industry in a Circular Economy

Künstliche Intelligenz für die Qualitätssicherung

Folientechnik (IMD, IML, FIM, u.a.)

Co-Injektion (Barriere-/Sandwich-Spritzgießen)

Kunststoff-Recycling

Organobleche (gewebeverstärkte Thermoplast-Halbzeuge)

Halbzeuge und Zwischenprodukte

Kunststoff-Halbzeuge

A Second Life for Plastics

With advanced process integration and a higher degree of automation, the complexity of injection molding processes is cumulative. This trend also increases the demand imposed on control technology. The clearer, more convenient and more intuitive the control system is for the operator, the safer and more efficient it can be to operate even large production plants and manufacturing cells that combine different technologies. Engel now goes one step further with tutorials integrated directly into the control of the injection molding machines.

The CC300 control is the interface between the injection molding machine and the plant operator. If the operator feels comfortable in the control environment, he can get the most out of the machine

Tutorials Directly on the Operator Panel of the Injection Molding Machine

Steuerungen (Hardware und Software)

Control Complex Processes Easily

Haitian International Germany is a subsidiary of Haitian International Hong Kong/China. Located in Ebermannsdorf, Bavaria, Germany, a team of international experts ensures reliable order processing and coordinates and trains the qualified sales and service partners in Germany and throughout Europe.

Haitian International Germany GmbH  

https://www.haitiangermany.com

Kunststoffverarbeitung

Lohnfertigung

Dienstleistungen

ALKAZ Sp. z o.o. Sp. K.  

https://www.plastics.alkaz.pl/de

CAD Werkzeug-, Formenbau

Einpressverbindungen, Gewinde, Bolzen

Normteile

Extrusion

Gehäuse aus Kunststoff

Hochleistungskunststoffe

Lager

Produkt- / Formteildesign

Teile nach Muster

Werkzeug- und Formenbau

Werkzeug-, Formen- und Modellbau

Marking an important milestone for the Sumitomo (SHI) Demag all-electric IntElect machine series, CEO Gerd Liebig is handing over the 80,000th model at K 2022 to representatives of long-standing customer TE Connectivity based in Schaffhausen, Switzerland.

Marking an important milestone for the Sumitomo (SHI) Demag all-electric IntElect machine series, CEO Gerd Liebig is handing over the 80,000th model at K 2022 to representatives of long-standing customer TE Connectivity based in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. The fast and energy-efficient IntElect 2 S 100/470–110 will be located at the Esztergom production site in Hungary, where it will injection mold technical components destined for the automotive industry.

Since 1986, Sumitomo (SHI) Demag has supplied TE Connectivity with more than 500 injection molding machines during this longstanding cooperation spanning over 35 years. As specialists in connection and sensor products, over half of this machine park installed across a number of the Group’s European and international locations by the Japanese-German machinery manufacturer were fully electric.

The milestone machine is being dispatched by the company’s plant in Wiehe, Thuringia, Germany. It is here where Sumitomo (SHI) Demag has exclusively manufactured its all-electric injection molding machines IntElect series for the past six years following a production changeover. With locations in Germany, Japan and China, the company claims that it is the global market leader in all-electric injection molding machines. Additionally, more than 90 percent of its machines and manufactured with the corresponding drive.

Sumitomo (SHI) Demag Plastics Machinery GmbH 

https://www.sumitomo-shi-demag.eu/

“Passing over our 80,000th machine to TE Connectivity once again validates from our customers’ perspective the quality of our products and their consequent loyalty,“ affirmed CEO Gerd Liebig in Düsseldorf, Germany.

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