Comprehensive standard equipment, lifetime warranty on key components – HB-Therm presented at Fakuma 2021 the new Series 6 generation of temperature control units.

This is what the Thermo-6 series looks like. The smallest of the three was introduced to the market in October 2021. The larger and more powerful variants are expected to follow in 2022 and 2023

Spritzgießen

Kunststoffverarbeitung: Verfahren

Temperiergeräte

Kunststoffverarbeitung: Maschinen und Komponenten

Gießanlagen

Messe Fakuma

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Sixth Unit Generation Celebrated Premiere at Fakuma 2021

New date for the industry event is June 22th to 25th, 2022.

Safety first: to ensure that guests from all over the world can meet at the Technology Days (the picture shows the 2019 event) as carefree as possible, Arburg has postponed the date

Spritzgießmaschinen

Arburg Technology Days 2022 Will Take Place in June

For the first time a readable digital watermark, imperceptible to the naked eye, has been incorporated into an injection-molded flip cap.

On the flip cap, the digital watermark is not visually perceptible, but can be read like a code by specialized high speed camera

16:9

Integration of Digital Watermarks in Complex Injection Molded Packaging Products

Spritzgießwerkzeuge

Werkzeuge für die Kunststoffverarbeitung

Bildverarbeitung

Fertigungsautomation

Laserbearbeitungen

Oberflächentechnik

Barcode-Systeme

Identtechnik

Inspektion, Analyse und Sortierung von Rohmaterial

Qualitätssicherung

Qualitätssicherung Kunststoff

Kreislaufwirtschaft

Key to Purity of Recycled Resins

Everyone is talking about digitalization and Industry 4.0. In practice, however, implementation is often difficult. The data-driven operation of an injection molding production is often still a dream. Only if the exact actual condition of the machines and peripheral equipment is known, work on optimizing the processes can be done. The Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences describes the challenges that have to be overcome and shows possible solutions based on a self-operated manufacturing cell.

Fully automated manufacturing cell for the production of a floorball at IWK’s technical laboratory in Rapperswil, Switzerland

Part 2 of the Series: Integrated Data Acquisition for the Injection Molding Production

Industrie 4.0 für die Kunststoffverarbeitung

Industrie 4.0

On the Way to the Smart Injection Molding Factory

The article demonstrates the use of digital twins for molds in injection molding through the integration of track-and-trace technologies for data collection.

An RFID reader records whether a mold is ready for the setup process

How Track-and-Trace Technologies Can Support Mold Management

RFID

RFID Teileidentifikation

Digitaler Zwilling

Software

Simulation

The Digital Mold Twin

Arburg will be showing the hybrid high-performance Hidrive series on its stand no. 21B25 in Hall 2, with an Allrounder 520 H producing 32 pipette tips in around 6 s cycle time.

The hybrid Allrounder 520 H on show at Interplastica is equipped with a 32-cavity mold and produces pipette tips in a cycle time of around 6 s.

Spritzgießmaschinen, allgemein

High-Tech for Medical Technology

From 25 to 28 January, the OOO Engel team presents its booth in Moscow again. The injection molding machine manufacturer and system solution provider headquartered in Austria is making the huge potential of digital solutions tangible by producing technical parts live on a tie-bar-less victory injection molding machine.

Engel victory injection molding machines with tie-bar-less clamping units.

The Benefits of Tie-Bar-Less Technology

The product portfolio of Wittmann and Wittmann Battenfeld will in future be presented under the uniform Wittmann brand name. This reflects the company’s claim to be a provider of total solutions for injection molders.

Michael Wittmann, Managing Director and CEO of the Wittmann Group. The group operates eight production plants in five countries, and the additional sales companies at their 34 different locations are present in all major industrial markets around the world.

Unternehmen

Wittmann Group Changes Its Brand Strategy

Enemac presents the power clamping nut ESB. With its integrated planetary gear it can be driven by a small nut outside the housing, easily and without much effort, so that the internal thread is a bit retracted, thus the counterpart is tightened.

The power clamping nut ESB is intended for consistently large work pieces or tools

Spanneinrichtungen

Montagetechnik

Systemperipherie

Pressen

Maschinen für die spanlose Fertigung

Spannmittel

Spanntechnik

Werkstückspanntechnik, spanend

Simple, Fast Clamping of Consistently Large Parts

Muller Technology Colorado Inc. has named Thom Mandl as its new Chief Operating Officer (COO), effective January 1.

Automatisierungstechnik

Muller Technology Appointed Thom Mandl as Chief Operating Officer 

Paul Caprio has left Engel North America effective January 31st, 2022. Now the company presents the new management board.

Engel North America Management Board (left to right): Johann Dastl (CFO), Vanessa Malena (COO), Benjamin Lettner (CSO), Mark Sankovitch (CEO).

New Management Board at Engel North America

In the past, relying on vertical injection molding machines instead of traditional horizontal molding machines when it came to the production of 2-component molded parts was a common option for molding small and medium-sized parts but not for large size parts. But when the automotive supplier Eldisy was faced with parts in that segment horizontal injection molding machines proved to be an inaptly alternative as new vertical machine systems proved as more reliable and therefore more productive. In the Bavarian injection molding machine manufacturer LWB-Steinl, the company found a partner to enter this new territory.

A vertical gantry frame machine with two thermoplastic injection units injecting from above proves to be a “gamechanger” for the production of 2-component automotive components at Eldisy in the German Gardelegen.

Eldisy Switches to Vertical Machines for the Production of Large-Size 2-Components

Mehrkomponenten-Spritzgießen

KFZ-Zulieferer

Dienstleistungen

With a System Change  to New Competitiveness

Engel has developed a new way to process plastic scrap as flakes on an injection molding machine straight after grinding. This innovation eliminates the pelletization step and significantly boosts the economics of plastics recycling. The key to consistently high product quality is to vent the plastic melt.

Test setup at the pilot plant in St. Valentin, Austria: for the two-stage process, Engel has combined a plasticizing screw with an injection screw.

Venting in a Two-Stage Process Boosts the Efficiency of Recycling Processes

Schmelzefilter

Kunststoff-Aufbereitung

Kunststoff-Recycling

High-Quality Recycled Plastics Obtained Directly from Flakes

Guido Frohnhaus has been Managing Director Technology & Engineering at Arburg for a good two years now. The pandemic restrictions meant that he has made very few appearances outside the company so far, but, as he says himself, he spent the time getting to know the in-house processes at all levels and in great detail. In this interview with Kunststoffe, the 52-year-old talks about the course he plans to set and how crucial the high level of in-house manufacturing and programming expertise is for the company’s independence.

Doriat, Clemens, Dr.

Digitale Transformation

Wirtschaft

Innovationen und neue Technologie

Spritzgießsimulation

“Gestica Will Be the Fixed Star in the Customer’s Universe”

The digital shadow is the core concept of the Cluster of Excellence “Internet of Production” at RWTH Aachen University. It represents the data trace of an asset to describe its real behavior. In the Plastics Innovation Center 4.0 (PIC 4.0), digital shadows, e.g. the data trace of a sensor, are used to optimize processes taking into account real behavior and to determine simulation quality.

The construction of the PIC 4.0 proceeds and throws its shadow on the Campus Melaten.

Part 7 of the Series: How the Digital Shadow Enlightens Real Processes in the PIC 4.0

Sensorik für Kunststoff-Verarbeitungsmaschinen

Out of the Shadow into the Light

On 17 October 2022, Vanessa Malena, previously COO of Engel Machinery Inc., took over as President of the North American headquarters of Engel Austria.

On 17 October 2022, Vanessa Malena, previously Chief Operations Officer (COO) of Engel Machinery Inc. in York, Pennsylvania, took over as President of the North American headquarters of the Austrian injection molding machine manufacturer and system solutions supplier Engel.

Vanessa Malena started at Engel North America in 2017 as Key Account Manager and then moved into a Regional Vice President of Sales role. She was appointed to the management board in 2021 as COO responsible for After Sales Support, Engineering, Purchasing and Automation. As President, she will head the management team of Engel Machinery Inc. beginning in mid-October and will continue to strategically develop the subsidiary. She takes over from Mark Sankovitch, who will remain Regional President of Engel in North America.

„We are delighted to be able to fill this important position from our own ranks,“ emphasises Stefan Engleder, CEO of the Engel Group. „Vanessa Malena is a proven expert in the injection moulding industry. With her planned change, we are ensuring a seamless transition for both employees and our customers.“

Vanessa Malena studied mechanical engineering and has held responsible positions in plastics machinery sales for almost 30 years. With the orderly handover by Mark Sankovitch to Vanessa Malena, Engel is taking the next step for further growth in the important North American market.

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