Pipette tips are small and relatively simple components that are now in high demand. One might think  producing large quantities of these products is a simple task. It is not. The requested high quality can only be reached by using complex automation. To meet these challenging requirements, MA micro automation has developed a modular solution: Centauri IVD.

The Centauri IVD production system can be adapted to meet specific pipette tip manufacturing requirements.

16:9

Automated High Volume Consumables Production

Spritzgießen

Kunststoffverarbeitung: Verfahren

Handling, Handhabungstechnik

Automatisierungstechnik

Medizinprodukte

Medizintechnik

Prozessautomation

From Tool to Blister

Kuka is demonstrating this – not only at K 2022 – but also in a current customer project with Hauff.

According to the manufacturer, the stand-out quality of the KR Quantec is not only optimal production efficiency, but also its economical commissioning and maintenance concept.

Messe K-Kunststoffmesse

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Industrieroboter

Montagetechnik

Fertigungsautomation

Top Rack Rollers for Dishwashers in Seconds

The Bavarian machine manufacturer LWB Steinl, with the multicell, is presenting an unusual method for processing polymer molding compounds.

In the Multicell, the cycle steps are split up between multiple stations.

kunststoffe.de

Spritzgießmaschinen

Kunststoffverarbeitung: Maschinen und Komponenten

Cycle Separated into Individual Processes

Injection molding cell combines high article variance with automated product changeover.

With the turnkey solution, 159 product variants can be manufactured.

Flexible Production Concept Combines High Article Variance with Automation

Automatisierungszellen

Mehrkomponenten-Spritzgießen

Automatisierungskomponenten

Spritzgießwerkzeuge

Werkzeuge für die Kunststoffverarbeitung

Inserttechnik

Linearroboter für die Kunststoffverarbeitung

Multiaxialroboter für die Kunststoffverarbeitung

One System, 159 Variants

The production of functional control panels in a one-step injection molding process also makes production attractive for processors in Western Europe.

So-called disappearance or dead-front effects are integrated into the control panel.

Doriat, Clemens, Dr.

Kapazitive Sensoren

Messtechnik

Sensoren / Messwertaufnehmer

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

HMI, Bedienelemente, Displays

Elektronik

Kfz-Elektronik

Wipe-Clean Control Panels

Automotive supplier Coko produces four structural parts and twelve visible parts for a truck driver’s cab on a fully automated injection molding line.

Dominick Sudeck (left), Global Process Management, and Sascha Böning, Industrial Engineering, in front of the production cell’s complex handling system.

Coko Manufactures Different Automotive Parts on a Single Turnkey System

Industrieroboter klein

Montageeinrichtungen

KFZ-Zulieferer

Dienstleistungen

Sixteen in One Go

Where the managing directors see the greatest challenges in the future.

Michael Wittmann, Managing Partner of the Wittmann Group and Managing Director of Wittmann Technology

Strategie und Organisation

Wirtschaft

Schröder, Susanne

Materialhandling

Kunststoff-Aufbereitung

“We Need Openness in All Directions”

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

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

Integration of Digital Watermarks in Complex Injection Molded Packaging Products

Bildverarbeitung

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

Systemperipherie

Pressen

Maschinen für die spanlose Fertigung

Spannmittel

Spanntechnik

Werkstückspanntechnik, spanend

Simple, Fast Clamping of Consistently Large Parts

Muller Technology Appointed Thom Mandl as Chief Operating Officer 

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

Muller Technology Colorado Inc., a global supplier of molds and automation solutions for sustainable thin-wall packaging, has named Thom Mandl as its new Chief Operating Officer (COO), effective January 1. The appointment was announced by Thomas Federer, Group CEO of Muller Technology.

Mandl is a seasoned operations executive with over 25 years of experience in manufacturing. He has held leadership roles in production, engineering, quality, continuous improvement, and, more recently, general management. His early career experience was with two global market leaders, Ford and Procter & Gamble, where he gained valuable experience and skills that he successfully applied at smaller manufacturers in a wide variety of industries. Most recently, he was Director of Operations at Summit Bodyworks, and Chief Operating Officer at Wadsworth Control Systems.

He holds a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from Penn State University, and an MBA in International Business from Regent University. He has earned professional certifications in Lean, Six Sigma, and Supply Chain Management. 

“Muller Technology is thrilled to have Thom join our team and help us manage and direct our business operations through an exciting period of emerging growth,” said Federer. “Thom’s skills, experience, and values make him a great fit with Muller Technology CO, and we are excited about the impact he will make moving our company forward.” 

“I am excited to join this outstanding and highly respected organization which is at the forefront of leading-edge technology for the plastics industry,” said Mandl. “I look forward to working closely with our highly talented staff to elevate our operational performance, quality control, and supply chain management, while delivering exceptional customer value.” 

Mandl, based in Fort Collins, CO/USA, will oversee day-to-day business operations and direct efforts to expand Muller’s growth strategy in the packaging industry. 

Muller Technology Colorado (formerly CBW Automation), based in Fort Collins, Colo., is a leading U.S. supplier of robots and automation solutions with a focus on injection molding and thermoforming applications in the packaging and medical sectors. 

Swiss-based Muller Technology Conthey (formerly H. Müller-Fabrique de Moules SA) was founded in 1959 and is a pioneer and leader in the field of packaging design, mold, and automation solutions for injection molded thin-wall packaging with leading-edge expertise in in-mold-labeling (IML).

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