Kistler’s ComoNeo process monitoring system is now much more precise thanks to an envelope curve adapted to the process, and is WLAN-compatible for the first time.

Growing numbers of injection molding professionals seek resource efficiency and high product quality. The solution: the ComoNeo process monitoring system

Werkzeuginnendrucksensoren

Messtechnik

Sensoren / Messwertaufnehmer

Spritzgießen

Kunststoffverarbeitung: Verfahren

Qualitätssicherung Kunststoff

Qualitätssicherung

Everything under Control

Aside from offering high mechanical strength, versatility and durability, polymer materials are ideal for applications in the electrical industry because of their ability to isolate electrical current.

For the conduction cooled MicroTCA systems, Harting processes LCP, a material that is flame-resistant, dimensionally stable at high temperatures, chemically resistant, and has only a low thermal expansion

Connectors for Industrial Lifelines: High-Tech Injection Molding at Harting

Hybridtechnik

Polymere, flüssigkristalline

Kunststoff Werkstoffe

Thermoplaste

Spritzgießwerkzeuge

Kunststoffverarbeitung: Maschinen und Komponenten

Werkzeuge für die Kunststoffverarbeitung

Heißkanalsysteme

Komponenten für die Kunststoffverarbeitung

Stanzen

Verfahren für die spanlose Fertigung

Schneiden

Hybrid-Spritzgießen (Metall / Kunststoff)

Steckverbinder

Elektromechanik

Well-Balanced Hot Runner Technology for LCP Processing

iQ process observer, the new process monitoring platform from Engel monitors hundreds of parameters from the injection molding cell in the background.

The injection molder is truly not a friend of changes – if they occur in the running process. The iQ process observer helps him to keep an eye on the process and thus keep a handle on the quality

A Process Monitoring Platform Monitors Several Hundred Parameters Simultaneously

Steuerungen (Hardware und Software)

Automatisierungstechnik

Industrie 4.0 für die Qualitätssicherung

Industrie 4.0

Prozessvisualisierung

Spritzgießmaschinen, allgemein

Spritzgießmaschinen

Condition Monitoring / Prozessüberwachung

Instandhaltung

Spritzgießsimulation

Software

Simulation

Industrie 4.0 für die Kunststoffverarbeitung

IoT-Plattformen für die Kunststoffverarbeitung

An Eye on the Process –  a Handle on Quality

In an online survey, representatives of the plastics industry formulated their expectations toward the Plastics Innovation Center 4.0 (PIC 4.0).

Wordcloud generated from the answers to the open question concerning the most important use cases for PIC 4.0

Part 5 of the Series: Practical Demonstrators for the Plastics Innovation Center 4.0

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Digitale Transformation

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Innovationen und neue Technologie

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Machine Learning

Datenanalyse

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Focus on the User Benefit

Polyplastics has developed a testing method that identifies gas formation during the injection molding process and helps to reduce mold deposits.

The new Gas Investigation Method in Injection Molding (GIMIM) makes it possible to measure high-molecular-weight substances that can cause mold deposits

Technik Trend

kunststoffe-international.com

Prüfen von Kunststoffen

Identifying Gas Formation during Injection Molding

The Reversecube two-part cube mold is used to produce 60 million multicomponent parts per year on one production line and in the same process. The cycle times must be kept very short while at the same time maintaining stable processes and a high part quality. Sensor-based monitoring and automatic process control is therefore deployed in the form of Fillcontrol from Priamus. It consists of hot-runner balancing, viscosity and compression control as well as automatic holding pressure changeover.

The two halves of the Reversecube cube mold, in stacked arrangement, rotate in 90° steps. Bottom: injection and cooling component 1, analogous to the component 2 above, which is offset by 180°

Automating Injection Molding with Process Control – with the Example of a Cube Mold

Mehrkomponenten-Spritzgießen

Werkzeugtemperatursensoren

Quality Assurance for Multiple Cavities

Zahoransky Automation & Molds GmbH has entered into a partnership with the Swiss company Kebo AG. The result of this collaboration is a new mold concept for the production of pipette tips, which features a double quick-change system.

If a core breaks during production, it can be replaced quickly

Messe Fakuma

Medizintechnik

Double Quick-Change System Speeds up Production

The area of application of cube molds has expanded to take in the production of technical parts. The new Allrounder Cube 1800 from Arburg with a clamping force of 1800 kN is providing the response to this trend. With its compact cube, this machine completes the portfolio of products at the lower end of the range.

At the heart of the cube machine is a compact cube designed by our partner Foboha which can be easily accessed from above. The rotation of the cube is powered servo-electrically and the horizontal movement relies on rack and pinion mechanisms

Arburg Expands Hybrid Cube Series

The aim of the project was clear: a highly automated turnkey system must replace several decentralized, operator-guided machines in order to be able to mass produce enclosures for a vacuum sensor with three inserted pins in a way that is smooth, automated and therefore faster than before in large-scale production, and error-free. The plastics processor Goerlich chose the machine manufacturer Arburg as a partner in its goal of achieving greater production efficiency.

All upstream process steps are integrated in a very small space: after the pins have been  punched out (right), a Scara robot places them in the correct position on a loading plate (left) so that the Multilift V robotic system can pick up 24 pins and insert them into the mold

16:9

At Goerlich, a Turnkey Plant Replaces Two Machines with a Vertical Clamping Unit

Automatisierungszellen

Linearroboter für die Kunststoffverarbeitung

Handling, Handhabungstechnik

A Machine Strategy with  Extra Automation

Thermosets are being increasingly used for packaging electronic devices, and offer good properties for this application. Direct overmolding of the components is particularly interesting here. However, achieving a successful product requires striking a balance between processability, thermal conductivity and reproducibility.

In direct packaging,  the electronic devices or components are directly overmolded with the molding compound 

Thermoset Injection Molding of Packages for Electronic Devices

Elektronik

Kunststoff

Bauwesen

Baustoffe

Duroplastische Werkstoffe

Duroplaste

Duroplast-Spritzgießen

Direct Packaging of Components

Those in charge at Engel are convinced: Digitalization is not just a technical issue, it is also a mental hurdle, and sustainability is a lot more than hype. At the live e-symposium 2021 from June 22nd to 24th, 2021, the supplier of injection molding systems bridged the gap between the two megatrends of our time. And showed how the one can help jump-start the other.

What is needed is the courage to be open for digital solutions: Dr. Stefan Engleder 

How the Stiff Requirements for Sustainable Injection Molding Can Be Mastered

Doriat, Clemens, Dr.

Kunststoff-Recycling

Kunststoff-Aufbereitung

Kreislaufwirtschaft

Digitalization Is the Key

Products intended for use in building services must meet very high quality requirements in terms of both their constituent materials and functionality. A single-cavity mold for a floor grate made by Barku, which appears to be a simple part at first glance, called for a certain level of technical sophistication. This was provided by a moldmaker with the necessary technical understanding and hot-runner manufacturer Witosa who, between them, devised the right solution for what proved nevertheless to be a complex mold.

Sebastian Lotzin, CEO of Barku’s U. S. subsidiary, with floor grate (3250 g) in the 10,000-kN injection molding machine that makes the part

Sequential Injection with a 6-Fold Valve Gate System for a Floor Grate

Normalien und Heißkanaltechnik

A Simple Cascade

Electrical components are made from conductive and nonconductive materials. Pressure of competition makes it necessary to reduce the number of components and work steps and to streamline assembly. The moldmaker Mühlbeyer uses a hybrid technology for manufacturing stators and rotors, in which the contact material and plastic are permanently bonded in one production step.

Various plastic-coated stators. During overmolding of the sheet components, not only insulation but also technical functions can be incorporated

Overmolding as a Prerequisite for Cost-Efficient, High-Quality Electric Motors

Elektromotoren

Antriebe

Dienstleistungen

Werkzeug-, Formen- und Modellbau

Injection Molds for Insulating  Stators and Rotors

Moldmakers and manufacturers of injection molding machines or peripheral equipment will present some of their collaborations.

Werkzeug- und Formenbau

Messe Moulding Expo

form-werkzeug.de

Betriebstechnik für Kunststoffverarbeitung (Peripherie)

Production Concepts for Moldmaking

At Fakuma 2021, Engel is expanding its product range of intelligent assistance systems. The new iQ motion control allows Engel viper series linear robots a reliable early start combined with fully automatically optimized motion planning. Users benefit twofold: from a time-saving in teach-in and shorter production cycles.

iQ motion control operates with automatically optimized motion planning

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

Optimized Motion Planning for Shorter Cycle Times

Frank Schuster, Regional President Metai, takes over the management of Engel Machinery India. Stalinjose Selvanayagam is the new Sales Director.

1 July 2021 will see Engel complete the generation change in the management of its sales and service subsidiary in Mumbai. Frank Schuster, Regional President Metai, takes over the management of Engel Machinery India Pvt. Ltd. Stalinjose Selvanayagam is the new Sales Director. Jitendra Devlia, the previous managing director and sales manager, is retiring.

“The introduction of this management duo is our response to the significance of the growing Indian market. We are simplifying communication with headquarters for our customers in India, and this in turn will speed up project planning for customized system solutions,” says Dr. Christoph Steger, CSO of the Engel Group. Frank Schuster will remain at the headquarters in Schwertberg, Austria, while Stalinjose Selvanayagam will move from Austria back to his home country for his new responsibilities. “We are pleased to have gained a highly experienced injection molding expert for this strategically important position, in the form of Stalinjose Selvanayagam who is at home in both European and Indian culture.”

Stalinjose Selvanayagam first studied electrical engineering in India and later global sales and marketing in Austria, before joining Engel Machinery India in 2005 as a service engineer. Most recently, he was a project manager in the Packaging business unit at Engel in Austria where he looked after key accounts.

Frank Schuster brings a total of 25 years of experience in the plastics industry to the table. He joined Engel in 2016 and was Vice President Packaging before being appointed Regional President of the Metai (Middle East, Turkey, Africa, India) region in spring 2020.

Jitendra Devlia took over as Managing Director of Engel’s Indian subsidiary in 2009. He also previously lived in Europe for many years.

The Austrian company has been engaged in India since 1998. The subsidiary has 21 employees today.

Frank Schuster, Regional President Metai, is the new Managing Director of Engel Machinery India

Stalinjose Selvanayagam is moving from Engel’s headquarters as Sales Director to the Indian subsidiary

2021-07-01 Engel India

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