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.

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

Spritzgießen

Kunststoffverarbeitung: Verfahren

Doriat, Clemens, Dr.

Biokunststoffe

Kunststoff Werkstoffe

Nachhaltigkeit

Umweltmanagement

Energieeffizienz

Industrie 4.0 für die Kunststoffverarbeitung

Industrie 4.0

Spritzgießmaschinen

Kunststoffverarbeitung: Maschinen und Komponenten

Ressourcenmanagement

Produktion

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.

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

Künstliche Intelligenz für die Qualitätssicherung

Industrie 4.0 für die Qualitätssicherung

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

Digitale Transformation

Wirtschaft

Innovationen und neue Technologie

Verbundwerkstoffe / Werkstoffverbunde

Co-Injektion (Barriere-/Sandwich-Spritzgießen)

Kunststoff-Recycling

Kunststoff-Aufbereitung

Organobleche (gewebeverstärkte Thermoplast-Halbzeuge)

Halbzeuge und Zwischenprodukte

Kunststoff-Halbzeuge

A Second Life for Plastics

The injection molding system supplier Husky is launching its HyPET HPP5e. This is a refinement of the proven HPP platform, which, as a fully integrated system for the manufacture of PET preforms, is intended to obtain greater energy savings, system reliability, preform quality and user friendliness than its predecessor.

Husky: Advances in the Injection Molding of PET Bottle Preforms

Polybutylenterephthalat

Thermoplaste

Spritzgießmaschinen, allgemein

Refining a Proven Platform

In addition to excellent mechanical characteristics and suitability for recycling, the key feature of hybrid lightweight structures made of fiber-reinforced thermoplastics is that automated, large series production is possible. New mold and process technologies were successfully developed within the scope of the ReLei research project, enabling the production of complex shaped sandwich elements in an efficient combined process.

Thermoplastic Sandwich Structures for Large Series Applications

Schaumspritzgießen

Fasern

Faserverarbeitung

Spritzgießwerkzeuge

Werkzeuge für die Kunststoffverarbeitung

Spritzgieß-Sonderverfahren

Industrieroboter

Montagetechnik

Faserverbundwerkstoffe

Andere Werkstoffe

Making It Big with Small Bubbles

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.

Tutorials Directly on the Operator Panel of the Injection Molding Machine

Steuerungen (Hardware und Software)

Automatisierungstechnik

Software

Control Complex Processes Easily

Single-serve capsules as used, for example, for coffee, are a booming product in the packaging sector. The latest generation of capsules is injection molded and includes an integrated barrier layer to conserve flavor and aroma while saving material compared to alternative manufacturing processes. These complex injection molding parts are produced in high volumes by a Swiss company using Arburg machines.

Lapp Tec Employs Sustainable, Efficient Solutions for Barrier Capsules

Mehrkomponenten-Spritzgießen

Aroma-Tight and Cost-Effective

Certain optical textiles can create a three-dimensional light effect from an LED light source. The textiles are used in interior design and in booth construction and are stretched freely on frames for this purpose. In order to protect the fabric from external influences, it should be back-molded with plastic. Thus a process that do not influence the textile structure must be developed.

Yarn-Friendly Injection Molding Process for Back Molding of Optical Textiles

LED / OLED-Systeme und Faseroptik

Lichttechnik

Gewebe, technisch

New Illumination of Plastics

CAD Werkzeug-, Formenbau

Einpressverbindungen, Gewinde, Bolzen

Normteile

Maschinenelemente

Extrusion

Gehäuse aus Kunststoff

Kühlkörper

Elektromechanik

Hochleistungskunststoffe

Kunststoffverarbeitung

Lohnfertigung

Dienstleistungen

Lager

Produkt- / Formteildesign

Teile nach Muster

Werkzeug- und Formenbau

Werkzeug-, Formen- und Modellbau

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

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.

Mehrfarben-Spritzgießmaschinen

Haitian International Germany GmbH

HASCO Hasenclever GmbH + Co KG was founded in 1924 in Lüdenscheid, Germany.

Angießeinsätze

Antriebselemente

Lineartechnik

Armaturen

Mechanische Konstruktionselemente

Drucklufttechnik

Betriebsausrüstung / Betriebsmittel

Beratung und Consulting

Beschichten (CVD, PVD)

Chemisches Bearbeiten (Auftragen)

Oberflächentechnik

Beschichtungen

Dichtungen

Druckluftarmaturen

Druckmessgeräte (Gas, Wasser, Dampf)

Messung von Gasen und Flüssigkeit

Messtechnik

Edelstähle

Stähle

Metall Werkstoffe

Erodiermaschinen

Werkzeugmaschinen für die spanende Fertigung

Extrusionswerkzeuge

Filter

Konstruktionselemente-Fluidtechnik

Getriebe

Gießmaschinen / Urformen

Maschinen für die spanlose Fertigung

Gleitlager

Heißkanaltechnik

Messung von Umgebung (Klima)

Heizung

Haustechnik

Hydraulik-Komponenten

Hydraulikzylinder

Fluidtechnik

Antriebe

Induktive Sensoren

Sensoren / Messwertaufnehmer

Kühlelemente, aktive

Kupplungen

Linearführungen

Markiersysteme

Messzubehör

Mathematik-Software

Medizintechnik

Messdatenerfassung und -verarbeitung

Messgeräte

Messgeräte, sonstige elektrisch

Elektrische / Magnetische Messtechnik

Näherungsschalter

Normalien und Heißkanaltechnik

Komponenten für die Kunststoffverarbeitung

Normteile / Normalien

Platten

Pneumatik-Komponenten

Reinigung

Schläuche aus Kunststoff

Schmelzefilter

Schrauben

Spanneinrichtungen

Systemperipherie

Spritzgießsimulation

Simulation

Spritzgieß-Zubehör und Einzelteile

Stähle, hochfeste

Steuern, Regeln

Temperaturmessgeräte

Temperiertechnik

Tribologie

Umformwerkzeuge

Werkzeuge

Ventile

Verbindungstechnik

Wälzlager

Waschen und Entfetten

Werkzeugstähle

Werkzeugwechselsysteme

Werkzeugwechselsysteme, Spritzgieß

Zähler

Mechanische Messtechnik

Zahnräder

HASCO Hasenclever GmbH + Co KG

As physical foam injection molding reduces the melt viscosity, it can be used for the production of thin-walled components. The material savings are not achieved by foaming the polymer, but rather by realizing lower wall thicknesses. The influence of the gas loading process on viscosity reduction and component quality is investigated using selected polypropylene types and an exemplary container geometry.

Viscosity Reduction for Molded Parts with Large Flow Path/Wall Thickness Ratios

Verpackungsmaterial

Logistik

Rheologie

Werkstoffprüfung

Foam Injection Molding for  Thin-Walled Packaging

Paint bucket or A-pillar finisher? In our thoughts and attribution of value, packaging items and high-tech components often represent opposites. Yet the two can complement one another – when you look at used packaging as a valuable raw material. At the fair, KraussMaffei will be showing the concept for a closed material cycle and is making plastics processing sustainable through this.

At the K, KraussMaffei Will Be Showing the Cycle from Product to Upcycling  to a New Product

Messe K-Kunststoffmesse

kunststoffe-international.com

Smart Factory

Laserbeschriftung

Laserbearbeitungen

Rückverfolgbarkeit, Traceability

Qualitätsmanagement

Handling, Handhabungstechnik

Zerkleinerungsmaschinen

Greifer für die Kunststofftechnik

Kunststoff-Rezyklat

Compoundieren

Today Packaging,  Tomorrow Raw Material

For the production of plastic components for an automotive air suspension system, LKH Kunststoffwerk Heiligenroth GmbH & Co. KG uses two flexible systems from the injection molding machines manufacturer Arburg. These produce up to six part variants and, thanks to an integrated laser station, each part is traceable via an individual data matrix code (DM code).

LKH Produces Fully Automated Traceable Part Variants for the Automotive Industry

Automatisierungszellen

Hybrid-Spritzgießen (Metall / Kunststoff)

Light Suspension

In injection molding, the component weight reflects the process consistency and the component quality. Components are therefore often weighed manually after production or automatically placed on a scale and picked up again. Engel has now developed a high-precision load cell for inline weight measurement that can be integrated directly between the rotary axes and the end-of-arm tooling of a linear robot.

Weight Measuring System Directly on the Robot Ensures Process Quality

Weighing without Time Overhead

2021-07-01 Engel India