Munich-based mechanical engineering group KraussMaffei is repositioning itself and uniting all divisions under a single brand. At a time of accelerated technological change, the company is increasing its efforts to develop new products for digital solutions and new business models – and that includes plastics recycling.

KraussMaffei Consolidates Three Divisions and the Previous Group Brands under a Single Brand

Extrusion

Kunststoffverarbeitung: Verfahren

Spritzgießen

Doriat, Clemens, Dr.

Spritzgießmaschinen, allgemein

Kunststoffverarbeitung: Maschinen und Komponenten

Spritzgießmaschinen

Digitale Transformation

Wirtschaft

Innovationen und neue Technologie

Nachhaltigkeit

Umweltmanagement

Industrie 4.0 für die Kunststoffverarbeitung

Industrie 4.0

Kunststoff-Recycling

Kunststoff-Aufbereitung

Ressourcenmanagement

Produktion

Compoundieren

Moving with the Times

Once again, the K 2019 in Düsseldorf, Germany, lived up to its claim to be the leading trade show for plastics technology. At least in the field of injection molding, there were exciting global innovations to see – if you looked closely.

Injection Molding Trends at K 2019

Schaumspritzgießen

Smart Factory

Energieeffizienz

Mikrospritzgießen

Mehrkomponenten-Spritzgießen

Spritzgießwerkzeuge

Werkzeuge für die Kunststoffverarbeitung

Fließpressen

Handling, Handhabungstechnik für die spanende Fertigung

Automatisierungstechnik

Handling, Handhabungstechnik

Spritzgieß-Sonderverfahren

Spritzgießsimulation

Software

Simulation

Elastomer-Spritzgießen

Linearroboter für die Kunststoffverarbeitung

Industrieroboter

Montagetechnik

Montage-Spritzgießen

Knickarmroboter

Co-Injektion (Barriere-/Sandwich-Spritzgießen)

Hybrid-Spritzgießen (Metall / Kunststoff)

Technical Excellence thanks  to Digital Assistance

A year to forget is nearing its completion. To brighten up this dreary fall season without a major event like Fakuma, injection molding machine builders have concocted various strategies.

Injection Molding Machine Builders Are Discovering New Ways to Reach Their Customers

Vernetzung / Cloudlösung für die Kunststoffverarbeitung

Biokunststoffe

Kunststoff Werkstoffe

Schneidmühlen

Silikonkautschuk

Kautschuk / Elastomere

What Can You Do at Fall Fairtime,  When There Aren’t Any?

The Wilhelm Böllhoff GmbH & Co. KG employs Arburg’s ALS host computer system as a uniform MES at locations all over the world. Not only all their injection molding machines are networked with information technology via ALS, but hundreds of machines and turnkey systems for metalworking and assembly, as well. Some 3000 injection molds are also managed. This generates transparency in everything from order planning and process optimization to maintenance.

Böllhoff Uses ALS as a Uniform Global MES for Injection Molding and Metalworking

Big Data für die Qualitätssicherung

Industrie 4.0 für die Qualitätssicherung

Qualitätssicherung Kunststoff

Qualitätssicherung

Energiemanagement

Completely Joined to the Host Computer System

In cars, LEDs are taking over ever more applications and are increasingly used as differentiating design elements. In order to ensure a high luminous efficiency even with complex geometries and elongated structures, Engel has developed a new plasticizing process for manufacturing light guides.

The Principle of Starve Feeding: Injection Molding Ultrahigh Purity Light Guides

Farbmessgeräte

Messtechnik

Optische Mess- und Prüftechnik

LED / OLED-Systeme und Faseroptik

Lichttechnik

Schnecken und Plastifiziersysteme

Less Granules  Stock Means More Quality

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

Refining a Proven Platform

The required screw diameter can be ascertained on the basis of the shot volume. The formula for the average residence time can be used to estimate the degree of utilization and the thermal load on the material.

Part 1 of the Series Discusses the Basic Design of a Plasticizing Unit and the Correct Choice of Injection Unit

All about Plasticizing Screws

The company Leonhard Kurz is a specialist in the development and production of decorative and functional coatings for plastics applications, which are applied by means of carrier foils during injection molding. Essential objectives of the company are technology and process development as well as the optimization of the 3D foil forming around corners and the contours of the plastic parts. For this purpose, Kurz operates an extensive injection molding technology center. New in the machinery: two production cells based on servo-hydraulic injection molding machines from Wittmann Battenfeld.

Leonhard Kurz Has Extended its Development Capacities with Injection Molding Systems from Wittmann Battenfeld.

Kapazitive Sensoren

Sensoren / Messwertaufnehmer

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

From the Roll to the Third Dimension

Infrared heating technology has become established as the standard in the processing of thermoplastic composite materials. The focus is on process control. On the one hand, it is important that the heating process is fast, on the other hand, the material must not be overheated. It is also important to achieve excellent temperature homogeneity. Simultaneous processing of blanks with different thicknesses is a particular challenge.

Efficient and Precise Heating up of Thermoplastic Composites

Steuern, Regeln

Infrarotstrahler

Verbundwerkstoffe / Werkstoffverbunde

Organobleche (gewebeverstärkte Thermoplast-Halbzeuge)

Halbzeuge und Zwischenprodukte

Kunststoff-Halbzeuge

Software-Based Control of IR Ovens

To be able to carry out the practical test in a resource-saving manner, the designers use simulation tools to assess the screw geometry. What is important here is explained using a 3-zone screw as an example.

Part 2 of the Series Deals with Basic Methods for Evaluating a Screw Geometry

By the end of the year, Germany‘s largest used injection molding machine will be on its way from southern Germany via Amsterdam to Mumbai. Gindumac organizes the complete logistic handling with the customer.

Komponenten für die Kunststoffverarbeitung

Gebrauchtmaschinenhandel

Dienstleistungen

Dienstleistungen in der Metallbearbeitung

Kunststoff-Verpackungsmaschine

Sondermaschinen

Gebrauchtmaschinen

Betriebstechnik für Kunststoffverarbeitung (Peripherie)

Gindumac Receives Big Order from India

Wintec, a member of the ENGEL group of companies headquartered in Austria, is expanding sales of t-win injection moulding machines. By expanding into Europe, the Engel Group is consistently developing its two-brand strategy.

Spritzgießmaschinen, Spritzpressen

Kunststoffverarbeitungsmaschinen

Wintec Starts Distribution in Europe 

Whether it is the cycle time, energy consumption or process stability: the levers for greater efficiency and quality in the injection molding process are many and varied. With the new performance.boost Engel offer its customers an expertise as a service for process analysis and optimization.

Instandhaltung

Kunststoffverarbeitung

Lohnfertigung

Instandhaltungssoftware

Optimize Processes Efficiently with Engel performance.boost

HiQ Flow is Wittmann Battenfeld’s answer to the challenge of fluctuating shot weights in injection-molded parts. The assistant system modifies the process parameters in the course of the same shot to counteract viscosity fluctuations caused by batch fluctuations in the material or by the use of regrind.

Dynamic Adjustment of Switchover Pressure and Holding Pressure to Achieve a Constant Part Weight

No More Weight Problems

Maintaining competitiveness while producing in Germany requires not only cost-efficient production, but also high-quality products. Vorwerk Elektrowerke is accepting this challenge. In collaboration with the Institute of Product Engineering at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany, the company is testing a 100 % inline quality monitoring system as well as a quality prediction using machine learning.

Successfully Managing Digital Transformation with Automation and Artificial Intelligence

Künstliche Intelligenz für die Qualitätssicherung

Kameras, intelligente

Fertigungsautomation

Bildverarbeitung

Machine Learning / Künstliche Intelligenz für die spanende Fertigung

Industrie 4.0 für die spanende Fertigung

Datenanalyse

Inline- / Online-Messsysteme

Inline Quality Monitoring and  Data-Based Quality Prediction

New Vice President of Asia-Pacific Region

The new head of the Asia-Pacific region (excluding Greater China) will be responsible for sales, service and project management.

Bharat Sharma is new Head of Asia-Pacific, based in Singapore, from January 1, 2021. In this role, he will be responsible for both the New Machine Business and Digital & Service Solutions. Sharma will report to Nadine Despineux, Executive Vice President of the Digital & Service Solutions division of the KraussMaffei Group.

In his role as head of the Asia-Pacific region (excluding Greater China), he will be responsible for sales, service and project management. The experienced manager will set up and expand the sales and service organization of KraussMaffei. This includes managing the country organizations and the external sales network.

„We are delighted to welcome Bharat Sharma to KraussMaffei. Bharat Sharma has many years of experience in the management of international sales organizations, in business development and in the conception and implementation of sales strategies. His technical expertise and management skills are excellent assets to benefit KraussMaffei,” explains Nadine Despineux.

Sharma joins KraussMaffei from Honeywell Process Solutions, where he was most recently senior business executive for APAC control systems and field devices. Prior to that, he held various management positions at Honeywell and at a number of international business organizations.

„I am delighted to be joining KraussMaffei in the Asia-Pacific region. Together with my team, I will be responsible for expanding KraussMaffei‘s market share and competitiveness. I am looking forward to serve our customers in the region with the best suitable solutions for their business,” Sharma explains his role.

KraussMaffei Technologies GmbH 

www.kraussmaffei.com

Bharat Sharma is new Head of Asia-Pacific for KraussMaffei and in this position responsible for the News Machine Business and Digital & Service Solution

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