At the introductory press conference for K 2022, Dr Thorsten Thümen, Senior Director Technology, outlined the company’s evolving strategic focus.

Senior Director for Technology Dr. Thorsten Thümen announces several premieres at K 2022.

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Spritzgießen

Kunststoffverarbeitung: Verfahren

Messe K-Kunststoffmesse

kunststoffe-international.com

kunststoffe.de

Mehrkomponenten-Spritzgießen

Energieeffizienz

Elektrische Antriebe für Spritzgießmaschinen

Antriebe

Elektrische Antriebe

Spritzgießmaschinen

Kunststoffverarbeitung: Maschinen und Komponenten

New High-Speed Machine for the Packaging Market

Haitian International, the Chinese manufacturer of injection molding machines, is consolidating its growth of the last ten years while its European business flourishes. New locations and additional investments will support its foreign activities. On the program for the K 2019 is the introduction of what is now their third generation technology.

Fu Nanhong, CTO of Haitian International, announces the third generation of all their important series for the K 

Haitian’s Success Story Continues with Big Plans

Doriat, Clemens, Dr.

Plans for Further Expansion

Investment strengthens Arburg´s expertise and electric drives portfolio. AMK has been Arburg‘s development partner in electric drives for decades.

By acquiring AMK Arnold Müller GmbH & Co. KG, Arburg Partners Juliane Hehl, Michael Hehl and Renate Keinath (from left) are investing in the future of electric injection moulding machines.

Kunststoffverarbeitung

Dienstleistungen

Lohnfertigung

Unternehmen

Arburg Acquires AMK‘s Drives & Automation Division

Which injection molding machine is the right one for which application? Below we will demonstrate why performance is not always performance, but physics is always physics.

Direct drives such as planetary roller screw drives are very precise and durable

How Feed Rate, Injection Volume and Filling Time Correlate with Injection Unit Performance

Kugelgewindetriebe

Maschinenelemente

Getriebe

Spritzgießsimulation

Software

Simulation

Schnecken und Plastifiziersysteme

Elektromechanische Maschinen

A Question of Class

Time to take stock: in what condition and with what agenda is the industry presenting itself after two-and-a-half years of a difficult climate? We have conducted a survey: insights into the dominant themes of the age.

Preview of K 2022: Kunststoffe Questionnaire on the Situation in Injection Molding Machine Construction

Steuerungen (Hardware und Software)

Automatisierungstechnik

Steuern, Regeln

Digitale Transformation

Wirtschaft

Innovationen und neue Technologie

Nachhaltigkeit

Umweltmanagement

Mess-, Steuer- und Regelgeräte

Qualitätssicherung

Qualitätssicherung Kunststoff

Kunststoff-Recycling

Kunststoff-Aufbereitung

Kunststoff-Rezyklat

Kunststoff Werkstoffe

Kreislaufwirtschaft

Harsh Realities

Arburg has been dealing with the issue of sustainability and resource efficiency for a very long time. The machine supplier is being integrated more and more by its customers into evaluations of climate-change activities along the supply chain.

Raw materials extraction through to delivery account for just 5 % of the CO2 emitted by an injection molding machine over its entire life cycle.  

Arburg Devises an Informative Product Carbon Footprint Calculation

Recycling

CO<sub>2</sub> Footprint of  Injection Molding Machines

The iQ product family from Engel will gain a new member at K 2022. iQ hold control automatically determines the optimum holding pressure time for the particular mold with no input from the operator.

 The optimum holding pressure time is often lower than that established at the beginning. In these cases, the cycle time is shortened.

iQ hold control Determines the Optimum Holding Pressure Time

Smart Factory

Industrie 4.0 für die Kunststoffverarbeitung

Industrie 4.0

Energiedatenmanagement

Holding out for Higher Quality

 At KraussMaffei’s booth, automotive door modules are produced from former caps of insulin pens. The system supplier is presenting not only the machine hardware necessary for this but also new digital solutions.

Digital solutions are an essential component of the material loop from the insulin pen cap to the car door module.

Medizinprodukte

Medizintechnik

From the Insulin Pen Cap to the Automotive Door Module

Dr. Boy is picking up on the main themes of K 2022 with two trade show premieres and other specific applications. One of these themes, which Boy has espoused, is the digitalization or increasing networking of the plastics industry.

The diverse elements of the Boy digitalization package.

Hybridtechnik

Handling, Handhabungstechnik

New Control System before the Premiere

At K 2022, Engel, with its partners Alpla Group, Brink and IPB Printing, is presenting a quantum leap for the packaging industry. Thin-wall containers can for the first time be produced from PET directly by injection molding in only one process step.

Fig. 1. The thin-walled containers are injection molded from rPET.

Spritzgießwerkzeuge

Werkzeuge für die Kunststoffverarbeitung

Schmelzefilter

Polyethylenterephthalat

Thermoplaste

Processing rPET by Thin-Wall  Injection Molding

Under the motto “It‘s all Wittmann”, Wittmann Battenfeld is presenting its machines and systems in the new Wittmann design for the first time.

Automation cell with SmartPlus 90 for manufacturing a spirit level.

Schaumspritzgießen

Spritzprägen

Biokunststoffe

Naturmaterialien

Verstärkungsstoffe

Green DC Current for the Injection Molding Machine

This year, the world’s leading trade show K has succeeded in presenting practical solutions for greater resource efficiency on a broad front. A first foray through the trade show grounds.

K 2022 gave numerous practical examples showing visitors how recyclates can be reliably processed with digital aids.

State-of-the-Art Injection Molding Solutions for Greater Resource Efficiency.

State-of-the-Art Injection Molding Solutions at K 2022

Solar / PV

Energieerzeugung

Erneuerbare Energie

Temperiertechnik

Condition Monitoring / Prozessüberwachung

Instandhaltung

Elastomer-Spritzgießen

Oberflächentechnik

Digitalisierung

Silikonkautschuk

Kautschuk / Elastomere

Compoundieren

It Can Be Done!

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

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

Clamping Unit of the Elios 4500 with Fully Electric Drive Concept

Higher Output and Reduced Energy Consumption

Thin wall packaging manufacturers think in terms of efficiency gains in tenths of a second. Every cycle time reduction leads to increased productivity. Another factor influencing part costs is the energy efficiency of the production equipment. In these two key dimensions, Netstal was able to optimize the smallest model in the Elios series with 4500 kN clamping force.

“By intelligently redesigning the actuating elements in the clamping unit, we were able to completely eliminate the hydro mechanical part of the drive and thus realize a purely electric drive train. For our customers, this makes the Elios 4500 even more productive. At the same time, they achieve further savings in electricity costs,” says Marcel Christen, Product Manager at Netstal.

The result in figures: the drying time of the Elios 4500 is reduced by 0.1 seconds to a new 1.4 seconds. In relation to the Euromap dry cycle, energy consumption is reduced by 7 kW. The elimination of the hydro mechanical components for operating the toggle lever also results in an overall machine length that is 450 mm shorter. “This is an advantage for our customers that should not be underestimated, if the space saved in the production hall can be used profitably elsewhere,” adds Marcel Christen.

In the clamping units of the larger variants with 5500, 6500, 7500, 8800 and 10,000 kN, the unique, patented drive concept for actuating the toggle lever continues to be effective. “For the higher clamping forces, the hybrid drive remains the ideal synthesis to ensure the optimum combination of speed and energy efficiency. It consists of an electrically driven double gear rack and pinion and a synchronously interacting hydro mechanical actuator that ensures the build-up of the maximum clamping force,” explains Marcel Christen.

With the highest speed and the best energy efficiency on the market, according to Netstal, the Elios has been delighting renowned customers worldwide since its market launch in 2016. The dry cycle time ranges between 1.4 and 2.2 seconds, depending on the model. The energy efficiency of the machines is ensured, among other things, by the recovery of kinetic energy, which is reused in the form of hydraulic energy in the overall system.

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NETSTAL Maschinen AG  

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The optimized Elios 4500 with electrically operated toggle levers enables users to achieve cycle time reductions and savings in power consumption (the photo shows the previous variant).