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

Arburg has now packed numerous digital services into an app for smartphones and tablets. Among them: assistance in saving energy.

Via the customer portal, the individual apps – from the Arburg host computer system (ALS) to the ordering function – can also be operated using a smartphone.

Review of the Arburg Anniversary Days from March 8 to 11, 2023

Doriat, Clemens, Dr.

Digitale Transformation

Wirtschaft

Innovationen und neue Technologie

Hydraulik-Komponenten

Maschinenelemente

Automatisierungstechnik

Kreislaufwirtschaft

A Machine Park in the Pocket

The road to the energy-optimized injection molding cell is often stony. A saving plan can be drawn up when there is transparency about the individual consumers.

The most varied measures help to save energy, but not all of them are equally profitable for every company.

Temperiertechnik

Nachhaltigkeit

Umweltmanagement

Industrie 4.0 für die Kunststoffverarbeitung

Industrie 4.0

Transparency as a Basis for  Energy Efficiency

New process technologies, new machines – a selection of what will be on show at Fakuma 2023.

Making its debut at Fakuma 2023 is the next representative of the hybrid Hidrive series with new machine technology: an Allrounder 520 H in the “Premium” performance variant.

Solutions for Injection Molders

The iQ motion control assistance system from Engel optimizes the acceleration phases of mold movements and thus shortens cycle times.

The pressure to work efficiently is huge, especially in the packaging industry. The production of thin-wall containers clearly shows the potential of  iQ motion control to shorten cycle times.

iQ motion control Shortens Cycle Times in High-Performance Injection Molding

Software

Qualitätssicherung Kunststoff

Qualitätssicherung

How about a Little Bit Faster?

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

Getriebe

Spritzgießsimulation

Simulation

Schnecken und Plastifiziersysteme

Elektromechanische Maschinen

A Question of Class

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

Plans for Further Expansion

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

Steuerungen (Hardware und Software)

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

Kunststoff-Aufbereitung

Polyethylenterephthalat

Kunststoff Werkstoffe

Thermoplaste

Kunststoff-Rezyklat

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

Condition Monitoring / Prozessüberwachung

Instandhaltung

Elastomer-Spritzgießen

Oberflächentechnik

Digitalisierung

Silikonkautschuk

Kautschuk / Elastomere

Compoundieren

It Can Be Done!

On 1 August 2022, Stalinjose Selvanayagam has taken up his position as Managing Director of the sales and service subsidiary of Engel in Mumbai.

Stalinjose Selvanayagam heads Engel‘s sales and service subsidiary in Mumbai as managing director.

Spritzgießmaschinen, allgemein

Personalmanagement

Produktion

Stalinjose Selvanayagam is New Managing Director

How the direct compounding opens up new potential to reduce CO2 footprint – also for smaller components thanks to a further development from KraussMaffei.

DCIM technology enables injection molding and compounding in a single heating process.

Efficiency Meets Sustainability: Systematically Reduce Costs and CO<sub>2</sub> Emissions

Extruder

Extrusionsanlagen

Cost-Effective Direct Compounding for Medium-Sized Components

Netstal presents new solutions for high-performance injection molding in Düsseldorf.

aXos control unit with “Smart Operation:” the guided machine operation enables users to achieve additional productivity increases.

Medizintechnik

Medizinprodukte

Fast, Precise and Networked

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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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).