Pipette tips feature a challenging wall thickness/length ratio, an inner geometry that is key for analysis results, and a tip opening just a few tenths of a millimeter wide. They have been in extremely high demand during the coronavirus pandemic, which is why the mold construction and hot runner specialist Männer has developed a mold with an innovative cluster concept.

At the Männer test center in Bahlingen, Germany: an injection mold for manufacturing pipette tips, shown here in operation. Automation of the system is currently being set up

Pipette Tips: Männer Presents a Mold with Replaceable Clusters

Spritzgießen

Kunststoffverarbeitung: Verfahren

Spritzgießwerkzeuge

Kunststoffverarbeitung: Maschinen und Komponenten

Werkzeuge für die Kunststoffverarbeitung

Heißkanalsysteme

Komponenten für die Kunststoffverarbeitung

Medizintechnik

Medizinprodukte

Maintenance During (Nearly)  Uninterrupted Production

Nowhere are the demands imposed on materials higher than in the area of medical technology. That is understandable because, after all, what is ultimately at stake here is the patient’s health. But any materials manufacturers seeking to use hot runner technology to process polymers in compliance with strict directives and differentiated legal regulations also need the expertise possessed by the hot runner manufacturer’s application engineers.

Günther has recently installed two new injection-molding machines for customer trials in its technical center.

16:9

Testing the Processing Limits of Modified POM Copolymer

Polyoxymethylen

Kunststoff Werkstoffe

Thermoplaste

Normalien und Heißkanaltechnik

Looking over the Application  Engineer’s Shoulder

In plastics processing, efficient production methods are required, especially for articles with high volumes and exacting quality requirements, and these must be constantly optimized. The container specialist Walther Faltsysteme has been successfully working together with the Austrian moldmaker Haidlmair for many years.

Left: products which are manufactured using the technologies of the Haidlmair Group companies. Right: an application example with folding boxes

Walther Faltsysteme Combines Three Mold Technologies from the Haidlmair Group

Industrie 4.0 für die Qualitätssicherung

Industrie 4.0

Condition Monitoring / Prozessüberwachung

Instandhaltung

Paletten und Behälter

Logistik

Verpackungstechnik

Dienstleistungen

Werkzeug-, Formen- und Modellbau

Industrie 4.0 für die Kunststoffverarbeitung

With Broad Sword and Data Collector

For the further development of the Streamrunner and also for customer demonstration purposes, Hasco hot runner has developed an innovative 32 cavity injection mold tool.

The special feature of the mold is the 32-cavity Hasco Streamrunner

New Design Possibilities in Moldmaking

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

Stanzen

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Schneiden

Hybrid-Spritzgießen (Metall / Kunststoff)

Steckverbinder

Elektromechanik

Well-Balanced Hot Runner Technology for LCP Processing

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

A Simple Cascade

For a cutlery series made of a new biopolymer, three full hot runner molds with digital process monitoring were developed in close cooperation with mold maker Uniform and hot runner specialist Ewikon.

The 16-drop family mold on the machine. The removal and packaging of the parts are fully automated

Complete Digital Hot Runner Solution for Automated Biopolymer Processing

Biokunststoffe

Virtual Reality für die Qualitätssicherung

Process Reliability Is Crucial

It is a hot runner nozzle such as had never been seen before Fakuma 2021: with a honeycomb structure on the outside and, in the nozzle interior, integrated insulation gaps manufactured in one part by the additive SLM process, in which even the fastening nut is captively printed on the nozzle body. The pride of the concept is the special algorithmic modification of the nozzles for any application case.

A mold-making job with up to 30 nozzles is processed in the SLM machine in about 24 hours. 

The First Additively Manufactured One-Part Hot Runner Nozzle

Doriat, Clemens, Dr.

Selektives Laserschmelzen von Kunststoff, Metall, Keramik

Verfahren für die additive Fertigung

Pulverbettverfahren

Additive Fertigung

Algorithmically Modified  Inner Workings

Family molds belong to the state-of-the-art in injection molding – at least when wall thicknesses and volumes of individual components vary considerably. Using a trial mold soon ready for series production, Synventive demonstrates that – though demanding – optimal process control can be achieved using the right technology. The filling of each mold cavity is controlled individually and in real time. The Kunststoffe editorial team were among the first guests at the new Tech Center.

View into the mold space of the Engel Duo 2700 at the Tech Center. In the background, a 6-axis robot with 180 kg load-bearing capacity which removes the components.

Single-Shot Injection Molding of Heterogeneous Components

Schröder, Susanne

Leading-Edge Process Control

The new “Heat-Inject” product from Incoe International Europe stands out in that it uses the hot runner system as a carrier platform, but instead of melt, it brings heat into the cavity.

The heat pulse from heat-inject ensures good surface quality where a weld line may otherwise be visible due to the part geometry and gating.

Targeted Heat Pulses in the Cavity

A Polish pharmaceutical company is developing inhalation therapy for the treatment of lung disease and the appropriate drug delivery drug. The inhaler has a complex interior and consists of 14 components. In order to be able to produce these with the required precision, Celon Pharma has formed a partnership with the mold making company Glittenberg and its hot runner sister Witosa.

For its complex functional mechanism, the inhaler requires 14 components

Glittenberg Supplies Tools for Vital Medical Devices to Celon Pharma

Plastic in the Service of Medicine

A solution, which is unique in Europe, significantly increases productivity and comprises the production from a 12+12 stack mold with fully automated in-mold labeling and removal with visual 100 % inspection of the parts.

Before relocation to the production site, extensive functional tests and the final trial were carried out at the roth technical center

Fully Automated Production Line with Stack Mold and In-Mold Labeling

Award-Winning Packaging Solution Increases Productivity

Starting with the systematic design of manufacturing processes and the precise simulation of part manufacture, through smart tooling technology and sophisticated melt guidance, to efficient mold temperature control, numerous exhibitors have many innovations in the field of tooling technology on offer at K 2019.The current debates concerning marine pollution as well as anthropogenic climate change and its consequences seem to be having an effect at this world-leading trade show for plastics processing in Düsseldorf, Germany. A number of companies are noting the growing customer interest in sustainable, carbon-neutral and resource-efficient modes of production, and offering products and services intended to satisfy this interest.

Resource-Efficient and Environmentally Friendly Products Are the Trend in  Tooling Technology

Werkzeuginnendrucksensoren

Messtechnik

Sensoren / Messwertaufnehmer

Temperiergeräte

Gießanlagen

Temperiertechnik

Normalien für die Kunststofffertigung

Normalien

Spritzgießsimulation

Software

Simulation

Kaltkanalsysteme

Exhibitors See Green

The new Reverse Cube developed by Foboha manufactures various components or multi-component parts from varying materials in one step and assembles individual parts into finished products independently from the cycle time using an integrated handling robot. The automated process improves quality, accelerates cycle times by up to 40 % compared to separate injection molding and assembly processes, and thus enables substantial productivity gains at lower costs.

Two thermally separated cube molds rotate in opposite directions at a 90° angle. Bottom: injection and cooling of component 1 (roller made of PP) and component 2 (female connection made of POM), staggered by 180°

Manufacturing and Installing Multi-Component Parts on a Two-Part Cube Mold

Montage

Montagetechnik

Steuern, Regeln

Mehrkomponenten-Spritzgießen

Werkzeugtemperatursensoren

Industrieroboter

Spritzgießmaschinen

Reverse Rotation

Jessica Poliner has been appointed President of Barnes Molding Solutions. She replaces Norbert Scheid, who retired from Barnes Group in December 2020.

Jessica Poliner has been appointed President of Barnes Molding Solutions

Werkzeug- und Formenbau

New Management to Head Barnes Molding Solutions

The ongoing miniaturization of medical applications is yielding parts of ever smaller geometries and weights that are characterized by critical tolerances and high complexity. Generally, after molding, most parts are routed to assembly lines, where they are assembled into modules. This multiplies the risk of potential defects in the end product. Kebo has developed a new needle valve system called MultiValve to specifically address the needs of medical customers.

Kebo has developed a new needle valve system called MultiValve to specifically address the needs of medical customers.

Kebo implemented the new system by deploying its tried-and-true cluster concept. This enabled the development team to utilize the space required by the existing open, compact cluster arrangement for the needle valve. The highly compact cavity spacing maximizes the number of parts produced per mold surface area. Other advantages of the MultiValve system are high gate quality, ease of maintenance, and long service life. The maximum configuration of eight cavities per cluster will be on show at Fakuma – clusters of four and six cavities are also possible, with the exact number depending on the part geometry and the gate position. Another unique feature is the option to shut off individual cavities easily and safely.

All-electric solutions are preferred by the medical market, especially for cleanrooms. MultiValve therefore uses an electric platen to actuate the needle shut-off nozzles. Aside from cleanroom capability, this provides benefits in terms of high precision and repeatability, as well as low wear and high process reliability. What is more, the needle speed can be individually controlled. Alternatively, the drive can be actuated pneumatically.

KEBO AG Formenbau  

https://www.kebo.com

Kebo will be showing its MultiValve valve gate system in its maximum configuration of eight cavities in Friedrichshafen

2021-09-27_Werkzeugtechnik_Kebo

Messe Fakuma

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