Emilio López has been appointed as the new managing director of Engel de Mexico SA de CV. He succeeds Peter Auinger, who retired on 1st September 2021.

Emilio López is the new managing director of Engel de Mexico SA de CV

Spritzgießen

Kunststoffverarbeitung: Verfahren

Spritzgießmaschinen, allgemein

Kunststoffverarbeitung: Maschinen und Komponenten

Spritzgießmaschinen

New Managing Director in Mexico

iQ motion control from Engel now allows reliable early start combined with fully automatically optimized motion planning. The assistance system has been part of the standard kit of all new Engel viper-type linear robots since October 2021.

If the robot travels into the mold area already during the mold opening movement, this can shorten the cycle time. The effect is particularly large in the case of parts with long cores, such as boxes

16:9

iQ Motion Control Brings the Injection-Molding Machine and Robot Closer together

Steuerungen (Hardware und Software)

Automatisierungstechnik

Linearroboter für die Kunststoffverarbeitung

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Industrie 4.0 für die Kunststoffverarbeitung

Industrie 4.0

A Production Cell with Fluid Movements

Over past months, many in-house workflows and development processes have slowed down and also changed. Nevertheless, time has not stood still, also not in injection molding technology. The debate and development have been shaped by two themes: digitalization and the circular economy. Below are some examples of developments and projects that underpin this trend.

Two displays are seamlessly integrated into the continuously 3D-formed instrument panel

Innovative Injection Molding in Times of Pandemic

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Künstliche Intelligenz für die Qualitätssicherung

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Oberflächentechnik

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There Is More beyond the Horizon

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

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Getriebe

Elektrische Antriebe für Spritzgießmaschinen

Antriebe

Elektrische Antriebe

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A Question of Class

At Fakuma 2021, iQ Weight Control will be unveiled with its new interface and expanded functionality. The new developments have been driven by feedback from customers. With its consistently user-centered development approach, Engel is one of the pioneers.

The new release of iQ weight control is based on feedback from users. In the user-centered development process, Engel closely involves its customers at all stages

The Assistance System iQ Weight Control Promises Greater Clarity and New Functions

Produktentwicklung(sprozess)

Qualitätsmanagement

Focusing on the User

The ninth broadcast by arburgXvision was about strategies for significantly increasing the utilization rate of injection molding machines.

Moderator Guido Marschall and Arburg experts Christian Homp and Christoph Blöchle (from right) discussed how the right mold strategy pays off for injection molding companies

“Mold Strategy 2.0 – New Ideas for Reducing Costs”

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.

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

The product portfolio of Wittmann and Wittmann Battenfeld will in future be presented under the uniform Wittmann brand name. This reflects the company’s claim to be a provider of total solutions for injection molders.

Michael Wittmann, Managing Director and CEO of the Wittmann Group. The group operates eight production plants in five countries, and the additional sales companies at their 34 different locations are present in all major industrial markets around the world.

Unternehmen

kunststoffe.de

Wittmann Group Changes Its Brand Strategy

Paul Caprio has left Engel North America effective January 31st, 2022. Now the company presents the new management board.

Engel North America Management Board (left to right): Johann Dastl (CFO), Vanessa Malena (COO), Benjamin Lettner (CSO), Mark Sankovitch (CEO).

New Management Board at Engel North America

In the past, relying on vertical injection molding machines instead of traditional horizontal molding machines when it came to the production of 2-component molded parts was a common option for molding small and medium-sized parts but not for large size parts. But when the automotive supplier Eldisy was faced with parts in that segment horizontal injection molding machines proved to be an inaptly alternative as new vertical machine systems proved as more reliable and therefore more productive. In the Bavarian injection molding machine manufacturer LWB-Steinl, the company found a partner to enter this new territory.

A vertical gantry frame machine with two thermoplastic injection units injecting from above proves to be a “gamechanger” for the production of 2-component automotive components at Eldisy in the German Gardelegen.

Eldisy Switches to Vertical Machines for the Production of Large-Size 2-Components

KFZ-Zulieferer

Dienstleistungen

With a System Change  to New Competitiveness

Engel has developed a new way to process plastic scrap as flakes on an injection molding machine straight after grinding. This innovation eliminates the pelletization step and significantly boosts the economics of plastics recycling. The key to consistently high product quality is to vent the plastic melt.

Test setup at the pilot plant in St. Valentin, Austria: for the two-stage process, Engel has combined a plasticizing screw with an injection screw.

Venting in a Two-Stage Process Boosts the Efficiency of Recycling Processes

Schmelzefilter

High-Quality Recycled Plastics Obtained Directly from Flakes

Guido Frohnhaus has been Managing Director Technology & Engineering at Arburg for a good two years now. The pandemic restrictions meant that he has made very few appearances outside the company so far, but, as he says himself, he spent the time getting to know the in-house processes at all levels and in great detail. In this interview with Kunststoffe, the 52-year-old talks about the course he plans to set and how crucial the high level of in-house manufacturing and programming expertise is for the company’s independence.

Doriat, Clemens, Dr.

“Gestica Will Be the Fixed Star in the Customer’s Universe”

Arburg presents a total of four Allrounder exhibits and two Freeformers on show. All machines will be connected live to the Arburg host computer system ALS for demonstration purposes and to the arburgXworld customer portal, another focus of the trade fair display. Detailed information on the arburgGreenworld environmental and recycling program will round off Arburg‘s involvement in Chinaplas.

Arburg will be demonstrating the potential of freeformers for additive manufacturing on two exhibits at Chinaplas 2022.

Arburg Kunststoff Freiformen

Verfahren für die additive Fertigung

Freiraumverfahren

High-End Wherever You Look

Sumitomo (SHI) Demag continues to expand all-electric platform and extends its high-speed IntElect S series.

Sumitomo (SHI) Demag releases new mid-size IntElect S high-speed energy-saving range globally. With this, the machine manufacturer is accelerating the global expansion of the IntElect platform, which was developed specifically for high-volume packaging, medical and automotive applications.

Filling an important gap in the mass-manufacturing market, notably thin-wall packaging, Sumitomo (SHI) Demag is releasing new sizes within its IntElect S all-electric high-performance injection molding machine range, including medium clamping force (mid-size) machines between 220 and 450 t. Product Manager of the IntElect series Peter Gladigau, emphasizes that with this latest release molders requiring cycle time speeds of between three to 12 seconds now no longer need to compromise on any aspect of productivity, energy efficiency and processing speed and stability.

By expanding the IntElect S series, the company is resolute in its ambition to open up the all-electric molding machine market and the associated benefits to even more product applications, including low part weights and narrow tolerance components. Positioned squarely between the conventional IntElect all-electric series and the new high-speed packaging injection molding machine PAC-E, the IntElect S is geared specifically towards plastic processors mass-manufacturing narrow tolerance and thin-walled components at the fastest speeds.

For High Performance Applications with Short Cycles

“Cycle times of between three and twelve seconds and injection speeds of up to 350 mm/s are the typical range of this machine,“ reports Gladigau. He draws special attention to the resilient, high performance drives, shorter clamp spindles and longer service life. Culminating in faster acceleration of the injection speed to achieve on average a one second cycle time saving when compared to a standard IntElect model.

The IntElect S mid-size range caters specifically to high performance applications with the shortest cycles, high material throughput, which typically consumes more energy affirms Gladigau. “Given the rapid rise in energy prices, counteracting the impact on rising manufacturing costs through higher productivity, processing repeatability and reduced waste is increasingly imperative with regard to competitiveness. For this very reason, market interest in our IntElect S series remains very high,” reports the product manager.

Indicative of the current energy challenges, for packaging applications, the IntElect S can lower energy consumption to between 0.25 to 0.32 kilowatt hours per kilogram, states Gladigau. Citing it as the epitome of mass production efficiency, compared to hybrid machines this increased production capacity combined with saving tens of thousands of euros per year on energy, can result in one of the fastest machine paybacks. Benchmarking dry cycle times on thin wall packaging products with equivalent electric systems on the market, IntElect S remains at the forefront of innovation and energy efficiency, assures Gladigau.

Featuring optimized tool movement, nozzle position, injection and ejector movements and metering speed, the IntElect S model outperforms previous generations of IntElect machines. Increasing the capacity of the IntElect’s braking energy recovery system not only improves energy efficiency but also extends the lifespan of electrical components and capacitators. Verified by extensive machine and part lifecycle durability tests, notes Gladigau. Clamp spindles tested under the hardest conditions showed no evidence of visible wear after millions of cycles. Guaranteeing safe operation of the machine, even in the fastest-cycle applications.

Sumitomo (SHI) Demag Plastics Machinery GmbH 

https://www.sumitomo-shi-demag.eu/

IntElect S all-electric high-performance injection molding machine.

2023-01-12 - Sumitomo

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