Hot-runner manufacturer Incoe International Europe, Rödermark, Germany, is introducing its new Hot Halves (type: SealFit) to the European market. A Hot Half comprises a complete, ready-to-go system with SealFIt hot runner nozzles. 

SealFit Hot Halves 

Kunststoffverarbeitung: Maschinen und Komponenten

Normalien und Heißkanaltechnik

Spritzgießen

Heißkanaltechnik

Efficiency for Mold Makers and Injection Molders 

Wittmann Battenfeld GmbH, Kottingbrunn, Austria, is following on from its participation at the Fakuma 2014. Last year the company presented the SmartPower machine series for the first time with mold clamping forces from 50 to 1,200 kN; this year it is completing the range with three models in the sizes 1,800, 2,400 and 3,500 kN. The machines of the SmartPower series have as standard a highly efficient servo hydraulic drive and – as already known from the all-electric EcoPower series – use the available braking energy via KERS (Kinetic Energy Recovery System) for the screw barrel heating, so achieving a high degree of energy efficiency. 

Wittmann Battenfeld 

Thermoplaste

Spritzgießmaschinen

Medizintechnik

Range Completed 

Hasco Hasenclever GmbH + Co KG, Lüdenscheid, Germany, has extended its product range of ready-to-install single needle valves with the H44201/… and H44202/… hot halves. The entire needle shut-off unit is installed directly in the corresponding size of mold, making it easy to maintain, and is designed and produced in close cooperation with the user for the application in question. 

Easy to Maintain Single Needle Valves 

Werkzeug- und Formenbau

Immediately Ready for Production  

With its products of the activeGate family, Synventive Molding Solutions GmbH, Bensheim, Germany, offers a range of control technologies in the hot runner, which, using sensor data, permit individual monitoring of the melt flow at the melt entry point of every gate in the mold. A new feature is the latest enhancement of the eGate. The electrically operated valve-gating system is now also available for large parts with high shot weights. The system permits monitoring of the valve movement at every individual hot-runner nozzle and, with a large number of setting parameters, offers possibilities for part optimization, particularly in sequential injection molding and with family molds. 

Synventive at K 2019 

Individually Controlled Melt Flow 

In cooperation with two new subsidiaries, the Haidlmair Group, Nussbach, Austria, is showing several innovations in the field of hot-runner technology, mold monitoring and lifetime management. FDU Hotrunner GmbH, Frankenthal, Germany, markets the FDU (flat die unit) launched by Haidlmair in 2016, which, according to the manufacturer, is particularly characterized by the fact that, in comparison to circular nozzles, it introduces less shear-induced heat into the melt, shortens the cycle time and reduces the required injection pressure and energy consumption. 

Haidlmair at K 2019 

Keeping the Nozzle Flat 

Sumitomo (SHI) Demag Plastics Machinery GmbH, Schwaig, Germany, considers the circular economy and efficiency as future themes of plastics processing. In addition, digitalization continues to be a focus. A networked cell with remote-diagnosis options, online support, document tracking and spare parts ordering are representative of the “smart services” offered by the machine manufacturer. Visitors can use networked terminals to see how the “myConnect” software improves customer service. 

Sumitomo (SHI) Demag at K 2019 

Industrie 4.0

Smart, Fast and Sustainable 

It is not always easy to reconcile a constantly high part quality with short cycle times. While rapid solidification of the melt is desirable, all the cavities in the mold must be uniformly filled in order to satisfy the various quality requirements. The manifold system plays an important role here. 

Sophisticated Manifold Technology from Günther 

Better Part Quality through Gentle Melt Guidance 

Hasco Hasenclever GmbH + Co KG of Lüdenscheid, Germany, has expanded its portfolio of nozzles with the Single Shot series of nozzles. Their development concentrated on compatible installation dimensions, precise temperature control, functionality, as well as cost-effective design. The wide variety of nozzle versions enables simple gating to sub-manifolds and direct connections to the molding. 

In addition to all standard plastics, the new Single Shot nozzles can process technical and slightly reinforced materials, as well. 

Purposeful Design 

Supplying material from an octabin or big bag often requires the use of additional personnel to empty the container completely. A new type of unloading station ensures complete emptying without manual intervention and has been designed specifically to meet the production requirements for medical devices. 

Automation: Wave Movement Ensures Material Supply 

Double-digit growth rates by all economic indicators: Machinery manufacturing in Italy has overcome a lean period and is achieving record highs. The buoyant mood should also be reflected at the upcoming Plast, which for the first time is integrated in a new trade fair alliance. Detailed analysis of the statistics shows that Italy and Germany are closely linked at all levels. 

In the Run-Up to Plast 2018, the Plastics Industry in Italy is in a Better State than  for a Long Time 

Italy Achieving Record Highs 

Evonik has become the first company in the world to develop a polymer filament based on PEEK (polyether ether ketone) in implant-grade quality for use as a 3D printing material for implants. This high-performance material can be used in fused filament fabrication (FFF) technology and is expected to enable additive production of three-dimensional plastic parts for medical implants in the human body. 

Evonik Develops PEEK Filament for Medical Use 

Additive Fertigung

Kunststoffhandel

3D Printing Filament in Implant-Grade Quality  

The Institute for Plastics Processing in Aachen is drumming up support for an innovative event that will demonstrate diversity and present the unexpected. Even the event's initiator, Prof. Hopmann, is keyed up and can't wait to see what will be presented there ¿ as he divulged to us in an interview.  

IKV premiere will throw light on the fundamentals of plastics technology  

Blasfolienextrusion

Faserverarbeitung

Extrusion

Lehrstühle und Institute

Call for papers for a symposium for lateral thinkers  

Together with around 100 guests and partners from Europe, Asia and North America BBG celebrated its the 20th anniversary in mid-May. At the event that was organized at the company's headquarters in Mindelheim in the Unterallgäu region the specialist for the plastics processing industry presented a large number of new products.  

Anniversary with Product Premieres 

PUR-Werkzeuge

Werkzeugreinigung, Kunststoffe

Schäumen / Reaktive Verarbeitung

PUR-Schäummaschinen

20 Years BBG  

Together with its international customers, Regloplas AG of St. Gallen, Switzerland, works out complete solutions that can be easily integrated into the processes of a future Smart Factory. That is why the Swiss manufacturer’s latest generation of temperature control units communicates via OPC UA with superior IT systems (PPS, MES, ERP) in industrial production – across locations, e.g., via Cloud, if required. Theses devices also can be networked with injection molding and other plastics machines via the IOD UA communication protocol. This fulfills all prerequisites for continuous data exchange in highly automated, digitalized plastics processing. 

Temperature Control Units Networked via Dashboard  

Temperieren

Betriebstechnik für Kunststoffverarbeitung (Peripherie)

Temperiertechnik

Central Visualization of Process Data 

Friday, 6 March 2020 marked the opening ceremony of Arburg¿s new Training Center measuring 13,700 square metres at the company¿s headquarters in Lossburg.  

More Space, More Digitalisation, More Focus On Customers 

Automatisierungstechnik

New Arburg Training Center 

Small Injection Moldings for Protection against Corona 

Implementing a Face Mask Concept in Record Time 

With the Corona pandemic sweeping the world, considerable energies are being freed up and focused on developing and manufacturing urgently required medical equipment. Working under extreme time pressure, the OKE Group GmbH, based in Hörstel, Germany, has developed a concept for a full-face mask that can be quickly implemented and, according to the manufacturer, offers reliable basic protection. 

The full-face mask consists of three components: an exchangeable protective membrane, two reusable retaining clips and the permanent rubber straps, which the wearer uses to fasten the mask securely over his face. 

The technical manufacturing components for this mask concept were developed and made ready for production within an extremely short time. The injection molds for manufacturing the retaining clips were designed and manufactured by a subsidiary of the OKE Group, Alhorn GmbH & Co. KG, Lübbecke, Germany, which besides mold making, also maintains injection molding production capacity in house. The required hot-runner system was delivered by Synventive Molding Solutions GmbH “in record time,” as the company put it. 

André Stockmann, managing director at Alhorn, explains: “To ensure our manufacturing operation was reliable from the start, we put our trust in our longstanding partner Synventive for the key component of the injection molding process - hot-runner technology. From our mold concept, Synventive was able to provide complete 3D hotrunner design data within only one day, including the hot side, so that we were able to proceed to the final production of the molds without delay.” 

He says that communication between the development departments and Synventive’s engineering took place practically in real time, in fact so smoothly that the tight time schedule could be met at every phase. As required, Synventive not only developed the appropriate 16-cavity hot-runner system for the small medical components, but also implemented it in a hot side for OKE in a user-friendly way. 

The OKE Group started manufacturing the full-face mask in the first half of April. To supply the different target groups with these masks, OKE performs quality control and finishing directly in house. Anyone interested in purchasing the masks can contact the company directly at <a href="https://www.oke-shop.de">oke-shop.de.</a>

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