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To extend the toggle lever’s service rate, consequently shorter response newly developed, servo-driven WX90
life, the crosshead guides have been times to sensor signals and thus higher sprue picker from WITTMANN, and
reinforced, and new hard bronze con- repeatability, while user friendliness equipped with an integrated ejection
nectors with a special alloy have been and familiar visualization remain un- chute, an S-Max screenless granulator
installed, as well as larger toggle bolts changed. as well as a WFC120 flow controller.
for better force distribution among With this production cell, a bracket
the bearing positions. The new EcoPower B8X will be avail- for a climbing net will be produced
able for the European market from using an 8-cavity mold supplied
The B8X control system of the new the Fakuma 2023 onwards in the
EcoPower B8X comes equipped with clamping force sizes from 550 to 1800 To make the machine’s low energy
control system components devel- kN, and with volumes ranging from consumption visible, energy meas-
oped in-house. Particularly notewor- 10.8 cm3 to 778 cm3. The sizes up urement will be carried out on the
thy here is the X4 booster for the to 5500 kN with volumes up to 3012 machine using the IMAGOxt energy
drive units, which has been directly cm3 are still on offer in the current management software developed by
adapted to the servo motors installed version.At the Fakuma, an EcoPower WITTMANN Digital.
in the machine and permits a higher B8X 110/350 will be exhibited as an
internal clock frequency sampling Insider cell in combination with the

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