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INTERNATIONAL NEWS
and a space-saving turnkey system centered
around a vertical Allrounder 375 V including a
Kuka six-axis robot mounted within the footprint
that will be molding vacuum housings.
Sumitomo (SHI) Demag (B1-1105) has eight small-
er-footprint IntElect machines — four on the
main booth and four more at supporting partner
booths — at the show to highlight the benefits of
all-electric injection molding. Rapidly rising elec-
tricity prices and changing legal requirements
are making energy efficiency an increasingly sig-
nificant purchasing argument.
Sumitomo (SHI) Demag has developed an In-
tElect for every market segment, all available
with digital features like myAssist, automation
and OPC-UA connectivity. New upgrades for the
myAssist software make it the ultimate "digital
process companion," the company says, offer-
ing easy-to-read dashboards, consumption data
and key performance indicators, all defined by
the end user. Digital data can also be connected
across multiple machines in a single production
facility.
At the stand, a compact IntElect 130 Multi ma-
chine equipped with a six-axis articulated robot
from Sepro allows two parts to be created with a
total cycle time of 25 seconds. It will be molding
two-K PC and ABS automotive interior elements
from a tool from BIA Kunststoff- und Galvano-
technik, which is rotated by a fully integrated
turntable from Polarform.
Another exhibit will display a 180-ton machine
featuring a 910 injection unit — the largest that
can be accommodated in this machine. The ex-
hibit will mold syringe plungers from a nonpo-
rous high density polyethylene (HDPE) using a
32-cavity tool, with a shot weight of 29 grams.
Three IntElect LSR packages will also be shown,
October 2024
with live demonstrations ranging from the manu-
facturing of an infusion valve on the main booth
in collaboration with ACH Solution, to dental
covers on the Kracht stand (A6-6206), plus a
single-cavity heat protection cooking mat in
partnership with Elmet Elastomere and Momen-
tive Performance Materials (A4-4307).
KraussMaffei’s all-electric PXZ 121-380-180 Multi-
nject machine will be producing a small blue
turtle with a black core made of mechanically
recycled PC/ABS and a high-quality outer layer
made of chemically recycled ABS.
PlastiVation (B3-321) is returning to Fakuma, this
time with two second-generation electric injec-
tion molding machines from Tederic's Neo se-
ries. The second-generation Neo machines have
undergone a technology upgrade claimed to put
these on a par with European-made injection
molding machines.
At the stand, an electric Neo-E160/e620 with a
clamping force of 160 tons and a screw diameter
of 42 millimeters will be running in an automat-
ed production cell, producing a cup holder with
three cups made of PC-ASA. The shot weight
is around 150 grams, and the cycle time is 42
seconds. The cup holder weighs 74 grams; each
cup weighs 23 grams.
A 3+1 hot runner family tool from Incoe Interna-
tional Europe, equipped with a pneumatic four-
way needle valve system and Incoe's Heat-Inject
temperature control technology, enables the
cup holder to be produced with three openings
for the cups with no weld lines appearing on the
surface behind the openings.
The second machine, a Neo-E60/e110, will be
producing a PP prototype part using a 3D print-
ed mold from SK Industriemodell GmbH. xMOLD
resin has been used to print the mold, which
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