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TECHNOLOGY

Medical In-Mold Labeling System to Debut at Fakuma

CC has leveraged the expertise Automation from Beck Automation tional features of the tool, according
Mof Arburg, Beck Automation, works quasi-synchronously with the to MCC.
Intravis, and Kebo to seamlessly in- Arburg press, ensuring precise, re- MCC, of course, brings its IML and
tegrate automation, precision, and peatable label positioning during the medical labeling expertise to the pro-
quality control into the production injection molding process. The Beck ject. The newest generation of IML
process. label adjustment head measures each technology includes temperature in-
An in-mold labeling (IML) system individual label and compensates for dicators and sterilization coding on
designed specifically for medical ap- its manufacturing tolerances. The the label.
plications will be unveiled at Fakuma technology is unique in the field of For a deeper dive into the technology,
next month. MCC has harnessed the IML, according to MCC, and Beck has MCC is holding Expert Talks with rep-
expertise of Arburg, Beck Automa- integrated the technology into a med- resentatives from each of the compa-
tion, Intravis, and Kebo to develop ical system for the first time. nies at Fakuma on Oct. 18 and 19 at 2
the system, which, it says, seamlessly Advanced vision inspection technol- p.m. The 45-minute sessions will take
integrates advanced automation, pre- ogy from Intravis works in tandem place in the Schwarzwald meeting
cision, and quality control into the with Beck's automation system to room in the West Conference Center
production process. ensure flawless IML parts by detect- next to hall 3. A brochure describing
The system features the following ele- ing and rejecting defective products in the medical IML system can be down-
ments: real time. loaded from the MCC website.
Arburg’s electric Allrounder 520 A, a An eight-cavity mold from Kebo will The Medical IML system will be on
high-performance injection molding be running in the Arburg press at Fa- display at Fakuma at booth 2218
machine specially designed for high kuma to produce a medical part that in hall B2. Fakuma returns to Frie-
speed and demanding processes such achieves perfect straightness and a drichshafen, Germany, from Oct. 17
as thin-wall molding. precise wall thickness. Productivity to 21, 2023.
and surface and gate quality are addi-

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