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News Release from: Arburg | Subject: Electric injection moulding machines
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 21 December 2005
Injection moulders have electric drive
systems
At the forthcoming Italian Plast'06 plastics exhibition at least one stand will focus on electric injection moulding machines, multi-component technology and a wide range of applications.
Arburg will open its European trade fair programme for 2006 at the Plast'06, taking place in Milan from 14th to 18th February Exhibition stand C24-D27 in Hall 11 covers 520m2, where a representative cross-section of the current product range will be on shown for the visitors
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 10 Jul 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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Applications from a wide range of injection moulding fields also emphasise the versatility of the Allrounders.
For the Plast'06 in Milan, Arburg has put together an extensive programme reflecting not only the machines themselves but also applications relating to up-to-date trends in injection moulding technology.
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Examples will include the electric Allrounder A and hydraulic Allrounders from the C, S and U series, plus a manufacturing cell based around a two-component Allrounder with the Multilift H robotic system.
The range of applications extends from multi-component injection moulding and micro-assembly injection moulding to high-speed applications from the packaging industry and LSR processing.
* Individually combinable electric drives - on the Allrounder A (Alldrive) series, the main axes 'mould opening and closing', 'injection' and 'dosing', have all been designed with electric servo drives as standard.
The other movements such as 'ejection', 'moving the nozzle' and 'mould functions' can be operated either electrically or hydraulically, depending on the operating requirements.
In Milan, the machines representing the Alldrive range, which covers clamping forces from 500kN to 2000kN (50-200 tonf), will be the medium-sized 420 A with a clamping force of 1000kN (100 tonf) and the large 570 A with a clamping force of 2000kN (200 tonf).
The two exhibits will demonstrate the performance of the electric Allrounders A in high-speed, thin-wall applications by manufacturing plastic beakers.
* Electric dosing option - in addition to the Alldrive range, electro-mechanical dosing is also available as an option for other Allrounder machines and is featured along with the Arburg energy-saving system and a position-regulated screw as part of the 'advance' equipment package, as presented here on the Allrounder 570 C model.
The high flexibility of application achieved by the Allrounders thanks to various equipment packages will be demonstrated by the liquid-silicon (LSR) processing Allrounder 470 C.
The third example from the C series is the Allrounder 420 C, which will be used for moulding screw caps.
* Two examples of two-component injection moulding - the Universal U series is represented by the Allrounder 370 U, configured as a two-component machine as it first appeared at the Fakuma fair in 2005.
It will be making a planetary gear system using micro-assembly injection moulding.
The second multi-component machine at the Plast will be the large Allrounder 630 S, which forms the basis of a complete manufacturing cell producing the familiar Arburg table-tennis bat from ABS and TPE.
Other components of this cell are the three-station rotary mould that extracts injected parts from the third open station during the manufacturing process, the Multilift H robotic system with its complex grippers, an assembly station and an ultrasonic welding system.
* Testing the Selogica control system - the range is completed by the Thermolift 100-2 combined material dryer and conveyor as well as two control simulators, with which the standard Selogica system or the alternative 'Selogica direct' system with touchscreen display can be tested in-depth.
* About Arburg - Arburg, a German machine construction company, is one of the leading global manufacturers of injection moulding machines for plastics processing with clamping forces between 125kN and 4000kN (12.5-400 tonf).
Fields of application are, for example, the production of plastic parts for motor vehicles, communications and consumer electronics, medical technology, domestic appliances and packaging.
The product range is completed by robotic systems, complex projects and other peripherals.
Arburg's operations are coordinated by an integrated management system, and are DIN EN ISO 9001 and 14001 certified.
Arburg is represented in a total of 70 countries - in all the major plastics markets - with a comprehensive on-site sales and service network.
Some 1,950 employees share in Arburg's success worldwide.
Production is carried out by approximately 1,650 employees, exclusively at the parent factory in Lossburg (Germany).
A further 300 employees work at the 21 subsidiaries and representative offices.
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