Injection Moulding
Meech’s energy saving air technology reduces waste and boosts production for Paul Norman Plastics
Due to their size and shape, the Meech air curtains were able to fixed directly onto PNP’s moulding tools, allowing them to be positioned over the mould cavities with minimal separation Read more
RJG releases new cavity pressure sensor
The six-mm sensor is ideal for high cavitation moulds with small, tightly packed ejector pins, allowing users to measure cavity pressure in order to improve quality and reduce costs Read more
ENGEL to produce demo car parts at K2019
At the show in Dusseldorf, the injection moulding machine manufacturer and systems solutions provider will be using the organomelt process to produce demo parts that reflect the latest innovations for car door modules Read more
Mehnert Harald
KraussMaffei and NETSTAL to combine under KraussMaffei brand
The new joint company will now present itself even more effectively, first and foremost in the medical technology and packaging industries Read more
ARBURG GmbH + Co KG
Simcon makes Arburg injection moulding machines even smarter
For this sophisticated project, Arburg collaborated with simulation experts Simcon, which boasts years of experience in the injection moulding industry Read more
ChristianSchoerg
HASCO opens new hot runner technical centre featuring Wittmann Battenfeld SmartPower 120/350
At the heart of the facility is the new SmartPower 120/350 servo-hydraulic injection moulding machine from Wittmann Battenfeld Read more
“Turning point reached” for German machinery sales, says VDMA
The association representing over 200-member companies forecasts a decline of up to ten percent in turnover for producers of plastics and rubber machinery. Read more
Michael Traxler appoint as head of ENGEL’s Mould Technology division
Traxler has more than 30 years of experience in precision tool making and injection moulding Read more
Plastics machinery shipments decline in first quarter
While 2018 ended with strong plastics machinery shipments, 2019 has started soft, with the preliminary estimate of the shipments value from reporting companies totalling $273 million, 27.6 per cent lower than the fourth quarter of 2018 Read more
Wittmann WFC retrofit kit provides automatic control flow quantity and temperature
Wittmann has released its new WFC retrofit kit, which allows Wittmann flow controllers from the 101, 301, and 200/230 series to be converted into a low-cost, high-grade control system Read more
LANXESS Adiprene LF technology enables injection moulding of cast PU elastomers
The Korean company Autox has developed a production process that allows cast PU to be injection moulded, an innovation that brings a new perspective to the cast PU world Read more
Arburg wins People’s Choice Award at Rapid + TCT 2019
Arburg exhibited two Freeformer exhibits at the show, as well as interactive stations and functional components Read more
Innovation from OGM eliminates gas traps in injection mould tools
The solution developed by OGM uses the company’s latest hybrid metal additive manufacturing technology, which has been adopted to produce a wide range of mould tool inserts quickly and at a competitive cost Read more
Sepro Group and FANUC announce open integration partnership
This partnership aims to meet increasing demand for robot IMM packages, and will allow FANUC to benefit from Sepro’s know-how in the fields of Cartesian robots especially designed for the plastics industry Read more
Broanmain increases volume of injection moulding machines
With newly acquired 110, 220, 330, and 500-tonne injection moulding machines added to its fleet, OEMs can now have components ranging from 0.1mm in size right up to polymer parts with shot weights of up to three kilograms Read more
Boeing and Surface Generation present interim findings from RAPM research programme
Established in 2016, RAPM is a joint research project between Boeing, The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, and supply chain partners from around the world Read more
ENGEL ends fiscal year with growth
The ENGEL Group has seen out the 2018/19 fiscal year with a turnover of €1.6 billion Read more
Arburg to build new assembly hall at central production site in Lossburg
With the new building, production capacities for large Allrounder injection moulding machines and customer-specific turnkey systems are further expanded Read more
Sumitomo Demag restructures national sales leadership team in Germany
Sumitomo (SHI) Demag is aligning its business to support the entire medical, precision, automotive and packaging value chains Read more
Wittmann releases first-of-its-kind WX193
Like all other Wittmann robots, the WX193 comes with a flexible, modular design, for its main linear axes are all available in a number of different lengths to enable optimal adjustments to the individual application and injection moulding machine Read more
