Injection Molding
Servo Robots Show More Speed, Muscle & Brains
The recent NPE 2009 show in Chicago saw the debut of dozens of new and enhanced robots for injection molding. The vast majority of the new models were all-servo types, though some economized by mixing servo and pneumatic axes. These new robots emphasized higher speeds, heavier payload capacity, longer reach, and more intelligent controllers that make programming and troubleshooting easier than ever. Telescoping arms and dual arms were very common among the new entries, as well.
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NPE 2009 Wrap-Up: New Machinery for Injection Molding
New injection machinery at the show ranged from all-electric units for high-speed packaging or bioplastic processing to hybrid presses ready for the cleanroom. Other units highlighted multi-component molding with LSR and thermoplastics or super-compact presses for small parts. Several new machines targeted specific applications such as caps and closures, PET preforms, LSR, or integrated long-glass compounding.
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Cooling in Tough Times: How to Save Energy and Maintenance
In today’s down market, plastics processors are discovering a whole new set of problems related to operating at reduced capacity.
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How to Clean Screws Nondestructively
Maintenance departments often clean screws wrongly, causing serious and expensive damage.
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Aluminum Tooling Proves Its Mettle
Can aluminum tooling enter the race for high-volume automotive injection molding?
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External Benchmarking of Injection Molding Energy Efficiency
In April, we discussed the use of the slope of the curve of process energy consumption versus production volume for internal benchmarking of energy efficiency.
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NPE News in Injection Molding
If a better machine can help your company beat challenging economic conditions, you’ll probably find it at NPE. And finding it will be easier, thanks to our editors’ efforts to sift out of some 2000 exhibits the most significant news in injection and blow molding, extrusion, compounding, and thermoforming.
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Go Beyond SPC For Molding Process Control
A new real-time statistical analysis system for injection molding reportedly provides a new level of fault detection and process quality.
Read MoreANTEC at NPE: Editors' Picks
One of the unusual features of NPE 2009 in Chicago June 22-24 will be the first-ever concurrent presentation of the SPE ANTEC conference, by far the largest of seven conferences at McCormick Place during the show.
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NPE 2009 News Flash
Injection MoldingHybrid Press Has Electric ClampNew injection presses that combine servo-electric and hydraulic movements to achieve high performance with energy efficiency will be discussed by Arburg Inc., Newington, Conn.
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