Injection moulding

Engel has expanded its technical centre in St. Valentin, Austria, with one of the largest injection moulding machines from its standard portfolio: the duo 5500 combi M with a clamping force of 55,000 kN, measuring 32 meters long, 13 meters wide, 6.8 meters high, and weighing 545 tons...

From 18 to 20 June 2024, Engel hosted the Digital Days event at its sites in Schwertberg and St. Valentin, getting new insights into the current state of process digitalization, in injection molding in particular, and the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in this field. During the three days...

Under the motto of “We live injection molding”, the Wittmann Group invited its customers and partners to come on Wednesday, June 19 and Thursday, June 20 in Vienna. More than 1,000 guests accepted this invitation and experienced live the Wittmann Group’s competence...

The new T-Flow HRS control units from Oerlikon HRSflow, presented at NPE 2024, increase the precision and reliability of temperature control in hot runner injection moulding. Modular in design, there are three models, configurable to multiples of 6 zones, to control up to 120 zones...

To explore the topic of digitalisation in injection moulding, which has long been an integral part of Engel's strategy, the Austrian manufacturer is organising the Digital Days, scheduled to take place at its sites in Schwertberg and St. Valentin (Austria) from 18 to 20 June...

A manufacturer of injection and compression moulding machines for rubber, silicone and thermosets based near Brescia (Italy), IMG will take part in the DKT fair in Nuremberg, Germany, from 1 to 4 July, exhibiting two injection moulding machines, the all-electric REM horizontal model and the new VCV vertical model...

At the oncoming NPE 2024 show, in Orlando, Florida, from 6th to 10th May, Sacmi will be exhibiting a range of solutions based on human-machine interaction including new controls, digital tools and AI. The primary goal of digitally advanced controls is to protect the customer's investment...

Over 5,100 guests from all over the world who flocked to Lossburg for the Arburg Technology Days 2024 from 13 to 16 March were thoroughly impressed and in high spirits. The company presented a huge variety of plastics processing applications in its “Think Tank”, which featured over 40 exhibits, including many innovations...

Something huge is making its way around Europe over the next four months. Sumitomo (SHI) Demag presents to customers its first ever supersized roadshow truck. A 20-metre-long mobile exhibition space containing all of the latest injection moulding technologies and timesavers that...

Stepping up automation through the integration of one or more machines. IMG emphasises its focus on greater automation of the production processes related to rubber injection moulding, aiming at improving efficiency for the benefit of plastics converters. The company based in...

Two days dedicated by Arburg to artificial intelligence at its headquarters in Lossburg brought together 33 experts to discuss how automatic machine learning (AutoML) or neural networks (such as TabPFN) can be used to make predictions in academic and industrial research and simplify everyday work in...

At Fakuma 2023, which will take place from 17 to 21 October in Friedrichshafen (Germany), Oerlikon HRSflow will be focusing on hot runner systems that enable greater sustainability and efficiency in thermoplastic injection moulding. In addition to future-oriented automotive applications, the focus will be on...

Machine utilization is often difficult to predict and plastics processors need as much flexibility as possible with their equipment. Traditional financing models are not designed to adapt to the actual use of the machine due to fixed rates. Thanks to the new flexPay financing model from KraussMaffei, it is now possible...

The Italian market is one of the Wittmann Group’s most important export markets. Consequently, the Plast Milan is a major platform for Wittmann to present its state-of-the-art technologies jointly with its local subsidiary, Wittmann Battenfeld Italia. Its second Italian subsidiary, Wittmann Digital, specializes in...

At Plast Engel will be demonstrating highly innovative applications and integrated solutions to make injection moulding more efficient, cost-effective and sustainable. For the benefit of a leaner and more resilient production. In particular, key pillars are the leveraging of...

Designed to withstand high filling pressures, the new compact stack mould, engineered by the hot runner manufacturer Oerlikon HRSflow for thin wall packaging applications, is equipped with the new Xd nozzle series. The innovative patent-pending solution, soon available on the market, enables fast injection and cycle times in...

At ProPak Asia 2023, the beverage and food packaging fair to be held in Bangkok from 14 to 17 June, Sacmi will be exhibiting its solutions that reduce the weight of the neck-cap system without affecting the consumer’s experience. The development of lightened necks and caps, together with research into new, more...

Gefit will take part at the 10th edition of Plastic Closure Innovations event that will take place from 13 to 15 June at the World Trade Center in Barcelona, Spain. This event will showcase major global trends, explore recent advances and discus the latest innovations in this fast-growing market sector; also, it will...

On 18 and 19 May, the Italian subsidiary of Arburg, which with its 33 years of existence and 49 employees is second only to the German parent company, opened the doors of its headquarters in Peschiera Borromeo on the outskirts of Milan to continue the celebrations of the German company's 100th anniversary in the presence of...

New standards for tethered caps, lightweight necks and recycling will be exhibited by Sacmi at Interpack 2023, Düsseldorf, from 4 to 10 May, with the aim of providing solutions for seizing green transition opportunities. On the cap manufacturing front, Sacmi has already implemented the EU Directive that requires...