exhibition preview | NPE 2015
terms for the quarter, the year-to date value is ahead by 4%. Ancillary equipment orders reached an all-time record of $108.2m in the third quarter of 2014, up by 8% on the same period in 2013. Year-to-date ancillary equipment shipments are up 12%. Over the next three pages, we take a brief look at some of the injection moulding machinery equipment and equipment that will be on show in Orlando. Don’t miss the March edition of Injection World for more equipment and application news, as well as a line-up of new material introductions. And if you are going to the show, look out for the AMI Magazines team around the exhibition centre or at the Applied Market Information stand (W8283).
Machinery innova- tions
Designed for integration with any injection moulding machine, Boy will be
showing its 2C XS auxiliary
Above: Engel’s entry-level e-Pic robot gets its first US showing
injection unit for the first time in North America at NPE. The 2C XS is intended to provide a low-cost entry into multi-component moulding by allowing a standard moulding machine to be converted to two-component operation. It will be demonstrated on a Boy 25E machine producing ‘marbled’ dishes. Supplied with its own standalone drive and control, the 2C XS can be configured to deliver shot volumes up to 76.4cm3
and
injection pressures up to 3,128 bar. Efficient and economical manufacturing is the theme
Below: Absolute
Haitian will run a 730 US ton Jupiter two-platen machine
of the Engel stand, where the company will be demon- strating eight different application examples. Prime among these will be production of a thermoplastic composite automotive brake pedal in a system developed with German automotive components group ZF Frie- drichshafen. Built around a 230 US ton Engel vertical moulding machine equipped with the company’s Easix robot, the process involves forming a pre-heated continu- ous fibre reinforced thermoplastic composite sheet in the mould before over-moulding with PA to produce a final part that requires no trimming or finishing.
The company will also demonstrate a 610 US ton
Duo two-platen machine producing an automotive centre console with a top-class surface using a combination of Trexel’s Mucell microcellular foam moulding and variothermal (heat-cool) mould technol- ogy from Roctool. Plus, visitors will get their first chance to see the company’s new e-Pic low cost pick-and-place robot, which uses a novel swing arm movement to provide fast, energy efficient part removal. Absolute Haitian will show a 730 US ton moulding machine from Haitian’s recently extended Jupiter II range of servo-hydraulic two-platen machines. Originally offered from 1,350 to 4,500 US tons, Haitain has extended the energy-efficient Jupiter product line to include five new models from 440 to 1,070 US tons. It has also introduced a wide platen option for 1,070, 1,350 and 1,800 US ton variants. The company will also show the latest addition to the Zhafir all-electric injection machine family. Aimed particularly at moulders needing to run moulds with core-pulls, the new Zeres machine uses electric servodrive on all main axes but includes an integrated accumulator-supported hydraulic power pack to power nozzle contact, ejectors and core pulls. The Zeres is said to be more cost effective than an all-electric machine with standalone hydraulic power pack. It is available in sizes from 45 to 259 US ton. The centre-piece of the Husky Injection Molding
Systems display at NPE will be the introduction of its new system for production of barrier PET preforms. The Barrier Module is based on the company’s latest HyPET HPP5 machine platform and is said to open up new cost saving opportunities in barrier packaging applications. The company will demonstrate an HPP5 system in Orlando running the latest version of its Shotscope NX process and production monitoring system. On display for the first time in North America,
KraussMaffei’s GXH multi-component moulding machine will be shown in a 550 tonne version equipped with an LRX linear robot producing covers for automo- tive fog lights in a mould supplied by Proper Group. The GXH is configured with two horizontal injection units mounted side-by-side. The company will also show a 900 tonne GX Series machine for the first time in the US, while it will demonstrate production of a thermo- plastic composite automotive airbag cover using its FiberForm moulding technology on a 300 tonne CX Series machine. Conjection moulding will be a key theme on the Milacron stand, where the company will be demonstrating its recently acquired Kortec co-injection moulding technology producing PP-
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