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stored with an identification number giving hoppers mounted on a space-saving platform.
quick recall of the mould parameters and A vast amount of energy is saved due to the
original clamping force. use of the I-Tronic automatic air flow control
valves which compensate for the varied
Stäubli (UK) Ltd requirements of material, throughput, moisture
Tel: +44 1952 671918 content of material and ambient humidity
Email: connectors.uk@staubli.com conditions. “As only the actual required heat is
Web: www.staubli.com/en/connectors needed for each material, savings of over
£33,000 are achieved in comparison to
Dryer Saves Energy
traditional methods of drying,” stated John
Rainey, Managing Director of The Denroy
Denroy Plastics, a company specialising in the
Group. “This technology has also resulted in
design and manufacture of custom moulded drying system from Colortronic. The central
full control and consistency of the dried
Computer Colour
products and part of the Denroy Group of dryer supplies nine drying hoppers, allowing
material, subsequently improving our end
Matching System
Companies with over 60 moulding machines Denroy a flexible solution to its changing
product, therefore continuing the ongoing
ranging from 5–720 tonne capacity, has demands of dried material in the mouldshop.
Aiming to create marketing edge and
recently installed an energy saving central The drying cabinet supplies the varied drying
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strengthen its position as the UK’s most
innovative masterbatch manufacturer, Colour
Tone Masterbatch has invested £40k in state-
of-the-art computer colour matching systems
from Konica Minolta. Two CM-3600d bench
top spectrophotometers have been
purchased from Konica Minolta along with
Ciba Colibri CCM (computer colour matching)
software. The systems are part of a
continuous improvement programme and will
be networked to deliver fast, accurate, colour
match prediction, batch correction and quality
control. Central to the success of the colour
matching system is the software developed
by Ciba, a leading global dye and pigment
supplier. The company claims it possesses
unrivalled knowledge of the plastics industry
and its colouration requirements whereas
many other systems are developed by
software engineers with less knowledge of
pigments. Unique algorithms developed in-
house by Ciba Color Services Group give the
best possible results across the whole of the
range of masterbatch manufacture, says the
company.
Colour Tone
Masterbatch Ltd
Tel: +44 2920 888910
Email: info@colourtone-masterbatch.co.uk
Web: www.colourtone-masterbatch.co.uk
Magnetic Mould
Clamping System
The latest mould clamping system from
Stäubli, an expert in quick mould change
systems, has just been released. The new
system features adaptive clamping force
technology combined with active safety
management, to provide total security, fully
integrated with the moulding press. The new
magnetic mould clamping system, patented
by Stäubli, designated QMC 122 IMAG, is
suitable for all sizes of injection moulding
machines without modification and fully
compatible with the Euromap 70/SPI
interface. It is easy to use and provides new
levels of safety, reliability and performance.
The magnetic platens incorporate
independent circular pole modules, 60 mm
diameter on a slim plate of 51 mm, poles are
concentrated around the centre of the plate to
suit a wide range of mould sizes including
those with thin back plates (<13 mm). The
IMAG technology actively manages and
secures the clamping operation. Software
guides the operator through an interactive
safety checklist prior to clamping/unclamping.
The system calculates and compares the
clamping force required with the opening
force, nozzle force and ejection force of the
moulding machine and detects any decrease
in the original clamping force. Each mould is
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