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various insulation properties, allowing
Delcam Software
application-specific valve gate system
configuration. The MCN product can be used
Argentinean plastics company Argul y CIA
to solve unique problems in any injection
began its involvement with Delcam’s CADCAM
moulding application.
software in a small way with a single seat of
männer Solutions for
the PowerINSPECT inspection system.
However, the company was so pleased with
Plastics
the results that it now uses Delcam systems at
Tel: +49 7663 609 397
all stages of the design, manufacture and
Email: presse@maenner-group.com
inspection of its moulds in its factory in
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Plastic Food Packaging
Buenos Aires. The company is more than
Breakthrough
50 years old, and is now managed by Rafael
Argul, the son of its founder. Its strategy is to
provide customers with a global solution,
GTMA organised a free-to-attend seminar on
cooperating from the very first stage of the
Emerging Technologies for the mould and die
design of a new package, through the
industry, held on 4th February. Among other
manufacture of the moulds and then to
topics being covered there was a presentation
provide high quality injected parts, without
by Gary Thomson, MD C2M, on a
depending on any third parties. Argul aims to
revolutionary rigid packaging process, skIMS,
be equipped with the latest and highest-
firmly at the lift industry with a user friendly
for food products which will reduce the
quality technology to ensure that it stays
keypad and menu driven set-up including
Extended Range of
amount of plastic used by a minimum of 40%.
ahead in a competitive market. Within its
‘real unit’ lift parameters, the AVRy includes
The technology was developed using the
mouldmaking division, it includes high-speed
dedicated elevator features such as lift
Energy Saving
company's expertise in the food packaging
CNC machines from leading suppliers like
sequence, lift mechanical parameterisation,
Machines
market, specifically its “In Mould Shield” (IMS)
Mori Seiki, Agie-Charmilles and C.B. Ferrari,
ramp generation and landing control. The
process which uses a multi-layer film system
while its injection moulding division has
AVRy also includes space vector modulation
to enable the safe embedding of a high-
Victor Europe, the Rochdale based arm of
recently been refitted with the latest
for extremely quiet operation and is suited to
resolution graphics film between the outer
Victor Taichung Machinery Works has
generation of Fanuc machinery.
geared and gearless lift applications up to
plastic and non-plastic layers. The multi-layer 5 m/sec and beyond. The drive enclosure has
extended its range of energy saving
film is then finally merged directly onto the
machines to 850 tonnes. The Victor Vr-ES
Delcam plc
screw terminal strip connections for easy
external side of a container by thermo-fusion.
range of energy saving machines has been
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installation and optional fieldbus connection is
The IMS process takes this process one step
extended to include machines ranging from
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made possible with expansion cards for
further by injection moulding a rigid
50 tonnes up to 850 tonnes. The new Vr-ES
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Interbus-S, Profibus-DP, GENIUS, CANopen or
lightweight plastic frame around the IMS film, DeviceNet.
(energy saving) hydraulic machine utilises a
thus creating the skIMS product which — it is
Japanese servo motor that is coupled with a
believed — could also be used to replace
Energy Saving Lift
Gefran SIEI UK Ltd
variable displacement pump. The servo motor
cardboard and glass packaging for food and
Inverter
Tel: +44 8452 604555
and pump only operate when a machine
beverage items. GTMA will also be presenting Email: sales@gefran.co.uk
movement is called for, thus allowing an
the latest information from the EU R&D
Gefran’s AVRy series inverters feature built-in
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energy saving of up to 60% compared to
project, Emold, in which moulds become
‘clean power’ energy recovery technology for
standard hydraulic machines. Victor said
active networked components, complete with
both new and existing lift drive applications,
there is the added benefit that customers
embedded knowledge, making it possible to
resulting in reduced operating system costs.
could be eligible for an interest free Carbon
create a local network of moulds, accessible
The AVRy works for both Synchronous and
Trust loan, which is based on the amount of
via the web. This could enable mouldmakers,
Asynchronous, Geared or Gearless motors up
carbon emissions that can be saved when
moulders and end-users to share data,
to 15 kW. The AVRy drive features unity power
changing an old machine to a new more
improving the efficiency of the whole moulding
factor operation with harmonic distortion less
energy efficient one.
process.
than 4% — meeting the requirements for low
Victor Europe Ltd
harmonic regulations. Available in three power
GTMA
ranges with rated input of 12, 22 and 29 kVA,
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Tel: +44 1844 274222
and with input voltages from 3 x 400 VAC to 3
Email: paul.vick@victoreurope.com
Email: julia@gtma.co.uk
x 480 VA, the AVRy can also be supplied for
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single-phase, 230 VAC on request. Aimed
Plasma Electrolytic
Oxidation
Keronite International of Cambridge, UK, is
enabling manufacturers of consumer products
to get a rapid return on their investment in
tooling while at the same time increase
productivity and improve the quality of their
moulded parts. All this is achieved using
Keronite’s patented, chrome-free solution to
the problem of holding tight tolerances when
moulding even the very highest volumes. The
Keronite Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation (PEO)
advanced surface treatment technology
extends the lifetime of aluminium moulds far
beyond that of their expensive steel
counterparts while at the same time improving
heat transfer and the associated throughput
rates. It enables moulding companies to
reduce tool weight and handling costs as well
as the time and expense involved in tool
manufacturing, helping packaging companies
to get products to market in record time.
Keronite surfaces are considerably harder
than those of hardened tool steel and of the
more widely used mould coatings. Although
not as hard as titanium nitride or diamond
chrome, it does have other performance
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