EXHIBITION PREVIEW | CHINAPLAS


Demonstrating LSR moulding in a turnkey system, Arburg is showing an Allrounder 470 E Golden Electric with a clamping force of 1,000 kN, equipped with an Arburg Multilift Select robot and a six-axis robot from the Chinese company AID, as well as a 2-cavity mould from local partner Con- craft. With a laser, each component is marked with a DM code, which can be used to view the manu- facturing data in the ArburgXworld customer portal. This ensures 100% traceability of individual components. Reflecting high demand for in-vitro diagnostics,


Arburg is demonstrating the fully automated manufacturing of pipette tips. An Allrounder 470 H with 1,000 kN clamping force and a hot runner mould from the Chinese company Jestar can produce 48 tips per 6 s cycle. Arburg developed the turnkey system in co-operation with local automation partners, and it has been designed to produce several product variants. The automation consists of three modules for removal, camera inspection and order picking. Arburg is also showing its fibre-direct com- pounding technology for lightweight construction. A hydraulic Allrounder 820 S with 4,000 kN clamp- ing force is producing test plates made of 30% PP reinforced with long glass fibres. The company’s Freeformer additive manufacturing technology is showcased by a 300-3X combining two materials and support material to create a functional compo- nent, using a hard/soft combination. � www.arburg.com


Below: Engel’s focus is on digital production


Chen Hsong’s newest flagship product line is the Spark all-electric injection moulding machine, which it says it developed through its global technology partnerships. The company says the focus of the development was to ensure every aspect of the machine range is well matched and fine-tuned to work at maximum efficiency, which is


said to be achieved through mechanical design, intelligent software algorithms, and high-speed control systems. It says the result is a highly dynamic, accurate, safe and efficient system that provides high-speed mechanical movements while maintaining high degrees of precision, repeatabil- ity and shock/wear protection.


Engel says injection moulders are increasingly investing in digital solutions, smart service and intelligent assistance and this trend is reflected in its Chinaplas 2021 exhibit. The all-electric and tie-bar- less Engel E-motion 80 TL injection moulding machine is equipped with many digital products from the company’s Inject 4.0 program. During the four days of the show, fluctuating process conditions will be simulated on the CC300 control unit of the machine in order to track automatic readjustment by the smart assistance systems on the machine display. Examples are the iQ weight control, which keeps the injected melt volume consistent through- out the entire injection moulding process, and the iQ clamp control determines the optimum clamping force based on mould breathing. The latest products to be presented at Chinaplas include iQ process observer. This feature continu- ally analyses several hundred process parameters across all four phases of the injection moulding process – plasticising, injection, cooling and part removal – in order to automatically detect drifts. The system alerts the operator to unfavourable process settings and conditions as well as the possible causes of them. Another new feature is Sim Link, a joint develop- ment with Autodesk, the provider of the Moldflow simulation software. Moulding parameters opti- mised by Moldflow can now be converted into a process settings data set and used directly on the injection moulding machine – and going in the reverse direction, process parameters and meas- urement results from the injection moulding machine can also be imported into Autodesk’s simulation program. vwww.engelglobal.com


FCS (Fu Chun Shin) has launched its CT-E series of all-electric injection moulding machines, which it is targeting at packaging, medical and optical applications. The machine’s motion control technol- ogy and European servo system mean it provides an injection accuracy to within 0.01mm. The servo motor drive design also leads to high efficiency and stability and low energy costs, the company says. The machine design features intelligent mould clamp low-pressure protection. The platen is


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IMAGE: ENGEL


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