SHOW REVIEW | FAKUMA 2017
moulders and revealed plans for a machine leasing model that it will be trialling, initially in Germany. According to Dr. Hans Ulrich Golz, President
of the Injection Moulding Machinery Division of KraussMaffei Group and KraussMaffei Manag- ing Board Member, PX customers have been won over by the flexibility offered by the all-electric machine’s modular design. This flexibility allows not only for a high level of
Above: KraussMaffei will double production capacity for its PX all-electric machines, shown here in an LSR variant
iQ smart technologies include iQ clamp control, which the group is now offering not just on electric clamping units but also hydraulic machines in the Duo series. As from Fakuma 2017, iQ weight monitor is standard on all new Engel machines. In every cycle, this software compares the injection pressure profile with a previously defined reference curve, and simultaneously records viscosity changes as well as the injection volume. At Fakuma 2017, Engel launched E-connect, its newly designed customer portal. All Engel’s smart-service products will be integrated into the E-connect portal, starting with the German, Austrian, Swiss and UK markets, and with other European countries and the USA to follow on. E-connect is designed to simplify and accelerate the communication between the customer and Engel, providing information for service, predictive maintenance and ordering of parts. KraussMaffei announced plans to double
production capacity for its PX range of all-electric injection machines following its successful recep- tion since its launch at the K show last year. It also unveiled a new MES solution targeted at small
customisation on new machines but also enables them to be updated to changing production requirements. “The demand is enormous, espe- cially from customers located in Germany, but also from those in the USA and China,” he said at the show.
Despite the good reception for the PX machine
in China, Golz said the company would be expand- ing production capacity at its plant in Slovakia next year where it currently builds PX models, rather than adding the machine to the programme at its fast expanding Chinese manufacturing operation at Haiyan. “The PX is being built in Slovakia because we have the economy of scale. We do not have the capacity to produce it in China,” he said. The flexibility of the machine design was highlighted on the KraussMaffei stand at Fakuma in production applications that ranged from fast cycle production of 28mm diameter PP flip-top closures on a 160 tonne PX 160-540 machine, to moulding of transparent LSR Fresnel lenses on a 50 tonne PX 50-180 machine configured for LSR processing. The latter was using the company’s APCplus control to automatically compensate for material flow variations caused by early crosslinking of the
Moretto to launch unit to control granule moisture
Moretto gave Fakuma visitors a preview of its new Moisture Meter Manager, which will be officially launched next year. It is designed to control the level of humidity in plastics granules throughout the entire drying process. The company says that the fully automatic system eliminates the need for human intervention and additional off-line calibration. Thanks to the dual monitoring at the hopper inlet and outlet, the Moisture Meter Manager automatically corrects the drying parameters to achieve the required results while also maximising energy efficiency. It measures the moisture level in the plastic as close to the processing machine as possible to ensure the highest quality standards. The system scans the materials in-line and can produce real-time moisture level
readings every two seconds. The user can select the frequency of humidity reports, allowing production to be certified piece-by-piece or at other regular intervals. �
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