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up to 300 tonnes for a period that suits their project for an agreed fee that includes servicing and, if required, breakdown insurance. At the end of the period, typically four years, the agreement can be extended, the machine can be bought, or it can be returned to KraussMaffei and sold via its used machine channel. “This model does not exist in the [injection moulding] machinery market,” said Golz. “We are rolling it out in the German market to see if it is accepted. It is a standard alternative to cash payment for customers that meet a certain credit worthiness.” Wittmann Group is “facing a high order income
this year from almost all markets”, said Michael Wittmann, CEO of the Austrian injection moulding machine, robot and ancillaries manufacturer. The European and North American markets are very positive, he said at the group’s Fakuma 2017 press conference. For the full year Wittmann Group expects its sales to rise by about 8% to €405m. Its sales target for 2018 is €440-450m. The group has expansion programmes at a number of its production plants. In addition to extensions at its Kottingbrunn and Vienna plants in Austria, it has started expansion work at facilities in Czech Republic and Germany, the latest one being its robot plant in Nuremberg. Product news included Wittmann Battenfeld’s
Below: Ancillary
equipment can all be moni- tored from Wittmann’s B8 control on the injection moulding machine
EcoPower Xpress range of fast-running all electric machines, which was highlighted at Fakuma with a 400/3300+ machine producing caps in a 96-cavity mould in a cycle time of 2.6s. The company plans to show three more models in this new range at Fakuma 2018. Georg Tinschaert, Managing Director of Wittmann Battenfeld, said at the press conference the company was set to deliver the first MacroPower 2000 machine during November. A new smart product was presented in the context of Industry 4.0, the Condition Monitoring System which is already available on all machines in the Power Series. Fakuma was the first event for Wittmann Group
Wacker’s Elastosil LR5040 LSR can produce baby teats with no post-curing
Wacker’s new LSR grade
Wacker introduced a new LSR grade – Elastosil LR 5040 – designed for the production of baby feeding, food contact and medical parts without the need for thermal post-treatments in most applications. Post-curing for several hours at 200° is an essential step in production of traditional LSR baby-care parts to bring volatiles below the European limit of 0.5%, as well as achieving the full mechanical performance of the elastomer. It can be costly in terms of energy usage and in disruptive additional product handling. “People really want to get around this, especially if they produce in a cleanroom or grey room,” said Dr Thomas Frese, Technical Manager Automotive Solutions and Engineering Silicones at Wacker. “If they take the product out they may have to carry out additional checks or even wash them.” The new Wacker grade, the first in a series
that will cover the hardness range from 30-70 Shore A, combines low volatile polymer content with an optimised siloxane-based cross linking system that allows high mechanicals to be realised without post-treatment. It is priced above standard grades, but not by a large margin, according to Frese. “It is higher cost but it is not a premium product. It is designed for baby products, which is a commodity business,” he said. �
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