EXHIBITION REVIEW | K2019
Engel focuses on future during downturn
Engel’s sales reached a peak of €1.6bn in the 2018-19 financial year but the company knew that this could not be matched in 2019-20, said Christoph Steger, CSO, at the group’s press conference during K2019. The downturn in the injection moulding market has been “dramatic”, he said, especially in the automotive segment. Engel is forecast- ing a fall of 19-21% to about €1.3bn in its sales this year (ending in March 2020). However, there are
opportunities despite the downturn, said Steger, which Engel thinks it is in a good position to benefit from. He identified trends in digitali- sation, the circular economy and automotive develop- ments in competing drive technologies and connectiv- ity. Car interiors will change in the next five to ten years, he said, which will provide “opportunities for the plastics industry to become
an even bigger player in the automotive industry”. Stefan Engleder, CEO, gave an overview of the Expert Corners on Engel’s K2019 stand which enabled visitors to understand the company’s digital develop- ments. Sim Link is a new technology which transfers Autodesk Moldflow simula- tion data to the injection moulding machine and can also import measurement datasets from the CC300 control unit back to the simulation software. He said this allows simulations to be developed in “a more realistic scenario”. Sim Link speeds up
process optimisation. The parameters optimised through simulation can be converted into a setting data record and used directly in the moulding machine. The parameters taken from the simulation are adapted to the machine intended for the production process.
A demonstrator door part made using an integrated organomelt process
Engleder said this ensures complete data consistency and accelerates machine set-up by removing error-prone manual input of data.
Engleder also discussed Adamos Hub, a “horizontal platform” for transparency of data collected from various production tech- nologies in a supply chain. Adamos was founded as a strategic alliance in the mechanical and plant engineering industry by DMG MORI, Dürr, Zeiss, Karl Mayer, ASM Solutions and Software AG and includes Engel as a shareholder. The current situation with Industry 4.0 is that process data is collected at individu- al stages in a value chain, such as data during injec- tion moulding, but the goal
is transparency throughout the chain. Engleder said: “Maybe in two to three years’ time, the question will be how do we link all this data together?”
Adamos Hub bundles
digital products, services and domain-specific platforms of the various pro- viders on one platform and interconnects the individual applications. On its stand Engel demonstrated an app that can calculate overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) across all machinery, not just the injection moulding machine, but also the mould and ancillaries. �
www.engelglobal.com �
http://adamos.com
Stork and Brink spread their wings
Stork IMM and Brink Moulds & Automa- tion shared a stand at K2019, indicating the partnership of the two independent companies under the slogan “Let’s Go Dutch”.
In one demonstration, a 7,000 kN
Stork Food-Line hybrid machine with an electric clamp was shown in a cell with side-entry Brink IML and take-out automation, producing a 250 g food container in an 8-cavity mould. In another demonstration, a fully electric 4,400 kN Stork Food-Line machine, with similar Brink IML and take-out
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automation, produced a 1.5l cheese container in a 2-cavity mould with reduced energy consumption. Stork is expanding its geographical
markets and signing up agents to distribute its technology. It has been very Europe-focussed until now, said Benjamin Sutch, Managing Partner at Chudleigh Sutch, a UK consultancy that has been helping Stork find partners in Australia, New Zealand and North and South America. Although Stork has no plans to open international subsidiar- ies, it is placing an emphasis on
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providing service support to customers via good partner companies, he said. Brink also showed its new Versatile
IML system on the K2019 stand. Max Zinnemers, International Sales Manager, said it is the first IML automation to enable quick production changes for all types of label. The system has a side tray for the operator to load a label cassette for the next job without having to stop production. There are already ten systems in operation around the world. �
www.storkimm.com �
www.brinkbv.com
www.injectionworld.com
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