EXHIBITION REVIEW | K2019
Husky shows solutions in sustainability
Husky Injection Molding Systems has developed new technology that responds to the growing needs of the plastics packaging sector, as highlighted in the PET preform systems on the company’s stand at K2019. Henry Zhang, Director of
Market Intelligence, told journalists during a stand tour that the packaging market is moving fast. The pressure on Husky’s custom- ers springs from the hot trends of sustainability, the need for flexible production and the need for speed, as brands launch more product lines, often in a limited production run. NexPET is one response to these trends from Husky. This is a flexible, lower cavitation system and mould for the middle output and multiple package market. Husky designed the system with costs in mind: low total cost to produce PET preforms, lower initial system investment and reduced future tooling costs. At K2019, it displayed a 48-cavity NexPET mould, which is available now for use with a customer’s existing Husky machine. The company plans to launch a NexPET machine in 2020. Husky showed its HyPET5 systems platform in a few variations on its stand. The core system is built on its proven, energy efficient platform, engineered for standard preform designs, which is upgradeable. The HyPET HPP5e is
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Right: Husky says its NexPET has low total cost in production of PET preforms
Husky’s highest production system. At K2019, the system was shown using 100% recycled PET to produce a 12.1g preform on a 96-cavity mould in a 6.2s cycle time. Pedro Oliveira, Business Manager for PET Systems, highlighted the system’s abilities in dealing with recycled material, such as a self-cleaning process in which the mould is opened slightly and vents are automatically cleaned at intervals during the produc- tion run. He said monitoring preform quality is also very important when processing rPET and this was achieved in the HyPET HPP5e display by the PreMon system from IntraVis, which was integrat- ed with Husky’s Shotscope NX monitoring system. Evarice Takam, Interna- tional Sales Manager at IntraVis in Germany, said his company launched the PreMon range for preform monitoring this year. Speaking to Injection World, he said the PreWatcher Inline and Offline products are compact units that check for contamination and material defects that occur when using rPET, such as black specks, yellowing and opaqueness. The technol- ogy also monitors ovality and short shots. Highlighting other
sustainability developments outside of PET preform
INJECTION WORLD | November/December 2019
Sepro’s flexible prototype
systems, Husky displayed new lightweight caps and closures and tethered caps designed to stay connected to the drinks bottle during and after use. The European Commission’s Single Use Plastics Directive requires that, by 2024, all drinks bottles that are 3l or less in volume must have a teth- ered cap to keep bottle and cap together for recycling. Michael White, Business Manager for Closures, showed Injection World Husky’s new 29/25 premium tethered cap. The patented cap snaps back on after use, but unlike regular snap closures, unscrews to come off, allowing the consumer to drink from the bottle without the cap touching the face. The cap is de- signed so that it can unscrew but remain teth- ered to a collar that swivels on the bottle neck. White said the new cap is de- signed for 20 uses. �
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www.intravis.de
Sepro Group is develop- ing Success Line X, which it says is a more afford- able 5-axis-servo robot that provides greater flexibility to general-pur- pose robotic automation on injection moulding machines between 20 and 700 tonnes. A prototype of Success Line X shown at K2019 revealed the units combine the redesigned Success 3-axis platform with a 2-axis servo wrist co-developed with Yaskawa Motoman. “The full servo wrist on Success Line X robots is a feature previously found only on more technologi- cal robots,” said Claude Bernard, Product Market- ing Director. “Among other advantages, the servo wrist can be easily adapted with simple digital commands, guaranteeing greater flexibility and faster production changeovers, approaching Single-Min- ute Exchange of Die (SMED) methodology. We believe this repre- sents the future of Cartesian robots.” Sepro said the new
robots adapt more easily than 3-axis units to quick mould changes, second- ary operations and other situations requiring flexibility. The robot can move in
all 5 axes at any time with complete control. �
www.sepro-group.com
www.injectionworld.com
PHOTO: HUSKY
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