HOT RUNNERS | TECHNOLOGY What’s new in hot runners


Fakuma 2021 provided a showcase for new developments from hot runner companies. Injection World reports on some of the highlights from the show


Hot runner technology continues to evolve, enabling injection moulders to increase precision, improve part quality, cut material waste and more. Many of the recent developments by leading technology suppliers in the field were on display at Fakuma 2021, which took place in October in Friedrichshafen, Germany. Barnes Molding Solutions – which is made up


of Synventive, Männer, Foboha, Thermoplay, Gammaflux and Priamus – showed its broad range of mould making and hot runner technology, including integrated solutions for temperature and process controls, on a joint stand at Fakuma. Jessica Poliner, President of Barnes Molding Solutions, said before the exhibition: “This year at Fakuma will be particularly exciting because our connected brands


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and portfolio have come together stronger – espe- cially with the leadership and focus on innovation from our new product management organization. We have connected extensively with our customers and considered their feedback to build new solutions to serve as a one-stop-shop for our customers across all segments that we serve. I am excited for what the team has put together this year and for the roadmap of new and next generation products we have in the pipeline.”


Sustainability was a unifying theme for all the Barnes brands during the show. The companies are partners in the HolyGrail 2.0 digital watermarks initiative for identification and sorting of material types during the recycling process for plastics packaging. Mould maker Foboha is making a key


Main image: Barnes Molding Solutions has opened its new Customer Technology Centre in Haslach, Germany, at the site of its Foboha business


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IMAGE: FOBOHA


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