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2021. Schumacher said “the very positive feedback from all visitors confirmed that the company’s strategy of showcasing itself to the full”. The ArburgGREENworld platform showcased


several applications to demonstrate how resources can be conserved and materials recycled in a sensible way. Examples included the processing of transparent, bio-based PA 12, consisting of 39% renewable raw materials based on castor oil. Post-consumer recyclate was used on an Allround- er 1300 T rotary table machine at the stand of Arburg’s partner, Lauffer. For moulders needing to deal with fluctuating quality of recycled material, Arburg has put together a new “recyclate package”, which made its debut at Fakuma. The package includes various control functions and special plasticising features to enable recyclates to be processed reliably. The recyclate package is available for all Allrounders and can also be retrofitted to older models. Wittmann Battenfeld said “numerous regular customers as well as new interested parties” visited its Fakuma stand. “Many highlights aroused great interest,” said the company. Among them was the new SmartPlus machine, which it says is character- ised by its high level of cost-effectiveness, energy efficiency and repeatability demonstrations (see Injection World October 2021). Also new from Wittmann Battenfeld at Fakuma


was IMAGOxt which allows the scalable display and visualisation of energy consumption of connected machines, devices and any consump- tion clusters in the moulding company. It said: “IMAGOxt includes numerous functions and tools to help show current energy consumption, graphi- cally prepare historical trends and define KPIs and consumption targets. For example, IMAGOxt can be used to visualise real-time energy flows be- tween different departments or consumption clusters. These consumption analyses help compa- nies identify the real energy consumers within the company and thus help them achieve the savings targets set by the EU while maintaining financial sustainability and growth. Likewise, the program directly calculates CO2 consumption and energy savings already achieved. All calculated values can be stored in reports and are thus available for long-term analysis.” Another innovation shown by Wittmann Batten- feld is the Health Factor, which uses key figures to provide a view of the condition of the machine axles as well as the hydraulic pumps. It said this makes it easier to plan necessary machine maintenance, among other things. “With this information, the maintenance or repair can not only be better


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planned in terms of time, but it is also carried out in a targeted manner for the respective axis or pump. The user can procure the necessary spare parts in good time and plan any machine downtime required for the repair in such a way that ongoing production is disrupted as little as possible,” said the company. Billion showed a new generation of electric injection moulding machines called Select². These feature a clamp unit design with optimised me- chanical specifications to provide capacity for large moulds with heavy weight bearing requirements. The range is configured for fast cycle production, which the company says perfectly matches the performance needs of packaging, cosmetics and medical applications. Select² machines are available from 175 to 400 tonnes clamping force, in single and twin-shot versions. At Fakuma, a Select² 200 tonnes twin- shot machine was shown moulding a 50 cm multi-functional ruler, foldable in two parts fastened by a magnet. The ruler was produced with recycled bio-based materials from Biofibre made from bio-polyesters and wood fibre or mineral reinforcement. For this application, the EasyControl function developed by Billion measured material viscosity in real time, eliminating variations from batch to batch, which are more prevalent on recycled polymers than on virgin materials. The next edition of the exhibition, the 28th Fakuma, will take place on 17-21 October 2023.


CLICK ON THE LINKS FOR MORE INFORMATION: � www.fakuma-messe.de � www.engelglobal.com � www.dr-boy.de � www.arburg.com � www.wittmann-group.com � www.billion.fr


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Above: Arburg says a cross- section of its diverse range of products and services was displayed to great effect at its expanded Fakuma stand


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