SHOW PREVIEW | FAKUMA 2017
Wittmann machine
hopper models can be retrofitted with a new pivoting device for easier cleaning
Wittmann Group is showcasing products from its wide range of injection mould- ing machines, robots and ancillary equipment during Fakuma 2017. Star of the show will be Wittmann Battenfeld’s new EcoPower Xpress, a high-speed, all-electric moulding machine primar- ily geared to packaging and thin wall applications. The series has been further developed since a prototype was shown at K 2016 and machines will be available on the market in the clamping force sizes of 400 and 500 tonnes from the autumn of this year. The company will demonstrate an EcoPower
Xpress 400/3300+ machine manufacturing HDPE caps within a cycle time of 2.7s in a 96-cavity mould supplied by the French company Plastisud. The caps will be cooled with the cap cooler from Eisbär, Austria and then deposited in boxes. Wittmann Battenfeld is focusing much of its
exhibition programme on multi-component Combimould machines from the PowerSeries. On a SmartPower 120/525H/130L, a 2-component application will be presented, in which one component is a thermoplastic material, the other LSR. The parts will be manufactured with a 4+4-cav- ity mould supplied by the Italian company Silital (Oldrati group), produced by Linea Stampi Srl. The parts will be removed and deposited on a convey- or belt by a W831 robot. A 3-component application will be shown on a
Wittmann Battenfeld’s new EcoPower Xpress is a high-speed, all-electric machine
SmartPower 60/210H/210S/210V. With a 6-cavity mold from Geobra Brandstätter, PPT, POM and PA will be processed into a Playmobil toy chimpanzee. A MicroPower 15/10H/10H equipped with two parallel injection units and a rotary disk will make a 2-component plug inside the recording head of a vinyl record player. The parts made of PC and electro conductive PC will be produced with a single-cavity mould from Ortofon, Denmark. Other focus areas for Wittmann Battenfeld at
Fakuma are: Industry 4.0 integration; the Airmould internal gas pressure process; and presentation of the MES system from the company’s new partner,
MPDV Mikrolab. Ease-of-use is at the
heart of changes Wittmann has made to its materials handling equipment. An example is a new pivotable hopper design for the group’s material loaders. While Wittmann has long focused on designing products
for easy cleaning, the new pivotable hopper in particular helps with cleaning the underside of Feedmax material loaders. Various Wittmann machine hopper models can be retrofitted with the pivoting device. With its Gravimax blenders, Wittmann has
introduced SL designation (“Stationary Lid” stands for a lid firmly fastened to the blender) to which the material loaders can be attached. The hoppers can now be detached without having to remove the material loaders. At Fakuma Wittmann is introducing its Tempro Plus D temperature controller with the newly developed SpeedDrive option. It consists of a motor speed-controlled pump, which offers users several additional options. With SpeedDrive, the motor speed or pump pressure, or the differential temperature, are additional parameters which can be preset without having to purchase any addi- tional optional equipment for the temperature controller.
Also in temperature control, Wittmann says Flowcon Plus is its answer to the question of how a lower operating pressure can be achieved for the pump without changing the total flow volume through the pump. The unit is a compact, fully automatic medium distributor which can be placed close to the mould and enables parallel distribu- tion of the total flow volume among the individual temperature control channels. In this way, the total pressure loss can be reduced, and it becomes possible to control and monitor the flow quantity and outlet temperature in every individual tem- perature control circuit. The Primus 14 linear robot being shown at
Fakuma follows on from the Primus 16, the first of a new series that was launched last year. Primus 14 is a robot for Pick & Place applications and is intended for use on machines with clamping forces from 50 to 150 tonnes. The robot has a horizon- tal axis ranging from 900 to
2,000mm in length. �
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