FAKUMA 2023 – MACHINERY | SHOW PREVIEW


Piovan supervision software that ensures maximum efficiency of production processes. � www.piovan.com


Mould automation company Servomold will present a new generation of control units for servo drives. From 2024, the new SMC (Servo Mold Control) control system will replace the complete, universal and rack control systems that have been in the market since 2012 and will then be available on the market in four variants. Common to all versions is the intuitive operability via a touch panel as well as automatic switching between different encoder systems. The SMC Mini can serve one drive controller, while the SMC Standard version will be able to control up to four servo drives and the SMC Rack version up to eight. � www.servomold.com


The Sumitomo (SHI) Demag stand at Fakuma features entirely all-electric machines, as the company showcases options from its IntElect platform for processors of all sizes operating in every manufacturing sector, producing every application type. On the company’s stand, an IntElectS 220 tonne machine is moulding recyclable IML lids made from PP with a shot weight of 28 g for 500 ml margarine containers, using a four-cavity mould. Designed specifically to process narrow tolerance and thin-walled packaging items at injection speeds reaching 350 mm/s, the system achieves a dry cycle time of less than 4 s. Live demonstrations will also showcase Sumi- tomo (SHI) Demag’s LSR processing expertise in two diverse markets, automotive and dental healthcare. A fully electric IntElect 180/570-250 injection moulding machine will produce 256 individual 15 g LSR automotive conductor seals in a cycle time of 19 s. Visitors to the Reinhardt-Technik stand can view LSR moulding for surgical dental protection covers which demands a combination of the thinnest walls and thicker beaded geometries. On the stand of automation partner Campetella,


Sumitomo (SHI) Demag will show how manufactur- ers of horticultural plant pots can increase their competitive edge with a fast-cycling hybrid El-Exis SP 250. � www.sumitomo-shi-demag.eu


To demonstrate to visitors the economic and technical advantages of the energy efficiency offered by the machines and appliances from Wittmann Battenfeld, they can follow a path comprising a total of eight stations at the com- pany’s stand. The machines exhibited along the energy efficiency path range from an EcoPower B8X, a MacroPower and a SmartPrimus machine all the way to the conceptual machine model EcoPow- er DC, which draws its power supply solely from a battery as DC voltage source. The company will present for the first time its new EcoPower B8X, which has innovations in the areas of the injection unit, the toggle lever and the machine’s dynamism. For instance, the new injection unit is pivotable and oil-lubricated instead of grease-lubricated, whereby the mechanical resistance is reduced, thus leading to an improve- ment in the machine’s dynamism which has a positive effect on the energy balance. Wittmann Battenfeld is showing an EcoPower 110/350 B8X in combination with the new Wittmann sprue picker model WX90, designed as an Insider cell with an integrated parts chute and an S-Max screenless granulator, plus a WFC120 flow controller. DC voltage technology will be demonstrated on


an EcoPower 180/750+ B8X moulding a PP drainage part. This will be removed by a modified WX142 robot in DC version which draws its power supply directly from the interim DC voltage circuit


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of the EcoPower. The battery has a total capacity of over 45 kWh, which is more than sufficient for continuous machine operation throughout an entire eight-hour trade fair day. � www.wittmann-group.com


Left: The new Wittmann Battenfeld EcoPower 110/350 B8X machine is


being shown on the Wittmann stand


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Above: Piovan’s Modula centralised drying system


IMAGE: PIOVAN


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