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debuted at K 2016, producing prototype door panels with in-mould decoration produced by pre-thermoforming a TPO sheet directly in the mould before back-injection. A Duo 1700 used Engel’s Coinmelt injection-compression moulding technology to produce a luggage compartment cover (for Daimler) with a complex 3D geometry and high surface detail.
Fischer also
highlighted the changes taking place in China. “It is no longer just a big manufacturing
Above: The Nexhos battery uses 17kg of PA-based compounds. It is zinc plated to provide EMI shielding
hub; it has young and well-off people who
are increasingly influencing vehicle design,” he said. “The supply chain needs to cope with these new challenges; we need more flexibility to meet the different needs of world markets.” Fischer pointed to the growing importance of production cells that can cope with the wide variety of options being called for in surface finishes as well as for the variations in volumes from one job to the next. Visitors to St. Valentin were able to see several cells based on large Engel machines in action. These included a Duo 1000 that had already
Engel also showed its iQ clamp control for the first time on a Duo machine. This adjusts clamp force according to actual process conditions based on mould breathing. Also seen for the first time was production of a rear spoiler on a Duo 1500 fitted with Engel’s new Universal Automotive Screw. This has twin parallel flights that provide an increased screw surface to transfer energy into the plastic “in a targeted fashion.” The screw also has a special mixing and shearing head to provide gentle homogenisation prior to injection. The machine was making a spoiler in PC/PET.
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