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“We had to make something equal or better,” he said. There have been improve- ments in terms of ergonom- ics and energy efficiency, as well as performance. The VPower series has a lower working height than the previous vertical machines. There is no middle tie-bar, making it easier to connect media from a central supply. The Wittman Battenfeld Servo- Power drive is fitted as standard. The VPower machines have a servo-elec- tric, selectable rotary table. In the demonstration during the event, a VPower 160/750 R1600 was fitted with a 1,600m rotary table, but the diameter can go up to 2,000mm. The MacroPower 2000, which is the largest machine made at the Kottingbrunn facility, was shown for the first time in a two-compo- nent version. The machine is designed for thin wall applications and was shown moulding a household appliance part in a cell with a Wittmann WX173 robot. Also new at the event was
an EcoPower Xpress 500/3300+ for high speed
production of IML packag- ing. The machine was shown making a 2.8l bucket within a cycle time of 8.5s in a four-cavity mould supplied by Abate in Italy. The Wittmann IML system is a high-speed device with a W837 side-entry robot, which is fully integrated in the machine’s control system. The machine was equipped with the com- pany’s CMS condition monitoring system. On a MacroPower 1300/5100H/750L Combi- Mould machine at the event, a new servo-electric rotary disc with 2,000 mm diam- eter was shown. The machine produced an air duct element for the automotive industry using a
1+1-cavity mould.
As well as these machin- ery innovations, the Witt- mann Battenfeld demonstra- tion at Kottingbrunn included various manufac- turing cells with other machines and robots. Among them were a SmartPower 120 Combi- Mould in a medical LSR demonstration including a W931 robot, and another SmartPower 120 in a clean room set-up. CellMould structural foam technology was demonstrated on a MacroPower 1100 machine, making a side part for a drum cable, and AirMould internal gas pressure mould- ing was shown on an EcoPower 160 machine, making a coat hanger. Two
Georg Tinschert, Managing Director of Wittmann Battenfeld
MicroPower 15 machines were also exhibited. New Wittmann robots
were presented at the anniversary event. The Primus 10 is designed for payloads up to 1.5 kg on 50-150-tonne machines and the Primus 26 is for payloads up to 10 kg on
The new VPower vertical series was unveiled at the event
200-500-tonne machines. The group also showcased its R9 robot control, which has open architecture for integration into moulding machines, MES and ERP systems and the Cloud. In its ancillary equipment busi- ness, Wittmann introduced the new FeedMax Basic central conveying unit and the S-Max Series granulators. �
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Industry 4.0: data as a raw material
Injection moulders at Wittmann Battenfeld’s 10th
The vast amounts of production data anniversary event in
Kottingbrunn were presented with forward-looking views on Industry 4.0 technology developments – and not just from Wittmann experts. Prof Johannes Schilp from Augsburg University’s infomatics department gave insights into the potential for cyber-physical production systems, which could take the Industry 4.0 trend beyond its current stage of machine interconnectivity.
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generated in these systems must be collected and carefully interpreted. Intelligent use of this data will support what he called “variant-rich production” and the production of ever smaller batch sizes. “Data is one of the most important raw materials of the 21st century,” said Schilp. He suggested some of the possible developments, including digital twinning, assistance via augmented reality and process opti- misation through “machine learning”.
Michael Wittmann, CEO of Witt-
mann Group, agreed with Schilp that manufacturers will need to use data meaningfully, and involve many departments in a collaborative process, in order to avoid a “data cemetery”. Filipp Pühringer, Manager of Process Engineering and Develop- ment, presented process monitoring and control developments from Wittmann under the HiQ name, including HiQ Melt, HiQ Metering and HiQ Flow.
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