TECHNOLOGY | PACKAGING
Beyond the pail Guatemala-based Grupo Comeca – which makes packaging products such as crates and pails – re- cently took delivery of a new K-Series injection moulding machine from Milacron. The K-Series is aimed at customers who may be looking for a machine with performance value and quick commissioning. The two-platen servo hydrau- lic platform delivers high productivity and boasts low energy consumption. Comeca saw a 20% reduction in cycle time with its new machine, as well as an increase in produc- tion capacity. “We can now produce a pail in a very fast cycle,
compared to the past,” said Eduardo Castillo, a plant manager at Comeca. “This speed had not been possible with other machines.” The new machine also takes up far less space in the manufacturing facility. He said Comeca’s new 800-tonne K-Series sits next to another 650-tonne machine and is the same length. “Space is critical to us, yet so is production. A machine with a more compact footprint that is also more powerful allows us to produce more parts in a more contained area.” Comeca first began using Milacron machines in 1994 – with the first machine still in operation in Costa Rica. The company’s Colombia facility also uses Milacron machines.
Lid expansion Moving away from buckets, US-based contract moulder Comar says that four work cells from Wittmann have helped it to expand production of container lids.
The lids are for a number of customers that
produce disinfectant wet wipes. Production of 80mm, 105mm and 120mm lids rose over 50% during Covid due to high demand. Since then, the company has moved to larger premises. The facility, in West Bend, Wisconsin, houses 22 injection moulding machines – including seven all-electric EcoPower Xpress machines from Wittmann. Each of the four new machines is also equipped with a dual high-speed Wittmann W833 pro series robot. Comar also uses high cavitation precision moulds, running with fast cycle times. “These are sophisticated, high-precision tools, making lids and other challenging moulded products,” said Jim Spalding, plant manager at the West Bend facility. Comar optimises its moulding processes by installing RJG eDart systems on machines, which enables precise monitoring and control of key process variables. The West Bend facility will also start producing
closures for vitamin bottles, as well as jars and lids for the nutraceutical industry. Moulds for those items will come from Comar’s La Mirada plant in California.
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