MEDICAL EQUIPMENT & DEVICES u SUMITOMO (SHI) DEMAG Europlaz adds to sustainable
machine investment Spurred on by being awarded the Silver Ecovardis Medal in 2023, high- end medical device manufacturer Europlaz continues to drive positive and sustainable production changes. The Essex-based company’s repeat order of three flexible, high-performance and energy-efficient all-electric IntElect2 machines from Sumitomo (SHI) Demag, each featuring different clamp forces, mirrors its Quality In; Quality Out business ethos.
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anufacturing and assembling millions of class I and class II medical device components annually, Europlaz technical director Ian Goodacre handed over the order in person at Interplas 2023. Unlike past machine orders, all three machines
are for new production cells being introduced by Europlaz to increase capacity and manufacture new product streams. This latest order follows another significant
rise in medical, diagnostic and life science project wins. The 100T IntElect2 is also equipped with a high temperature demoulding pick and place 3-axis system.
Mr Goodacre describes the customisation
options, compact machine footprint, intuitive processing software, interchangeable barrels, machine reliability, energy savings and service support as the unrivalled factors that align to
their company’s sustainability credentials. Equally important for the ISO 13485-accredited and FDA-registered medical moulder, the Sumitomo (SHI) Demag brand is well-respected and known in medical circles as being a reliable, high performance top-tier machinery supplier. “Many of our customers know the Sumitomo (SHI) Demag name well. Given the sustainability details we have to submit when preparing tenders, the reliability and energy efficiency statistics we can present certainly corroborates the advantages of actively selecting the IntElect series,” says Mr Goodacre. Europlaz continues to move towards a
fully electric suite of moulding machines and as a medical moulder there is no margin for processing errors. It means that the team’s focus is concentrated on moulding quality, processing
consistency and consciously challenging sustainability.
Mr Goodacre is also quick to rate the other unique precision moulding features included within their latest all-electric machines. Especially the activeFlowBalance and activeLock features that Europlaz specified to help maximise efficiency and output. Both of these technology features help to optimise the melt cushion that’s so critical in tight tolerance medical device applications, says Mr Goodacre.
He explains that activeFlowBalance helps to stabilise and evenly distribute the pressure of the expanding melt within multi-cavity mould tools with no additional pressure, while the activeLock feature digitally controls the closing position on the non-return valve.
26 March 2024 Irish Manufacturing
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