Wittmann to show electric injection moulders

2009-9-14 9:40:36

Wittmann Battenfeld will present its electric Ecopower injection moulding machine at Germany's annual injection moulding exhibition, Fakuma, which takes place in Friederichshafen on 13-17 October .

Two machinery sizes, 550kN (55 ton) and 1,100kN (110 ton) locking force, will be available.

The Ecopower machine range is set to be extended to 3,000kN (300 ton) locking force and a 1,800kN (180 ton) machine will be introduced by the end of the year.

Products on show will include a live, high-speed packaging production line, a multi-component application and a number of developments in polymer materials handling, shop-floor data management and energy efficiency tools.

The Ecopower plastics injection moulding machine series comes with a compact, beltless injection unit and clamping units with direct drives that make optimum use of the energy braking and surges in the system.

The machines are made to a modular design and are preconfigured, enabling them to be laid out for standard high-precision injection moulding, as well as clean-room technology and high-speed applications.

Temperature control devices and material dryers can be mechanically integrated directly into the machine frame.

Fakuma 09 will see the Ecopower 110/350 directly manufacture a housing cover from the exhibition floor.

The parts will be removed and deposited on a conveyor belt by a Wittmann robot from the W821 series, which is fully integrated in the Unilog B6 machine control system.

Wittmann will also demonstrate the production of a two-component sealing system in PP/TPE materials for the BMW Mini Cooper within a cycle time of 30s.

The W823 Wittmann robot for the removal of finished parts can be mounted on top of the fixed platen.

The exhibit is also equipped with power-factor correction, which saves costs through a combined reduction of reactive and effective power.

The company will also show a TM Xpress 210/1350 moulding machine that produces a polypropylene moulded container with in-moulded label.

Insertion of the label as well as removal and depositing of the finished buckets will see Wittmann's automated IML systems in action.

The buckets will be manufactured in a two-cavity mould within a cycle time of 5.8s.

The company will also show a data management development within the Unilog B6 Battenfeld machine control system, designed to demonstrate quality assurance, maintenance data, primary and final costings, order-related time data collection, and shop-floor layout The entire machinery of a company, including machines at other locations and in other countries, can be visualised and monitored from the B6-control system, regardless of the types and brands of injection moulding machines.

All exhibits shown on the Wittmann Battenfeld booth will be connected to this process data collection tool.