Barlo Plastik will present its efficient and economic injection moulding packaging solutions at Plast Eurasia 2015. Among its showcase in Istanbul, the Turkish arm of the German-Japanese machine manufacturer Sumitomo (SHI) Demag will demonstrate its El-Exis SP hybrid high-speed machine with IML.
Copyright Sumitomo (SHI) Demag
Sumitomo (SHI) Demag
The interplay between injection moulding machine, mould and automation is key to a high output rate in the production of high-speed food packaging. With the El-Exis SP machines, Sumitomo (SHI) Demag Plastics Machinery provides the ideal basis for the economical production of sophisticated packaging applications.
Barlo Plastic will show off the complexity of the El-Exis SP is by producing food containers with IML on an El-Exis SP 200-920 with a clamping force of 2,000 kN. Along with the handling of Polymac Robotics, the injection moulding machine is designed as a compact IML manufacturing cell, allowing to produce the container in less than 3.5 seconds. The cups are made in a four-cavity (PP) mould of polypropylene made by Otto Hofstetter and have a shot weight of approximately 6.2 grams.
The decentralised electric drive of the clamping unit allows fast and sensitive opening and closing of the mould on the El-Exis SP-machine thus ensuring a highly accurate mould-stop position. This ensures the precise positioning of the labels and a correct removal of the finished cups. The NC5 plus control guarantees a simple, clear and intuitive operation of the machine, the hybrid drive system with energy recycling saves up to 40 per cent of energy.
The El-Exis SP offers technological excellence for the production of thin-walled packaging. With a combination of electric and hydraulic drives, the El-Exis SP machines are designed for maximum speed and dynamics and are the result of many years of market knowledge in packaging at Sumitomo (SHI) Demag. Due to the parallel, hybrid drives and a nearly loss-free power transmission, the machine has a low energy consumption despite high performance. After all, the energy costs are the linchpin for low-cost production in addition to the material price.