At Plast Eurasia 2015 injection moulding machine manufacturer and system expert ENGEL will demonstrate how reliable quality, availability, maximum output and energy efficiency can be achieved by plastics processors in Turkey and beyond.
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Very short cycle times with maximum safety and at the same time with very low investment costs – these are the demands placed on the production of consumable articles for laboratory use like the Petri dishes.
Thanks to its global presence ENGEL develops tailor-made solutions for its customers all over the world and is therefore a preferred partner for the worldwide plastics processing industry. During the four days of Plast Eurasia, ENGEL will present an extensive selection from this broad portfolio of solutions. The focus will be on maximum quality, efficiency and productivity.
Very short cycle times with maximum safety and at the same time with very low investment costs are the demands placed on the production of consumable articles for medical and laboratory use that are fabricated in large batch sizes. The exhibit at the ENGEL stand demonstrates how these attributes are united in the production of Petri dishes on an ENGEL victory 300 tech injection moulding machine with a clamping force of 3,000 kN. The manufacturing cell only needs 4.8 seconds to produce four Petri dishes. The high-speed automation that ENGEL has realised together with its partner Hekuma (Eching, Germany) makes a significant contribution towards achieving such short cycle times – as does the tie-bar-less technology, because the handling equipment can access the mould area directly from the side without having to circumvent any obstacles.
The hydraulic ENGEL victory injection moulding machine presented in Istanbul is equipped with the ENGEL ecodrive servo-hydraulics – another factor for efficiency. Thanks to ecodrive, the drives are idle and consume no energy during cooling phases, for example. Depending on machine type and application, this reduces energy consumption by 30 to 70 per cent.
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The all-electric ENGEL e-mac injection moulding machine achieves top performance and maximum precision at very low costs.
ENGEL's automotive showcase includes an ENGEL e‑mac injection moulding machine. From injecting and metering to mould and ejector movements, all drives on the ENGEL e‑mac are servo-electric and achieve an optimal level of efficiency. The drives are operated by a modern axis system solution with a stabilised intermediate circuit; braking energy is recovered and fed back into the grid in order to achieve high energy efficiency. Short cycle times are ensured by simultaneous movements of the drive axes. With an acceleration rate of more than 20 m/s2, the ENGEL e-mac belongs to the top class in worldwide comparison.
In addition, the particularly compact design of the ENGEL e-mac also increases cost-efficiency, because in many companies, productivity per floor space has already become an important operating figure.