An all electric injection molding machine offers several important benefits, mostly related to the fact that individual motors control each function, as opposed to a control system consisting of a complicated arrangement of hydraulic hoses. ...
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Production efficiency was the focus of this year’s Technology Days event, organized in March by injection molding machinery producer Arburg GmbH + Co. KG in Lossburg. Arburg defines production efficiency as an overarching “meta ...
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The future is happening all around us,and while it will be filled hopefully with flying cars and robot servants,it will also be filled with people.Lots and lots of people-according to demographic experts,some ten billion of them by 2050.And ...
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Major Taiwanese injection and blow molding and extrusion machinery OEM s plan to broaden the appeal of their brands by providing higher-end technology solutions at prices competitive with European or Japanese machines. That message emerged ...
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With a focus on green energy technology, Doosan will give Intermat visitors a glimpse into its crystal ball with its concept hybrid excavators and unmanned robot excavators. It’s also playing up its 3-megawatt WinDS3000TM offshore ...
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Aligning with NPE 2012′s theme of “The return of the machines”, Wittmann Group is presenting a wide range of injection molding machines and peripheral equipment at the show. A full range of PowerSeries is on display, ...
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DB Automation offers its new Compact Flexible Robot (CFR) to the injection moulding industry as “the next generation of high-performance robotic take-out technology”. Take-out times as short as 200 milliseconds are claimed. The ...
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The NPE 2012 exhibition takes place in Orlando, the US, on 1-5 April. Our preview takes a look at a selection of the machinery, materials and service companies that will be exhibiting at the fair. American Kuhne Stand 3551 American Kuhne is ...
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One of the interesting medical demonstrations at NPE 2012 will be molding of components in a multi-cavity mold for SHL, a major Swedish producer of drug delivery devices. It will be representative of one of the medical market trends to look ...
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Wrapping fabric reinforced rubber sheets Rubber expansion joint are mainly manufactured by manual wrapping of rubber sheets and fabric reinforced rubber sheets around a bellow shaped product mandrel. Besides rubber and fabric reinforced ...
KraussMaffei injection molding, reaction process and automation equipment are bound for BMW plants in Landshut, Leipzig, and Wackersdorf, Germany, including three 4000-tonne molding machines, featuring either structural foam or rotating ...
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The French gardening industry has experienced exceptional results so far this year. Spring 2011, which was the warmest and driest of the last 50 years, has boosted all garden segments and the overall market increased both in volume and ...
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A flange is a projecting rim, collar, or ring on a shaft, pipe, machine housing, etc., cast or formed to give additional strength, stiffness, or supporting area, or to provide a place for the attachment of other objects. The term "flange" ...
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In 2011, the gardening season started earlier than in 2010 and experienced a very positive performance due to good weather conditions. The exceptionally dry and warm weather during March and April 2011 in particular, caused an increase ...
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Orders for industrial robots were up 41 percent through the first nine months of 2011 — As North America-based robot companies are on target for one of their best years ever, according to the Robotic Industries Association. “In ...
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