Hall 15 | Booth C6
Ferromatik Milacron will presents four system designs featuring flexible injection moulding machines in the modular F-Series along with two all-electric machines from the Elektron series. The modular F-Series is focused on packaging technologies, including In-Mould-Labelling, barrier injection and cube technology. A new small machine is the latest addition to the all-electric Elektron series.
All-electric cube moulding machine with a clamping force of 2,700kN (photos: Ferromatik Milacron)
All-electric, hydraulic or hybrid
The modular F-Series, ranging in size from 500 to 6,500kN, can be configured as an all-electric, hydraulic or hybrid machine, depending on the user’s manufacturing requirements. Visitors will see an all-electric F 200 with a clamping force of 2,000kN equipped with a size 50 Advanced Performance (APe) electric injection unit. Using a four-cavity mould and an IML system by H. Müller, Switzerland, this machine will demonstrate production of thin-walled rectangular lids with labelling. Every 3.1s, four lids with labels weighing 8.2g are produced. The lids are taken out of the mould laterally, monitored by a vision system for quality, stacked and removed.
Lid with labelling produced on a 2,000kN all-electric injection moulding machine
Hydraulic machine for closure production
An F 350 hybrid with a clamping force of 3,500kN uses a size 70 Advanced Performance (APh) hydraulic injection unit. Driving a 64-cavity mould by Corvaglia, Switzerland, the machine will produce 33mm beverage closures with a part weight of 2.6g every 4.5s. Quality is monitored by a vision system from IMD Vista, Switzerland, with good/bad part separation at the machine.
Cube moulding machine
The third machine in the F-Series at the Ferromatik Milacron both is an all-electric 2,700kN cube moulding machine, the F 270 Cube. The machine has a tie-bar spacing of 750x750mm. It features an electric rotating mechanism within the machine and an 8+8 cavity cube mould with four sides, both made by German-based Foboha. This machine configuration makes use of an electric General Performance (GPe) size 50 main injection unit as well as an electric GPe 45 traversing injection unit, mounted over the clamping unit on the moving platen.
On each parting line of the cube mould, eight pairs of parts – the top and the bottom of a sophisticated two-component twist top – are produced. Following a 90° rotation of the cube mould, the two parts are screwed together by automation on the operator and non-operator sides of the machine and removed via an Air-Move-System made by Trio-technik, Germany. The shot weight in each parting line is 77.6g, or 9.7g for each twist top. The cycle time is 9.5s.
All-electric cube moulding machine with a clamping force of 2,700kN
Two-component closures with barrier injection
The fourth machine in the modular F-Series will be on display at the Mold-Masters booth (hall 1, booth A39). Here a 1,600kN F 160 can be seen, incorporating a hydraulic Advanced Performance (APh) size 45 injection unit in combination with a vertically mounted E-Multi injection unit built by Mold-Masters. Using a 16-cavity mould from F&S Tool, USA, this machine will demonstrate production of closures with two components using barrier injection.
The primary injection unit produces the main component while the vertical injection unit produces the core material. The impermeable barrier core material prevents gasses from getting out, and odours from getting into the interior of the part. The 4.3g closures are produced with a cycle time of 4.2s. As with the F 350 described above, part quality is monitored with equipment from IMD Vista.
Small all-electric machine
The Elektron series is marketed globally by Milacron. K 2013 will see the introduction of a new small machine with a clamping force of 300kN bringing the total number of machines in this series to eleven, ranging from 300 to 5,500kN. The Elektron 30 will feature an international size 55 injection unit and will produce applicators for 1ml medical ampules on a four-cavity mould made by Braunform, Germany, with a cycle time of 9.1s, and a part weight of 1.6g.
A second Elektron machine at the DME booth (hall 1, booth C10) will demonstrate the manufacture of frisbees. This 500kN Elektron 50 will use an international size 300 injection unit and a mould by Dauntless Industries, USA, along with a quick change adapter from DME which allows manufacturers to rapidly switch moulds for more efficient production.
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