Engel at the Plastics & Rubber Vietnam 2016
At the Plastics & Rubber Vietnam from March 1st – 3rd, 2016 in Ho-Chi-Minh-City, Engel stand revolves around efficiency. Noodle containers are being produced on an Engel victory 500/160 tech injection moulding machine with an integrated Engel viper 6 linear robot – with a particularly high level of floor space productivity, low unit costs and top process consistency.
The injection moulding machine manufacturer Engel with headquarters in Schwertberg, Austria, develops custom-tailored solutions. The production of noodle containers during the four days of the trade fair is a practical illustration of such an achievement.
The machine used for this purpose will be an Engel victory 500/160 tech injection moulding machine with a clamping force of 1600 kN. The fact that the bulky noodle container mould – constructed by Donghae Plastic Company in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea – fits on a comparatively small injection moulding machine is due to a special design feature of the Engel victory machine: the tie-bar-less clamping unit. Because there are no tie bars in the way, the mould mounting platens can be fully used up to their very edges. Motors for core-pulls or other functional components can even jut out beyond that. For the fabrication of products with an elaborate geometry but rather small projected area and thus low clamping force requirements, a smaller injection moulding machine can often be used than the mould size would dictate when using a traditional machine with tie bars. Thus savings are achieved in expenditures for both investments and running costs and the production cell is kept compact. This increases the output per square metre of production space, which has become a key figure for efficiency in an increasing number of businesses.
Engel’s stand at the Plastics & Rubber Vietnam 2016 is stand L01 in the Austrian Pavilion.
