PETpla.net Insider 08 / 2014

NEWS 9 PET planet insider Vol. 15 No. 08/14 www.petpla.net Engel supplies gas injection technology module to Haidlmair Engel Austria and Bauer Kompressoren have deliv- ered a gas injection technology cell to Austrian Haidlmair, a mould maker specialized in moulds for drink crates, large containers and pallets. The three partner compa- nies expect the new cell to strengthen their joint develop- ment work. Bauer Kompressoren is Engel Austria’s exclusive partner in the field of gas injection technology (GIT). Under the name Engel gasmelt, the injection moulding machine manufacturer offers complete integrated solu- tions for injection moulding with gas injection technology. The project with Haidlmair also demonstrates that older systems can be easily upgraded. The new GIT module was integrated into a large existing Engel machine. The gasmelt process and the individual gas feeds can be controlled and monitored via the injection moulding machine’s display. During mould trials, Haidlmair par- ticularly benefits from the leakage monitoring system inte- grated as a standard in the Engel gasmelt cell. Especially in the case of large moulds with several gas injectors, being able to map the alarm messages to the control loop facilitates troubleshooting in the event of leakages and increase the availability of the system. In general, with key patent protection rights for the gas injection technology having expired, the process is now being given a fresh boost. In view of the ever increasing cost pressure and the demand for more pro- cess stability, there is an increasing demand to employ gas injection technology, according to Engel Austria. www.engelglobal.com Full inspected! PVS-2 in line or off-line Sampling Quality Inspection System for PET preform PVS-2 is capable to detect all the possible defects that could appear during preforms production, reading the cavity number and weight all the preforms. All the data are filed in a SQL data base that can be shared over a LAN. PVS-2 can be connected to any type of injection moulder or used as a standalonemachine for the quality lab. The system can run at the speed of 1.100 preforms/hour. f.l.t.r.: Klaus Mittmannsgruber, Engel Austria, Mario Haidl- mair, Haidlmair, Raffael Kurz, Bauer Kompressoren, Christian Wolfsberger, Engel Austria, with the new compressor that was integrated into a large existing Engel machine