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The canadian company ''' | The canadian company '''Niigon Machines Ltd.''' is a manufacturer of injection molding machines founded in 2008 by Robert Schad under the name of '''Athena'''. In October 2018, Athena announced that it changed it's name to NIIGON - a word from the Ojibwa native people that means ‘for the future’. | ||
working together with customers, suppliers, and mold makers. | Niigon Machines Ltd. has developed a rugged, accurate, and flexible two-platen machine platform that features energy efficiency, process repeatability, and reduced mold maintenance working together with customers, suppliers, and mold makers. | ||
Machines come in clamp forces from 150 to 550 metric tons and are covered by a 5-year warranty. | Machines come in clamp forces from 150 to 550 metric tons and are covered by a 5-year warranty. | ||
In 2016 | Niigon focuses a modular machine which is customizable with pre-engineered options, a just-in-time manufacturing and offers a 5 year warranty. | ||
In 2016 NIIGON opened their new just-in-time manufacturing plant with 14,000 sqm. | |||
= Products / Technology = | = Products / Technology = | ||
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* modular ejectors | * modular ejectors | ||
* integrated servo functions | * integrated servo functions | ||
Niigon has developed more than 50 pre-engineered options for market-specific machine customization – for example: | |||
* PET, stack, rotary table, or cube | |||
* Multimaterial injection, two-stage injection, injection-compression | |||
* Increased injection speed and/or torque | |||
* Screw geometries and shut-off nozzles | |||
* Increased clamp stroke & daylight | |||
* Integrated mold services (process water, air, vacuum, hydraulics, and servo cores) | |||
* Integrated auxiliary equipment (e.g. hot runner controllers, conveyors) | |||
* Software functions such as machine remote monitoring and remote notification | |||
= History = | = History = | ||
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|url1=http://www. | |url1=http://www.niigonmachines.com|urlname1=Niigon Machines Ltd. Website | ||
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