Arburg will for the first time take part in the PIAE (Plastics In Automotive Engineering) Europe 2018 congress. Some 1,500 participants and more than 110 exhibitors are expected attend this prestigious event hosted by the German Association of Engineers (VDI) at the Congress Center Rosengarten in Mannheim on 14 and 15 March 2018. During around 80 specialist presentations by automotive manufacturers and suppliers, plastics experts from the automotive industry will provide comprehensive information on many new developments and processes within the sector.
Arburg will in fact be taking part in this important VDI congress, the largest in the world for the automotive industry, in two guises: as an exhibitor, and in the context of the specialist presentations.
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Lightweight construction processes such as Profoam offer great potential for the automotive sector |
The ProLemo project: lightweight motors for electric vehicles
On 14 March 2018, Dr. Thomas Walther, Head of Application Technology at Arburg, will give a presentation on the topic of "ProLemo – Production technology for lightweight motor concepts". In the ProLemo project, a number of partners work on production techniques relating to efficient lightweight motors for electric vehicles. It focuses on the mass production of parts made from metal-filled polymer materials. Rotor discs for electric drives are produced using the two-component injection moulding process. In a first step, the internal contour for connection to the shaft is produced from fibreglass-reinforced PA6. To produce the moulded-on rotor segments, a so-called Soft Magnetic Composite (SMC) was chosen, which consists of the matrix material PA6 highly filled with an Fe8Ni92 permalloy. This project has been so successful for all parties involved that patents have already been applied for.
Arburg to present extensive automotive-industry offerings
At the Arburg stand in the foyer of the congress centre, videos will show the use of special Allrounder injection moulding machines and turnkey systems as well as the Freeformer industrial additive manufacturing system. Furthermore, numerous product samples will illustrate the wide range of options offered by Arburg's technology solutions for the automotive sector. These include multi-component injection moulding, overmoulding of inserts and lightweight construction processes such as Fibre Direct Compounding (FDC), Particle-foam Composite Injection Moulding (PCIM), the physical foaming techniques Profoam and Mucell, as well as the integration of thermoplastic composites.
The stand will be staffed by experts, who will present the Arburg portfolio to the visitors as well providing individual consulting.
About Arburg
A German family-owned company, Arburg is one of the leading global manufacturers of plastic processing machines. The product portfolio encompasses Allrounder injection moulding machines with clamping forces of between 125 and 6,500 kN, the Freeformer for industrial additive manufacturing and robotic systems, customer and industry-specific turnkey solutions and further peripheral equipment.
The company places the topic of production efficiency at the centre of all its activities, taking into account the entire value-added chain. The objective is to enable Arburg customers to manufacture their plastic products, whether as one-off parts or in high-volume production, with optimal quality and at minimum unit costs – e.g. for the automotive and packaging industries, communication and entertainment electronics, medical technology or the white goods sector.
An international sales and service network ensures first-class customer support at the local level: Arburg is represented by fully owned organisations at 33 locations in 25 countries and by trading partners in more than 50 countries. The machines are produced exclusively at the parent company in Lossburg, Germany. Of a total of around 2,800 employees, about 2,300 work in Germany. About 500 further employees work in Arburg's organisations around the world. In 2012, Arburg became one of the first companies to gain triple certifications: ISO 9001 (quality), ISO 14001 (environment) and ISO 50001 (energy).
