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Smart Molding International 1-2026

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Shows

13. - 17.

October 2026

Fakuma

Friedrichshafen,

Germany

17. - 20.

November 2026

Formnext

Frankfurt am Main,

Germany

02. - 05.

December 2026

Plast Eurasia

Istanbul,

Turkey

More Shows

Fiber-reinforced chassis for light commercial vehicles

Sustainable solution with polyurethane resin / High productivity through continuous production / Simple assembly, superior crash performance

Articles

Wear-free process monitoring during production

New HASCO presents new proximity switches for precise, contact-free position monitoring

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Articles

Flow control retrofit – simple and inexpensive

With a WFC retrofit, WITTMANN flow controllers can be equipped with automatic control of flow quantity and temperature

Articles

Reducing clamping force requirements

SIGMASOFT® finds optimum gating to reduce injection pressure with the help of Virtual DoE

Articles

A very big robot

The new WITTMANN WX193 robot model is designed for extremely large parts manufactured on injection molding machines

Articles

Improving part deformation and cycle time with Virtual Molding

SIGMASOFT® Virtual Molding technology improves profitability via DoE

Videos

Robomaxi 12 cavity side entry IML robot

12 cavity body wrap around side entry IML robot with vision quality control

News 23.05.2019

From the simulation analysis to the molded part

The release of the new FLEXflow Controller software allows operators to get the best quality parts in the shortest time

News 23.05.2019

Sepro Group and Universal Robots announce new Cobot partnership

Sepro will integrate its Visual control system with collaborative robots (cobots) supplied by Universal Robots

News 23.05.2019

Milacron sells Uniloy blow molding business

A definitive agreement to sell Uniloy to Osgood Capital Group, LLC and Cyprium Investment Partners, LLC has been announced