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Smart Molding International 2-2025

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Shows

18. - 21.

November 2025

Formnext

Frankfurt am Main,

Germany

03. - 06.

December 2025

Plast Eurasia

Istanbul,

Turkey

05. - 10.

February 2026

Plastindia

New Delhi,

India

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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News 05.02.2018

Autonomous Optimization at Chinaplas 2018

SIGMA Engineering will present a new tool to predetermine the optimum design of part and mold

Videos

Intravis SpotWatcher S - compact and comprehensive bottle inspection

Compact. Comprehensive. Cost-effective. This is the new SpotWatcher S for the inspection of plastic bottles

Articles

INTRAVIS introduces new smart camera solution IntraOne

IntraOne! can be used for various inspection of preforms, closures, bottles, containers, labels or decoration

News 29.11.2017

Rethink Robotics introduces Intera 5.2 software release

The new feature Intera Insights displays KPIs via a customizable dashboard on the robot’s on-board display

Articles

Engel bringing process monitoring to the next level

ENGEL will demonstrate how easy it is to fully utilise the potential of iQ weight monitor at the Fakuma 2017 in Friedrichshafen, Germany

Videos

Serpo robots

Sepro offers the most extensive range of robots on the market, including 3-axis, 5-axis and 6-axis robots, all controlled by the same user-friendly Visual control system

Videos

Robotic plastic clip assembly automation

Robotically assembling plastic clips into automotive exterior plastic trim utilizing a TranTek Systems Robotic workcell. Color Vision cameras inspect presence, location and correct colored clips

News 02.08.2017

Netstal presents Industry 4.0 in action at Drinktec

While showcasing milk bottles closures production Netstal, together with Intravis, will present an adaptive control circuit between IMM and image processing system