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Fiber-reinforced chassis for light commercial vehicles

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

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Wear-free process monitoring during production

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

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News 15.08.2017

Fakuma 2017: Smart, smarter, Arburg!

In Friedrichshafen Arburg will present machinery, processes and turnkey solutions for efficient plastics processing

Videos

ENGEL tie bar less Award 2012 VW

Two injection molding machines ENGEL victory 400 with ecodrive used for 2 components injection molding of a car part. Transfer method is used with 2 industrial robots

Articles

Interview with the director of Equiplast, the International Plastics and Rubber Event

Pilar Navarro: “Machinery and process demonstrations will take centre court at the Gran Via Exhibition Centre”

News 09.08.2017

Process optimization with SIGMA Engineering

SIGMA Engineering presents its Autonomous Optimization at Fakuma 2017

Videos

Injection molding animation

The video shows the finished plastic part, the injection molding tool, the machine, the injection process and the ejection of the part

Articles

Hennecke cooperates with Science and Research in advanced coating processes

In partnership with the Kunststoff-Institut Lüdenscheid Hennecke made a new high pressure metering machine available for a joint project

Articles

Shorter R&D cycle time through advanced IMD simulation technology

Moldex3D solutions help reducing product warpage, molding defects and furthermore optimizing product designs

News 02.08.2017

Arburg lays foundations for the future

In July Arburg celebrated stone-laying ceremony for a multi-storey building of a new Training Center in Lossburg