Smart Molding International 1-2023

molding outlook 21 www.smart-molding.com Once extracted from a 4 + 4 cavity mold, the tubs are picked by a SPIN and stacked with the opening facing down- wards in order to ensure maximum hygiene. The robot is equipped with vertical feeders for 5-sided labels, featured by efficient servomotors and designed to exploit the space in the vertical direction. Its carbon fiber arms reduce vi- brations, thus ensuring excellent label positioning, while an integrated vision inspection system safeguards the per- fect quality of the stacked tubs. Tederic CoinSure™ injection compression molding process debut Circular economy, digitalization, and climate protection were hot topics at the K 2022 and this was also true for Tederic exposition. The company demonstrated its ef- ficient and precise solution for the new energy vehicle sector - the injection molding compression process - and showcased CoinSure™ injection molding technology for the first time. The Tederic CoinSure™ injection compression molding pro- cess involves the injection molding machine building two clamping pressures into the mold closing process, one at low pressure and the other at the usual high pressure. The injection is completed instantaneously during the ramp-up, solving the problem of sudden pressure changes caused by conventional mold closing methods. NEOM1120s horizontal electric injection molding machine has integrated three major technological innovations, namely horizontal heavy-duty turntable opposedmolding and dynam- ic balancing technology of the mold plate, multi-directional collaborativemulti-layer integral injection and secondarymold closing process and high-precision double-loop control meth- od of the injection molding system. The process enhances the optical performance of the prod- uct and meets all the quality requirements. The integrated molding ensures perfect dimensional accuracy of the product while reducing mold losses and energy consumption of the injection molding machine, reducing customer costs. It is suit- able for molding applications that require high precision and quality, such as transparent parts for automobiles, headlights, lenses, and high-precision optical parts for defense, aerospace, and deep-sea exploration. Innovative injection mold technology from corvaglia at the K trade fair The innovative “adaptive flex-band” injection mold tech- nology was unveiled alongside the latest closure solutions at corvaglia booth at the K trade fair in Düsseldorf. The “adaptive flex-band” injection mold technology devel- oped by corvaglia combines different – and in some cases conflicting – requirements of beverage bottlers and consum- ers. Above all, the technology offers major advantages for the tethered caps, which comply with EU Directive 2019/904. The key objective for beverage bottlers is finding closure solutions that can be easily applied to the bottles on an in- dustrial scale. This makes it easy to ensure high productivity and reduce scrap at the same time. For this purpose, a flexible tamper-evident band has become established for conventional closures. Consumers, in turn, prefer a convenient opening and closing experience. Consum- er tests have revealed that this requires locking it in the open position with a large opening angle. The lockingmechanism requires hinges, which are preferably produced in the injection molding process using slides in the injection molds. Slides can be used to design a wide range of different hinges. Combining both requirements in a single closure solu- tion is difficult to implement from a technological point of view. Thanks to the new injection mold technology, however, corvaglia is now in a position to combine these two demands. NEO•Ms, the winner of the Industry Innovation Award, has a compact mechanical structure and boasts excellent performance (picture: Tederic) Adaptive flex-band concept developed by corvaglia (picture: corvaglia)