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29 www.smart-molding.com molding technologies The cavity tool from Otto-Hofstetter enables the injection of the cup, with a shot weight of around 70 grams, to occur centrally via the point gate. Additionally, the highly efficient, thermally balanced cooling system comprises 29 water cooling circuits. This guarantees thermal stability in themould, supporting safe and continuous production. Furthermore, the tool is designed to remove moulded parts from the front, making it more straightforward to access and service. Giving medical processors total control Product quality is maintained using intelligent high-definition vision cameras placed along the high-speed extraction axis. Installed by Zubler Handling, a 100 % inline control system with cameras processes 96 images for every extraction. Anomaly detection and dimension measurements are performed on each image with an accuracy of 0.05 millimetres. After removal from the tool, the cups are stacked on a round table equipped with two sections. Each section has 48 compartments for each corresponding cavity. Once the rotary table is fully stacked, it moves to its next position where the cavity stacks are sorted by the pick & place robot. The robot can handle eight stacks simultaneously, separating them individually into good or bad cases. The new MacroPower with a one-piece machine body The h i gh l i ght o f WI T TMANN presentation at K 2025 was the new MacroPower 500/3400. Although the machines of the MacroPower series from WITTMANN BATTENFELD have always scored by their small footprint and consequentlymodest space requirements on customers’ production floors, the new MacroPower stands out by even greater compactness. This has been achieved by a completely new design with a spacesaving, one-piece machine body. The machine’s injection unit also comes with a new design and is now pivotable. These features help users primarily to save the valuable resource of time. Firstly, the one-piece machine body facilitates installation and setup of the machine on the customer’s site, and secondly, the pivotable injection aggregate, accessible from both the machine’s front and rear sides, makes screw changes much easier. The new MacroPower is fitted with the Unilog B8X control system, which includes several control system components developed inhouse. These make it possible to reach a higher internal clock frequency and consequently shorter response times to sensor signals, resulting in a higher reproducibility of parts with the familiar ease of use and visualization. On the new MacroPower 500/3400, a box known as “HAIBOX” was produced from a type of PP delivered by Borealis, using a single-cavity mold supplied by Haidlmair, Austria. The machine was equipped with a WITTMANN IML unit. New MacroPower 500/3400 with one-piece machine body. Pictures: WITTMANN HAIBOX Picture: Haidlmair At K-Fair 2025, Stork IMM introduced the next generation All-Electric 6600-3550 with 2K, a true innovation in the segment. Pictures: Stork IMM