Smart Molding International 2-2022

19 machinery www.smart-molding.com ics become popular, rather it acts as a pioneer offering future-proof solutions ahead of time. This could be felt at ev- ery corner. The sparks of enthusiasm and inspiration quickly leapt across to the visitors. In discussions about the wide range of applications and exhibits that demonstrated live e.g. the “smart” injection moulding of recyclates as well as bio plastics, over the “arburgXworld” customer portal or at the presenta - tion of the Gestica control unit with its digital assistants, e.g. “aXw Control FillAssist”, enhanced in collaboration with development partner Simcon to systematise and automate simulation of the filling process yet further. The next step follows at K 2022. Even for "old hands" there were many new things to discover: appear- ing for the first time were sister com- panies, AMKmotion and InnovatiQ, with solutions for drive systems and additive manufacturing respectively. A digital highlight was the brand new 5G campus network, which Arburg, as a pilot customer of Deutsche Telekom, used in the Customer Center at the Technology Days 2022 for networked manufacturing in plastic processing. Expert presentations in the new Train- ing Center and exhibits and exhibition areas distributed across the entire company covered popular topics such as turnkey, medical technology, addi- tive manufacturing and service. Focus on digitalisation and the circular economy The Efficiency Arena met with a great response. Here, around twenty experts from Arburg and its partners provided information on all topics relating to "arburgGREENworld" and "arburgXworld".The focus at the total of nine stations was on innovative so- lutions for resource conservation and digitalisation along the entire injection moulding value chain. With the produc- tion of drinking cups that can be sepa- rated by type, the visitors were shown an application example of the R-Cycle initiative, and learnt about the key top- ics of circular economy and digitalisa- tion. An overview of the entire range of products and services offered by Ar- burg in this respect was on display in two new, permanently installed rooms: in the "arburgGREENworld" a hybrid Allrounder 370 H processed Post-In- dustrial Recyclate (PIR) that originated from technical textiles (airbags). For this purpose, the machine was equipped with Arburg's new recyclate package. In the "arburgXworld" area, numerous options were shown for making pro- duction more efficient, transparent and sustainable thanks to digitalisation. The "smart" Gestica functions and the Arburg host computer system, ALS, were also presented there. "Green" resource conserving applications The HolyGrail technology was pre- sented as an example of an innovative solution for "intelligent" marking and separating by type, a requirement for a closed circular economy. With this technology, a digital product passport with recycling-relevant information can be placed directly on the plastic part. As an application example, 5-litre buckets were produced from Post-Consumer Recyclate (PCR) by a hybrid Allrounder 820 H in Packaging version with a cycle time of only around five seconds. An ingenious "rib structure" of the side walls allowed up to 18 per cent of the material to be saved.