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machinery 21 www.smart-molding.com the EcoPower. To enable processing of regrind without any problems in the interest of sustainable production, this machine is also offered with the HiQ Flow® application software, a program to offset the viscosity fluctuations which often occur whenever this type of material is being processed. All SmartPlus plasticizing/injection units are freely accessible, compact and swivel-mounted. The machines are all equipped as standard with a wear-resistant plasticizing unit. Another special feature of the SmartPlus is its further improved “Dive-on-Demand 2.0” drive technology. It increases the machine’s response speed even more by a booster unit specially developed in-house, which enables a higher clock frequency. This drive unit is only activat - ed as long as required for movements and pressure generation. During cooling times or cycle breaks for parts handling, the servo drive remains switched off and consumes no energy. In operation, “Drive-on-Demand 2.0” is the basis for highly dynamically controlled machine movements and short cycle times. Like the SmartPower, the SmartPlus is also available as an Insider produc - tion cell version with an integrated parts handling system, conveyor belt and protective housing permanently connected with the machine, further - more as an Ingrinder model with an integrated sprue picker, vacuum con - veyor and granulator. The SmartPlus is already being used for practical test runs on the premises of selected cus - tomers. The advantages of the new SmartPlus were demonstrated at the Fakuma 2021 on a SmartPlus 180/750. This machine is equipped with the HiQ Flow® application software, the new CMS-Light condition monitoring system to monitor an extended range of service-relevant machine param - eters and a GRAVIMAX G14 gravi - metric blender. The automation sys - tem, using a PRIMUS 26T robot from WITTMANN, is implemented via an Easy Cell developed and manufactured by WITTMANN BATTENFELD Deutschland in Nuremberg. The Easy Cell requires no safety gate and thus takes up only a minimal amount of space beside the injection molding machine. In spite of its compact design, customers receive the complete range of CE-compliant safety features. On the SmartPlus 180/750 a hub- cap for lawn mowers was manufac - tured from PP, using a mold supplied by Uralan, Germany. In the interest of sustainable manufacturing, the part was produced from a mixture of virgin material with regrind. WITTMANN BATTENFELD www.wittmann-group.com Swivel-mounted injection unit of the SmartPlus 60 “Drive-on-Demand 2.0” servo drive technology