Smart Molding International 4-2022

4 smart_molding international 4/2022 Given the strong demand for energy saving measures, Stork IMM is pleased to present an overview of 10 ways to save up to EUR 450,000 per year in energy costs with your existing Stork IMM. Monitoring and saving energy is one of today’s most current and important issues facing companies across the plastics manufacturing industry. The sudden and rapid increase in energy prices, coupled with a continuing need to focus on sustainable operations, is forcing companies around the world to find the right way forward. 30 contents CONTENTS The currently explosive topic of energy efficiency and the exorbitant rise in energy costs as well as the sustainability of production processes determined a large part of the discussions at the K-trade fair in Düsseldorf. The need to significantly reduce energy consumption in the production of plastic parts. Many companies are currently doing everything to significantly improve their own productivity in the future. With its energy-efficient E-series, BOY offers injection moulding machines in the clamping force range from 63 to 1250 kN. newsfeed K 2022 – a complete success for the WITTMANN Group 6 Sumitomo (SHI) Demag CEO gives K 2022 positive approval 7 BOY presented smart solutions to the current challenges of the plastics industry 8 Record attendance for Roctool at K-2022 in Germany 9 Moretto new in K2022: precision microdosing 9 Husky exhibited at Gulfood Manufacturing – showcases complete technologies, solutions and services to enable regional packaging producers 10 Carbon announces all-new damping elastomers at Formnext 11 The official opening of YIZUMI new India Gujarat factory 12 KraussMaffei Group completely realigns external corporate financing 13 ENGEL North America with new President 13 Streamrunner® Multicolour – Multi-component injection moulding at a new level 14 Nexa3D announces professional series upgrade for its ultrafast dental 3D printer 15 Collaboration on Molded Fiber Labeling™ for Dry Molded Fiber 16 Milestone: One hundredth Allrounder for Weißer + Grießhaber 17 events K 2022 – Trade fair results fulfil highest expectations 18 A complete success: Arburg makes an impressive showing with "Plan A" at K 2022, the world's leading trade fair 20 machinery BOY machine control system in a new format 24 More space for the mould on the same footprint 25 Sumitomo (SHI) Demag staged ultra-short forming ‘Med-Cup’ process with high-speed extraction 26 BMB focuses on speed, thin-walled production and energy saving 28 “How Stork IMM is helping companies save energy & boost productivity” 30 Wilmington Machinery has recently announced two new machines 31 molding technologies WITTMANN BATTENFELD has successfully launched its Airmould 4.0 internal gas pressure technology 32 Sales launch at K 2022: KraussMaffei starts sales of precisionMolding and powerMolding in Europe and North America 34 molds and tooling SMARTcap gets trade fair in Düsseldorf off to impressive start 36 Vario Shot Xgate – New interchangeable needle-valve pre-chamber 37 Oerlikon HRSflow hot runner systems in action: live molding demo at K2022 38 The ideal basis for your injection moulding solution 40 materials Partnership to create the most lightweight Plug-in hybrid vehicle fuel tank 41 additive manufacturing BCN3D provided its 3D printing technology to successfully plan the removal of a big tumor 42 simulation & software LSR Molding: Identifying quality problems before they appear 44 sensors Continuous process optimization 46 Many factors – one ideal injection molding process 48 8