Genius 2.0 Systec: Injection moulding slide rule now also for the PC

For decades the ‘injection moulding slide rule‘ has been a much loved aid when setting up injection moulding machines. Designed in the 1970s, devel-oped constantly and always brought up-to- date, it is still used today in many injection moulding com-panies when machines are converted to a new tool.

In the past few years a lot has happened – machines, tools, processes and materials have been further de-veloped. Therefore, there is now a new version of the slide rule – the Genius 2.0 Systec. Sumitomo (SHI) Demag Methods Application Technology employees in Schwaig and Wiehe have collated the data for the popular practical tool. The first version Genius 2.0 Sys-tec lists several of Systec machines‘ injection units to-gether with their characteristics and makes evaluating the right equipment for the production task in hand much easier.

The new handy slide rule assists with the initial setup of Systec injection moulding machines. It takes into ac-count the characteristics and requirements of the plastic being injected as well as the moulded part geometry and gives recommendations for all the important process parameters that have to be set i.e. for the drying conditions, for processing temperatures and quantity settings, for the injection and dwell pressure setup, for the residual cooling times and for the required clamping force. Depending on the characteristics of the moulded part Genius calculates the expected cycle times for injection, dwell pressure, residual cooling, tool and pe-ripheral times and even calculates possible rotational speeds, dosing times, stroke loads and dwell periods.

Despite a comprehensive database and many recom-mendations the Genius does not replace process opti-misation on which the machine control depends. Those with a prior knowledge of the tool to be put into operation are also, for the most part, in possession of the optimal process data. For those faced for the first time with having to install a hitherto unknown tool or a new mate-rial and are having to set up the machine, valuable setup data are immediately at hand with the help of Genius.

The rigid film construction of Genius is in recognisable DIN long format and fits in every pocket. The Version 2.0 Systec for standard machines Systec is already available in German, English, Russian and Polish. Also an offline version in German, English and Russian for the PC is available.

Source: Sumitomo (SHI) Demag