WITTMANN BATTENFELD showing its complete range at the Plastimagen in Mexico

From 12 to 15 March, WITTMANN BATTENFELD is demonstrating its competence to interested trade visitors at the Plastimagen in Mexico City, booth 614, on more than 400 m² of exhibition space, showcasing a wide range of machinery as well as automation and peripheral equipment.

The Mexican market has shown a positive development over the last few years and is one of the WITTMANN group’s future growth markets.

In the area of injection molding machinery and equipment, 3 machines from the PowerSeries, a hydraulic machine from the proven HM series and a toggle machine from the TM series will be on display at the Plastimagen.

On a MicroPower 15/10 WITTMANN BATTENFELD will show an application from medical technology. A venous clamp made of POM with a part weight of no more than 0.003 g will be manufactured with a 4-cavity mold supplied by Microsystems UK within a cycle time of only 4 seconds. The parts are removed by a W8VS2 WITTMANN robot and passed on to a camera integrated in the production cell and in the machine’s control system for quality inspection. The parts are subsequently separated according to cavities and stacked in a stacking module.

The functionality of the EcoPower – the all-electric machine from the PowerSeries – will be demonstrated by producing a PP fitting on an EcoPower 240/1330 with a 2-cavity mold supplied by IFW, Austria. The EcoPower stands out primarily by its high speed, precision and extreme energy-efficiency.

A stacking crate made of PP will be manufactured on a MacroPower 450/3400 with a single-cavity mold from Haidlmair, Austria, to show the functionality of WITTMANN BATTENFELD’S series of large machines. A W833 WITTMANN robot will remove the parts and deposit them on a conveyor belt. The MacroPower‘s outstanding features are its small footprint and easy lateral mold change from the rear, as well as its innovative QUICKLOCK locking system, which enables extremely short locking times.

An interesting application will be shown on an HM 110/350, manufacturing a frame with an inserted glass pane using a single-cavity mold from KIMW (Plastics Research Institute), Lüdenscheid / Germany. The glass pane will be inserted into the mold by a W818 WITTMANN robot, then the frame will be injection-molded with a blend of ABS and a foaming agent. The variothermic BFMOLD® process will be used to produce the frame, which enables the foamed part to come out with a perfect “piano black surface”. In the BFMOLD® process, the entire mold area below the cavity is used for heating and cooling. This enables extremely even and, above all, quick heating and cooling of the mold areas. With the help of BFMOLD® technology, parts with optimal surface quality without any visible flow lines or sink marks can be produced within extremely short cycle times.

And, last but not least, there will be another application from medical technology on display on a TM 180/750. It is a part for an insulin pen made of PP, produced with a 48-cavity mold supplied by Hasco, Austria in a cycle time of only 6 seconds. All machines will be loaded by a central conveying system from WITTMANN.

Source: WITTMANN BATTENFELD