WITTMANN BATTENFELD with latest injection molding technology at the FIP solution plastique

From 17 to 20 June 2014, WITTMANN BATTENFELD will present to interested trade visitors state-of-the-art injection molding machinery and processes as well as automation and peripheral equipment at the FIP solution plastique, the international plastics industry forum in Lyon, France, in hall 6.2, booth H41. The FIP solution plastique, taking place every three years, is an important platform for WITTMANN BATTENFELD France for presenting to trade visitors in France what the WITTMANN group has to offer.

Multi-component technology with In-Mold Assembling
WITTMANN BATTENFELD will show its competence in the field of the multi-component technology by producing an atomizer for the cosmetics industry from PP and SEBS (TPE) on an HM 180/525H/210S multi-component machine with ServoPower drive. The part will be manufactured with a 4+4+4-cavity mold from Grosfilley, France. A process known as IMA (In-Mold Assembling) makes it possible to produce such complex hollow parts in a single step. For this purpose, the two half-shells are brought into an overlapping position by means of an adaptive index platen drive supplied by Grosfilley, F, which cooperates with a WITTMANN robot. In this position, the parts are subsequently joined together and sealed by overmolding. The WITTMANN robot simultaneously handles the removal of finished parts and deposits them on a conveyor belt. Thanks to the adaptive design of the index platen drive, which is integrated in the machine’s UNILOG B6P control system, the machine can be adapted flexibly to standard multi-component applications.

High-gloss parts through variothermic technology
On the second exhibit, an EcoPower 110/350 SE with insider cell, a front panel for a coffee machine will be manufactured, using a single-cavity mold supplied by Wittner, Austria. This is a high-gloss visible part made of PC/ABS. The parts are produced by using the variothermic process VARIOMOULD® and the mold technology BFMOLD®. In this technology the entire space below the cavity is used for heating and cooling. This enables extremely even and, above all, quick cooling of the mold area. Therefore this technology is of interest not only in order to reduce cycle times, but also to prevent warpage and to reduce tension. Moreover, sink marks and joint lines can be prevented with the help of this technology, above all on components with a visible surface or parts with a high-gloss surface as the parts which will be produced. The parts will be removed and placed on a conveyor band by a WITTMANN robot W823.

Source: WITTMANN BATTENFELD