NPE Booth W223
Cap-Line These Netstal injection molding machines are specifically pre-configured for manufacturers’ applications. At NPE, Netstal will display a Cap-Line 4500 based on the company’s Elios platform, with an all-electric clamping unit that has a dry cycle time of 1.4 seconds and 506 tons of clamping force. The display is based on a production system used by U.S. contract manufacturer Alltrista Plastics LLC, Greer, S.C., producing 26mm tamper-evident caps for still water. The system features a 128-cavity mold from Z-Moulds GmbH, Dornbirn, Austria, that is as small and light as a 96-cavity mold.
What’s new? A new barrier screw with a design that ensures higher plasticizing performance and better homogenization, and allows the use of a smaller injection unit.
Benefits Optimized production of closures. Netstal said that the production system is the world’s first to break the 2-second mark running a mold with 128 cavities — with a cycle time of 1.9 seconds. The company also said that while running the mold, the Cap-Line 4500 consumes about 12 percent less electricity than competitor machines operating with only 96 cavities. The machine also can be enhanced with options such as the four-key Smart Operation control panel and adaptive system pressure reduction, which can increase energy savings.
Netstal Inc., Hebron, Ky., 859-495-5469, www.netstal.com
