Engel e-mac 500 enables fast, efficient production

The all-electric IMM features the new High clamping drive, and energy consumption is about 30 percent lower than hybrids or hydraulics.

Lynne Sherwin

Dec. 6, 2024

Engel's e-mac 500 injection molding machine is shown. — Engel's e-mac 500 injection molding machine is compact, fast and energy-efficient.

E-mac 500 With a clamping force of about 562 tons, the e-mac 500 is now the largest model in Engel’s series of compact all-electric injection molding machines. It features the new High clamping drive and an encapsulated toggle lever mechanism for fast and stable cycle times. Engel’s digital assistance system, iQ motion control, automatically adjusts the acceleration of the moving platen according to the tool's weight. Expansion packages include solutions for thin-wall packaging and clean-room use.

What’s new? The e-mac 500, introduced in October at Fakuma 2024, where it molded 4-liter food containers in a cell with an Engel Viper 40 robot and in-mold labeling from Engel subsidiary TMA Automation, Gdynia, Poland.

Benefits Fast, efficient production in a small footprint. The company says energy consumption is about 30 percent lower than comparable hybrid or hydraulic IMMs.

Engel Machinery Inc., York, Pa., 717-764-6818, www.engelglobal.com

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Lynne Sherwin

Managing Editor

Managing editor Lynne Sherwin handles day-to-day operations and coordinates production of Plastics Machinery & Manufacturing’s print magazine, website and social media presence, as well as Plastics Recycling and The Journal of Blow Molding. She also writes features, including the annual machinery buying survey. She has more than 30 years of experience in daily and magazine journalism.