SmartPower Combimould With clamping forces ranging from about 42 tons to about 450 tons, this line of Wittmann injection molding machines (IMMs) is designed for multi-component molding involving different colors or materials.
What’s new? New servo-electric injection units. Wittmann exhibited one in October at Fakuma in an automated work cell on a SmartPower Combimould B8X 120/350H/130S producing a bottle opener made of PC and thermoplastic elastomer. The new injection units have a beltless direct drive. Available for the entire series of servo-hydraulic SmartPower models, they are now standard on multi-component IMMs.
Benefits Better performance and efficiency than SmartPower Combimould machines equipped with hydraulic units. The units exhibit high dynamism and maximal shot-to-shot repeatability, and are precise, accurate and energy-efficient. The injection units can handle options such as active injection, servo-dosing or high-speed injection, which previously required an energy-intensive hydraulic accumulator. This allows parallel dosing without any extra cost for users.
Wittmann USA Inc., Torrington, Conn., 860-496-9603, www.wittmann-group.com/en/usa
