In what it says is an industry first, Sumitomo (SHI) Demag will be exclusively showcasing options from its all-electric IntElect platform on its booth at this year’s show. Featuring eight exhibits overall, four on the company’s booth, live demonstrations will also focus attention on Sumitomo (SHI) Demag’s LSR processing expertise in two very different markets - automotive and dental healthcare. Another partnership highlight includes a first in horticultural products on the high-speed El-Exis SP series. In response to the labour and productivity challenges currently being faced by processors, the company will also be presenting its extensive in-house automation competence.
Reflecting the energy crisis, material costs, recyclability and productivity challenges that continue to persist for global polymer processors today, Sumitomo (SHI) Demag has accelerated its strategic plans to roll out its IntElect machine portfolio to every market - adding additional application fields at Fakuma, including the launch of a high-performance IntElect S for thin-wall packaging in the medium clamp force range.
Achieving a dry fast cycle time of less than 4 seconds, the IntElectS 220-ton clamp force machine directly addresses one of the major fluctuating operating expenses for mass-packaging moulders today - energy consumption. Designed specifically to process narrow tolerance and thin-walled packaging items at injection speeds reaching 350 mm/s, the live exhibit showcases the manufacturing recyclable IML lids with a shot weight of 28 grams for 500ml margarine containers. Using a 4-cavity mould tool supplied by Bazigos, the lids are all made from Borealis polypropylene, a monomer material that is 100 percent recyclable. Integrated into the machine is a side-entry robot from automation specialist Campetella, which efficiently removes the lids from the mould tool, stacking them onto a conveyor belt.
At the booth of Campetella, in Hall A7, Booth 7208, a production cell with a fast-cycling hybrid El-Exis SP 250, will mould six flower pots made from mechanically recycled PP from Borealis in a cycle time of 3.5 seconds from a 6-cavity mould tool supplied by plant pot specialist Glaroform. Campetella’s side entry robot removes and stacks them on a conveyor.
At the main stand, Sumitomo (SHI) Demag will highlight its multi-cavity LSR processing competence, including OPC-UA interface compatibility, on a fully electric IntElect 180/570-250 injection moulding machine. In a cycle time of just 19 seconds, this IntElect LSR package will produce 256 individual 15-gram conductor seals with absolute precision and stability.
Visitors to the Reinhardt-Technik booth (Hall A3, Stand 3313) can view the production of surgical dental protection covers. EMDE MouldTec supplied the gated 4-cavity mould tool, which fits into the generous tool space of the IntElect 75/420-65. Producing the burr-free dental components in 25 seconds, a Sumitomo (SHI) Demag SAM-C5 robot delicately removes and places the dental covers into containers, ensuring hygiene standards are never compromised.