Lumina 2400HE This Wilmington injection molding machine (IMM) has 500 tons of clamping force with an 80-inch-by-70-inch platen. Like the rest of the company’s IMM offerings, it’s equipped with gas-assist capabilities, allowing users to make the switch from high-pressure molds to lower-density structural foam.
What’s new? Optional, updated, more user-friendly controls with a larger, 24-inch touch screen, configurable process graphing, and integrated gas-assist and hot-runner controllers. The machine also features a quick mold-change system. The company offers the machine as part of its general-purpose IMM lineup, and has recently installed a machine in its own lab, where it’s available on a contract basis for customers looking to trial new materials, additives, fillers, compounds or molds, or just to experiment.
Benefits The possibility of making large parts using gas-assisted molding — a lower-pressure process. Also, users of Wilmington IMMs can convert recycled flake directly into parts, avoiding the need for pelletization.
Wilmington Machinery Inc., Wilmington, N.C., 910-452-5090, https://wilmingtonmachinery.com
