Vital Statistics
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Machine cell at NPE |
slim version of an e-mac 1565/310, which produced a bottle tray on a single-cavity mold |
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Injection unit |
1565 |
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Size of screw |
70mm |
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Cycle time |
43.5 seconds |
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Shot weight |
417.5 grams |
e-mac This series of small, all-electric injection molding machines from Engel comes in clamping forces ranging from 55 tons to 420 tons. According to the company, the presses are competitively priced, and a full range of options — including clean-room packages — are available.
What’s new? A line of more-compact versions of all e-mac models, known as the e-mac slim edition. At NPE, Engel will showcase an e-mac 1565/310 slim, which will produce a bottle tray on a single-cavity mold supplied by longtime Engel partner Haidlmair, Nussbach, Austria. Part of a recycling package comprising a melt filter and highly abrasion- and corrosion-resistant screw and a melt filter, the 310-ton machine on exhibit will make the tray from HDPE regrind, rather than repelletized material.
Benefits Up to a 16-percent reduction in overall machine width with no increase in length. As Engel plans to demonstrate, e-mac slim has a smaller footprint, but its generous mold space is unchanged, allowing it to accommodate large molds.
Engel Machinery Inc., York, Pa., 717-764-6818, www.engelglobal.com
