T11 Geiss’ latest thermoforming machine, designed for efficiency, flexibility, precision and automation, is suited for high-quality and high-throughput thermoforming applications, including vacuum forming, pressure forming and twin-sheet forming.
What’s new? A revamped user interface. It is customizable, allowing operators to choose the key parameters they wish to see and giving them a clear overview of ongoing production. It also offers visual representations of all production components and heating zones. For consistent quality, the T11 comes with sheet sag control.
Benefits Ease of use, improved handling, streamlined workflows and the possibility of further integrating the T11 with Geiss automation and robotics. The T11 provides precise process control over nearly every cycle variable, leading to consistent and repeatable quality production. Its new interface is designed to be as easy to use as a smartphone, requiring minimal operator intervention. The machine automatically determines all parameters for travel paths and end positions, simplifying the set-up process, and the interface simplifies the process for operators looking to optimize the production cycle. Changeovers take just 10 to 15 minutes. In addition, according to the company, the T11 uses less energy than traditional ceramic heating systems — with a reduction that can be as much as 50 percent.
Geiss LLC, Durham, Conn., 860-605-8643, www.geissllc.com
Karen Hanna | Senior Staff Reporter
Senior Staff Reporter Karen Hanna covers injection molding, molds and tooling, processors, workforce and other topics, and writes features including In Other Words and Problem Solved for Plastics Machinery & Manufacturing, Plastics Recycling and The Journal of Blow Molding. She has more than 15 years of experience in daily and magazine journalism.
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