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Injection Molding: Vertical Presses Get KEBA Controls
Gluco’s vertical presses switch from Allen-Bradley to KEBA controls.
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Injection Molding: New App Gives Machine Operating Data Anywhere, Anytime
New Boy Status App gives 24/7 remote access to machine status and production data.
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Here’s a Cost-Saving Tip for Measuring Mold Coolant Flow
Monitor mold-coolant flow with an ultrasonic sensor that clamps on the outside of the cooling line.
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Digital Manufacturing: Two Medical Molders Embrace Industry 4.0
‘Digitalization’ and ‘connectivity’ are loaded terms—shorthand for a whole new way of doing business. It can’t be accomplished in one go. But two Midwest molders in the sensitive medical field are already feeling the benefits of their initial steps in that direction.
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Headlines from Fakuma 2018
Integrating a special low-pressure process into machine controls; novel shop-floor quality-inspection technology; MES systems from machine and controls vendors; and sophisticated in-mold decorating.
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Closed-Loop Bottle Control Saves Truckloads of PET for Blow Molder
Mexican beverage producer saves 3.5 tons of PET a day with Agr International’s Process Pilot.
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Molding Simulation Added to Injection Machine Controls
Arburg and Wittmann Battenfeld are integrating filling simulation to aid in machine setup.
Read MoreControls: Modular Package for Extrusion
System billed as modular and scalable for all types of extrusion control.
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New Industry 4.0 Interfaces Published for Review—More Coming Soon
First drafts of Euromap 82 sub-sections for temperature-control devices, hot runners, and LSR dosing systems.
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NPE2018 Tooling: Molds Join the Industry 4.0 Conversation
At NPE2018, multiple companies displayed mold monitors that would allow the tool in an injection molding cell to “talk” to other equipment and remote computers.
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