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Servo-Hydraulic Injection Molding Machine With an Electric Injection Unit Premieres
LIM & LSR Molding

Servo-Hydraulic Injection Molding Machine With an Electric Injection Unit Premieres

Fakuma 2024: Wittmann Battenfeld says the 2K SmartPower Combimould features a new electric injection unit option.

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Milacron’s Massive Booth Highlights Multiple Brands

NPE2024: Coinjection of postconsumer resin, in-mold decoration, LSR micromolding and bioplastics processing are just some of the machine displays at Milacron's booth. 

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Completely Connected Molding

NPE2024: Medical, inmold labeling, core-back molding and Industry 4.0 technologies on display at Shibaura’s booth.

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Slimmer All-Electric Press Debuts

NPE2024: A slimmed-down version of Engel’s all-electric, e-mac injection molding machine is among eight displays, which also include LSR micromolding, quick mold changes and a cube mold.

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All-Electric IMM Advances for Packaging, Medical and LSR

NPE2024: Sumitomo SHI Demag’s show focus is on the application of all-electric injection molding machine technology for a variety of markets and components.

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IMM Cells Display Communications, Energy Measurement and Energy Recovery

NPE2024: Wittmann is featuring five injection molding machines incorporating its range of robotics and auxiliaries, with all products employing industry 4.0 communications, energy measurement and a brand-new red color.

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Midtonnage Hybrid Range With Compact Footprint Launches

NPE2024: Milacron has the global launch of its new M-Series injection molding machine line featuring a large clamp stroke as standard in a line of midtonnage, compact-footprint machines.

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Latest LIM & LSR Molding News And Updates

Updated Control, Cooling Water Distribution, Electromechanical Ejector and Injection

NPE2024: Boy’s U.S. subsidiary marks its 50th anniversary in Orlando with six machines and U.S. intros for the Procan ALPHA 6 control, and hybrid ejectors and injection units.

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LSR Molder Invests in Canadian Operation

Starlim is investing $10.4 million in its London, Ontario, LSR injection molding site, with plans to add 26 jobs.

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Partnership Augments LSR Molding Simulation

SIGMA Engineering and Momentive Performance Materials announced a cooperation to optimize material data for silicone elastomers to make LSR molding simulation more reliable.

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Elkem Celebrates Anniversary

The Norwegian supplier of silicone celebrates its 120th anniversary in 2024.

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Beacon MedTech Solutions Names New President

The Massachusetts-based medical molder and contract manufacturer has appointed industry veteran Jim Colony.

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Cold Deck for LSR Molding

After field testing, validation and refinement with customer feedback, Husky announced the introduction of a cold-deck system for direct gate molding of LSR.

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Injection Machines Use Novel Two-Stage Molding System

EdeX servohydraulic presses from Taiwan are the first to employ the Inject-EX plasticating system from Md Plastics.

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Finding a Niche in LSR Tooling

20 years ago, southern California moldmaker M.R. Mold & Engineering pivoted to LSR tooling, giving it a foothold in a challenging but growing market.

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Custom Molder Manages Growth on Several Fronts

Adding people, plants and machines, expanding capabilities in LSR, high-tonnage presses, automation and 3D printing—EVCO Plastics maintains momentum through challenging times.

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How a Molder Embraces Change While Sticking to Its Roots

For MDS Manufacturing, its first decade in business has been one of nearly constant change. But the two brothers who started it have never strayed from the company’s roots and the lessons about the molding business they learned from their father.

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Micro-Injection Molding LSR: Exploring the Limits of What’s Possible

Molding delicate LSR parts weighing 0.5 mg in 32 cavities requires high precision and repeatability in molding and careful post-mold handling. Here’s a look at the challenges of micro-molding with LSR and what makes it different from thermoplastic micro-molding.

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Coping with Coronavirus: Waiting for Machinery Deliveries?

Probably best to keep in touch with your vendor to learn how it's dealing with the crisis.

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