INJECTION MOLDING: Press Configured as Self- Contained Clean Room

Setup reportedly meets ISO Class 7 (Class 10,000) and is said to be fully compliant with FDA and GAMP requirements, as well as DQ, IQ, and OQ documentation. Has since been applied to dust-free molding of automotive trim.
New Product Announcements Published: 4/29/2013

INJECTION MOLDING: Beefed-Up Mid-Sized Robot

Wittmann Battenfeld, Torrington, Conn., has added another new model to its W82x Series of linear servo robots.
New Product Announcements Published: 11/3/2012

INJECTION MOLDING: Small New Robot Packs More Muscle

The smallest model in the S5 line of Cartesian servo robots for complex automation applications will debut at NPE 2012 in Orlando, Apr. 1-5, in booth 348.
New Product Announcements Published: 2/1/2012

INJECTION MOLDING: Versatile Electric Sprue Picker

The new electric Integralpicker V from Arburg, Inc., Newington, Conn., is said to be a low-cost but very fast and repeatable sprue picker.
New Product Announcements Published: 4/25/2011

INJECTION MOLDING: Wemo Robots Available from Ewikon

Wemo Automation AB, the Swedish manufacturer of servo-driven linear and swing-arm robots, has appointed Ewikon Molding Technologies Inc., Rockford, Ill., as the exclusive independent distributor and technical-service center for Wemo in the U.S. and ...
New Product Announcements Published: 4/25/2011

Tougher, Stronger Mid-Size Robots

Offering longer strokes, bigger payloads, and a rigid structure designed for speed, the fi rst model in in the new S5 line of all-servo Cartesian beam robots is available from Sepro America LLC, Pittsburgh.
New Product Announcements Published: 8/1/2010

Servo Robot for Large Machines

A new three-axis, servo-driven beam robot for presses of up to 1000 tons has a payload capacity of 55 lb, horizontal stroke of 98 in., telescoping vertical stroke of 78 in., and strip stroke of 43 in.
New Product Announcements Published: 6/1/2010

Robot Controller Adds Two Part-handling Functions

Two new real-time functions addressing part removal and placement tasks have been added to the new R8 robot control from Wittmann Battenfeld, Torrington, Conn.
New Product Announcements Published: 3/1/2010

IML Thin-Wall Cups at Fakuma Show

WEB EXCLUSIVE: In-mold labeling automation specialist Beck Automation of Oberengstringen, Switzerland, demonstrated its first application of IML on thin-wall, clear PS cups at the recent Fakuma show in Germany.
New Product Announcements Published: 12/1/2009

Side-Entry Robot Is Fast, Light, Clean-Room Ready

A new side-entry robot designed for production of pipette tips and other medical disposables will be shown at at this month’s Fakuma show in Germany by Hekuma GmbH of Eching.
New Product Announcements Published: 10/1/2009