Injection Molding
Machine Intelligence Mobilized Against Waste
Part quality was naturally the first target of autonomous molding algorithms, but later developments have focused increasingly on preventing wasted time, energy, material and hardware maintenance.
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Software Tracks Energy Waste in Real Time
Affordable add-on to production monitoring software alerts uses when energy is being wasted.
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Niigata Spins Off Injection Molding Machine Business
The U.S. subsidiary of Japan’s Niigata Machine Techno Company Ltd. spun off the injection molding side of its business into a separate company.
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Molding 2023 Call for Papers
The annual injection molding conference is currently accepting presentation proposals for the two-day event taking place August 29-30 in Minneapolis.
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21 Tips to Slash Energy Costs in Molding
This checklist can provide injection molders a good starting point on the path to reduced energy consumption and can generate some money savings on that journey.
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Axium Packaging to Expand to North Carolina
The rigid plastics packaging maker with injection and blow molding capabilities is investing $32 million in a 150,000-ft2 facility in Archdale, its first in the state and 19th in North America.
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Robust Molding, Extrusion Conference Programming in the Works
Molding 2023 to take place Aug. 29-30 in Minnesota; Extrusion 2023 slated for Oct. 10-12 in Indiana.
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Adaptive Pressure Reduction Boosts Injection Molding Machine Efficiency
Netstal says its new adaptive system-pressure-reduction option lowers pressure in a machine’s hydraulic system to its optimum point.
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Engel Delivers Its Largest Ever Injection Molding Machines
Two mammoth 8000-ton presses built at its St. Valentin plant in Austria have been delivered to Infiltrator Water Technologies in Winchester, Ky.
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Sumitomo (SHI) Demag to Double Injection Molding Machine Production in China
The company broke ground on a new 43,000-ft2 production hall in Ningbo to fulfill rising demand for larger presses up to 1500 tons.
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