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Why Use All Electric Injection Molding Machines?All electric injection molding machines turn injection molding into a predictable, robotic operation. More (+)
As a leader in all-electric injection molding machines since their invention, Milacron Plastics Machinery today continues to build on its proven expertise in this powerful technology. More (+)
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Markets & Applications for All-Electric Injection Molding
The precision and repeatability of all-electric injection molding machines make them ideally suited to high speed, thin-wall parts common in the following markets and applications:
- Medical: Syringes, petri dishes and more
- Food & Beverage: Caps, closures, containers, cutlery
- Industrial: Buckets and Pails
- Consumer goods: High volume packaging
- Automotive Communications: Smart phones
Medical Applications
All-electric injection molding machines offer long term process stability that reduces the process changes found when using hydraulic machines. The performance characteristics of all-electric machines are essentially clones of each other and are a good solution for products that require the utmost quality, repeatability and reliability.
- Closures
- Micro devices
- Blood testing devices
- Petri dishes
- Syringes / Pipettes
- Vaccutainers
Food & Beverage
All-electric injection molding machines help food and beverage packaging producers achieve maximum output, shorter processes and lower material use.
- CSD
- Flip Cap
- Large Cap
- High-speed dairy
- Thin wall containers
- Cutlery
- Unscrewing Cap
- Container lids
Industrial Buckets & Pails
All-electric injection molding machines are ideal for processing thin-wall parts such as large buckets and pails.
- 1 & 2 cavity 5 gallon
- 90 mil pails
- 70 mil pails
- 1 to 4 gallon containers
- Co-injection pails
- Large pails (12 gallon)
Consumer Goods: High-Volume Packaging
The repeatability and speed of all-electric injection molding machines make them a good fit for a variety of high-volume consumer goods.
- Deodorant barrels
- Flower pots
- Cosmetics
- Spray trigger assemblies
- Trash cans & totes
Automotive
All-electric injection molding machines’ ability to operate under precise control helps automotive suppliers:
- Reduce scrap
- Open processing windows
- Reduce need to change process
- Reduce part weights
- Maximize repeatability
- Cut material costs
