Automotive

Engel Brings Economical Chinese-Built Machines to the Americas
Engel’s Wintec servo-hydraulic two-platen and all-electric toggle injection presses are now available here for general-purpose molding.

All-Electric Wheel & Recip-Screw Blow Molders
Wilmington Machinery offers machines for small bottles, large handleware, and industrial parts.

Really Big Machines Dominate Milacron Booth
The largest machine at this NPE—or any NPE to date—is Milacron’s new 2250-ton Cincinnati machine. Not to mention the massive platen of a 6600-tonner now under construction, also on view.

LSR Headlamp Lens Uses Auto Cavity Balancing
Engel molds complex LSR automotive headlamp lenses with the help of a new valve-gate cold-runner system.

Additives: Scratch/Mar Resistance for PMMA
New Solid-FS from TenasiTech offers superior gloss in PMMA.

New Electric & Hybrid Injection Machines, and a ‘Sneak Peek’ at More to Come
Absolute Haitian unveils new Jenius Series, plus enhanced versions of the Mars, Venus and Zeres lines. 

Injection Molding: At NPE, U.S. Debut of Arburg’s Largest Machine Yet in a Brand-New Design
Besides a brand-new machine design, Arburg will present cells molding automotive composites, medical, LSR, and packaging applications, as well as Industry 4.0 multiprocess integration and Freeformer 3D printing.

Injection Molding: LSR Auto Cavity Balancing, New Decorating Process & High-Speed Cap Molding at Engel’s NPE Exhibit
Engel’s 9 machine cells at NPE2018 cover medical, packaging, automotive, telectronics, and technical injection molding.

Wittmann Battenfeld Shows Two New Machines in Work Cells for Medical, Packaging, and Automotive
The U.S. market is getting its first look at Wittmann Battenfeld’s high-speed, all-electric EcoPower Xpress for packaging, and its MicroPower two-shot micromolder.

Accumulator-Head Blow Molder for 2D or 3D Molding
Accumulator-head machine is suited to both standard and suction blow molding, and is equipped for Industry 4.0.