Minimizing the time with the new Allrounder Hidrive

The event began with a series of specialized presentations. Jörg Bruder, technical adviser of the Spanish subsidiary of Arburg, costs in the moulding by injection for the sector of packaging spoke about efficiency and discussed several factors that play a large role in terms of energy efficiency. This includes not only the technology of the machine, but also the energy strategy that follows the company, production management, product design, design of the machine and its parameters, as well as the temperature control.

Then Bruder introduced the line of products and their advantages: due to its modularity, the Allrounder injection machine can be adapted to requirements very precise, such as speed, productivity and energy efficiency in the packaging industry. In addition, Multilift robots and other automation solutions extend the offer of Arburg.

For his part, Martin Cayre, Arburg subsidiary Manager, replied to specific questions of the packaging industry issues such as the injection of parts of thin wall or screw caps and labelling within the mold (IML) technique.

In addition to the electric Alldrive Allrounders, was also presented the new series Allrounder Hidrive, which offers a powerful combination of hydraulic and electrical technology. Thus, Arburg has expanded its line of high performance machines with high energy efficiency drives technology to processing thermoplastics in a reduced cycle time.

The presentation of Bruder was supplemented by a demonstration of the mould for Cork with thread developed by Hasco in collaboration with Arburg.  In the design and construction of eight cavities cast the cycle time reduction and the reduction of the costs were the key factors. The mold of Hasco was installed on an Allrounder 470 A with a pressure closure of 1,000 kN and a unit of injection of 400, which produced eight caps in a cycle of 4.5 seconds.

The second exhibition was an Allrounder 570 H, Spanish debut of the new Allrounder Hidrive series. This machine, with a pressure of closure of 2,000 kN and a 800 injection unit, was equipped with a cast of two cavities of Hofstetter. Produced tubs of margarine of thin wall with a weight of 31 grams in a cycle of 3.4 seconds. Matthias Pasurekt, Hofstetter, answered questions from the audience on the mould technology used in this application. Greenbox provided mechanisms for cooling these two demonstrations.