ENGEL at Chinaplas 2012 in Shanghai

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1 ENGEL at Chinaplas 2012 in Shanghai Schwertberg/Austria February 'Meet the experts' is the word from 18th to 21st April at the ENGEL trade fair booth at Chinaplas 2012 in the Shanghai New International Expo Centre. Five leading edge topics will be presented in Expert Corners. On top of this, three production cells demonstrate how application and industry-specific state-of-the-art technologies can improve productivity, efficiency and sustainability in injection moulding operations. Chinaplas 2012 sees ENGEL present a new exhibition concept in Hall E2, Booth D 01. Five leading edge topics will be presented with videos and sample parts. "Additionally, we have experts from ENGEL China and from the business units at ENGEL's headquarters in Austria on site to talk to trade fair visitors about today's and future challenges", says Gero Willmeroth, ENGEL's President Sales and Service in Shanghai. The focus will be on the trend topics lightweight construction, automation, LSR processing, process monitoring and glazing. ENGEL implemented the Expert Corner Glazing in cooperation with Bayer MaterialScience. Three production cells at the ENGEL trade fair booth add a hands-on touch. They cover a wide range of the today's major growth drivers in China, from automobile manufacturing, through the teletronics industry, to medical technology. With energy saving option and electronic cooling water control ENGEL will be producing automotive components on an ENGEL duo 5550/700 pico injection moulding machine from the machine manufacturer's production facility in Shanghai during the four days of the fair. The production cell is automated with an ENGEL viper 40 linear robot. ENGEL recently extended its viper robot range. Now, six sizes with nominal load bearing capacities of between 6 and 90 kg are available. 1

2 Following the trend for sustainable, energy-saving production solutions, the duo large-scale machine is equipped with the ENGEL ecodrive energy saving servohydraulics, and ENGEL flomo cooling water distribution system. The ENGEL flomo flow monitoring system is one of the smallest manually adjustable cooling water distribution systems with electronic monitoring on the market, and a particularly economic alternative to the popular, maintenance-intensive cooling water arrays with sight glasses. This is ENGEL flomo's first appearance at a trade fair in Asia. For the teletronics industry, ENGEL will be exhibiting a tie-bar-less ENGEL victory 330/120 machine with a viper 12 robot that will be producing covers for mobile phones on a mould by Nolato, Beijing/China. "The ENGEL victory machines give plastics processors excellent support when it comes to saving investment costs and energy", Willmeroth emphasises. "Because there are no tie-bars in the way, you can use the mould mounting platens right up to the limit. In many cases, you can deploy a far smaller machine than a mould of this size would traditionally need. A smaller machine uses less energy and is cheaper to buy." This benefit is mainly felt in multiple-component applications which typically need large moulds, but only comparatively low clamping forces due to the fairly small projected parts surfaces. ENGEL will be demonstrating how precisely fully-electric injection moulding machines work with a medical technology application. An ENGEL e-max 310/100 will be producing protective caps for hypodermic syringes. The 48x mould for this application was supplied by ENGEL system partner Kebo, from Neuhausen/Switzerland. Twice the capacity: ENGEL inaugurates new building in Shanghai To be better prepared to meet increasing demand in Asia, ENGEL has doubled the capacity of its large-scale machine production facility in Shanghai. In future, more than 200 ENGEL duo machines per year will leave the works. The building work at the ENGEL Shanghai site at Xinzhuang Industrial Park will be complete by Chinaplas. On the third day of the fair, 2

3 ENGEL will inaugurate the substantially extended production shop together with customers and partners. "We have steadily expanded our market share in China and we intend to continue this trend.", says Willmeroth. In line with this, the number of staff at ENGEL in China grew substantially last year. In Asia, ENGEL consistently promotes a piggyback strategy. Modular injection moulding machines, which fulfill essential regional requirements, are produced locally, while custom designs with sectoral engineering needs come from Austria. "Decentralised production guarantees short delivery times to our customers in Asia, and thus a short time-to-market and the ability to adapt our machines, automation and technologies to the individual, local requirements", says Gero Willmeroth. In Asia, ENGEL is producing at two facilities; largescale machines in Shanghai, small to mid-sized machines in South Korea. ENGEL at Chinaplas 2012 in Shanghai: Hall E2, Booth D 01 3

4 Ecodrive and flomo inside: With its system solutions and technologies, ENGEL supports the trend towards improved sustainability in injection moulding operations. During Chinaplas, ENGEL will be producing automotive components on an ENGEL duo 700 pico large-scale machine. ENGEL flomo, the extremely compact cooling water distribution system with electronic monitoring will be on view for the first time at a fair in Asia. 4

5 ENGEL viper linear robots are characterised by impressive dynamics and stability. Two viper robots will be in action at ENGEL's trade fair booth in Shanghai. The ENGEL victory s tie-bar-less design ensures maximum freedom in the closing area. This facilitates mould changes and automation, while at the same time saving investment and operating costs. 5

6 Thanks to tie-bar-less technology, the mould mounting platens on ENGEL victory machines can be used up to their edges and beyond. The figure shows the production of bicycle grips in multiplecomponent technology by a Dutch manufacturer. Fully electric machines for best-of-class precision: ENGEL e-max machines are also available in a clean room design for use in medical technology. 6

7 Twice the capacity: in future, ENGEL will be producing over 200 injection moulding machines per year at its factory in Shanghai. Pictures: ENGEL ENGEL AUSTRIA GmbH ENGEL is one of the global leaders in the manufacture of plastics processing machines. Today, the ENGEL Group offers a full range of technology modules for plastics processing as a single source supplier: Injection moulding machines for thermoplastics and elastomers, and automation, with the assurance that individual components are also competitive and successful in the world markets. With eight production plants in Europe, North America and Asia (China, Korea) as well as subsidiaries and representatives in over 85 countries, ENGEL offers its customers the optimal global support they need to compete and succeed with new technologies and leading-edge production systems. Contact address for queries: Gerd Liebig, Group Marketing Director, ENGEL AUSTRIA GmbH, Ludwig-Engel-Strasse 1, A-4311 Schwertberg/Austria, Tel.: +43 (0)50 / , Fax: gerd.liebig@engel.at Susanne Zinckgraf, Manager Public Relations, ENGEL AUSTRIA GmbH, Ludwig-Engel-Strasse 1, A-4311 Schwertberg/Austria, PR Office: Theodor-Heuss-Str. 85, D Neustadt/Germany, Tel.: +49 (0) susanne.zinckgraf@engel.at 7