1. T-mould
A 2 + 2-cavity food container and lid T-mould makes the parts in a CAP32 DP machine with a T-mould program. A robot arm was designed to take them out and place them on a conveyor. |
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| A side cores |
B side cores |
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| 2. T-mould
A cutlery T-mould of 16 soup spoons and 24 knives makes the parts in a CAP48 DP machine with a T-mould program. |
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| A side knife cores |
B side spoon cavities |
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3. T-mould
A 4 + 4-cavity case and cover T-mould makes the parts in a CAP32 DP machine with a T-mould program. |
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4. Stack mould
A cutlery stack mould of 16 soup spoons and 24 knives makes the parts in an Acc200 machine. |
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| Mr. Ling and the stack mould he built |
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5. Gefit mould on CAP32 TP
A 32-cavity cap mould provided by Italian mould maker Gefit S.P.A. was tested on CAP32 TP. The cap weighs 1.6 g and has a pilfer-proof ring. Cycle time of 4.4 s has been reached. The two pumps provide dual-pump injection, dual-pump plasticizing and ejection during mould opening, all to reduce cycle time. The hydraulics is semi-closed loop |
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| Gefit 32-cavity cap mould |
Gefit cap mould on CAP32 TP |
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| Caps come flying out |
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6. Xijie mould on CAP48 DP
A 48-cavity cap mould provided by Huang Yan mould maker Xijie was tested on CAP48 DP. Cycle time of slightly over 7 s was reached at exhibition conditions. A better cycle time could be reached in production conditions due to improved mould cooling. The cap has no pilfer-proof ring but cycle time would not have been affected by including it. Without pilfer-proof ring, the mould does not have sliders and is less wide but most importantly the mould has fewer moving parts and is more reliable. |
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Caps come flying out |
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7. Energy saving on TME110
Servomotor saves even more energy than variable displacement pump. This is especially prominent in thick-wall moulding. The customer makes tooth brushes. Tooth brush handles are thick walled. The servomotor is 11 kW. |
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| The servomotor is in black |
The controller is in gray |
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| The braking resistor bank |
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8. Energy saving on TME150
Servomotor saves even more energy than variable displacement pump. This is especially prominent in thick-wall moulding. The servomotor is 15 kW. |
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| The servomotor is in silver |
The controller is in white |
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9. Thin-wall moulding
A Nypro 2 + 2-cavity stack mould of a small thin-wall container was tested on Acc200. A cycle time of 3.6 s was reached when the option of plasticizing during mould opening was added. |
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10. PP performs
A 32-cavity PP perform mould was used on a PET2100 machine. Two sets are producing preforms to make intravenous injection bottles in Shang Dong. |
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11. 5-gallon (18.9 litres) bottle performs
5-gallon performs have from 8 to 10 mm wall thickness. To improve the cooling time, highly conductive beryllium copper (BeCu) cores are used. A 2-cavity perform mould could fit on the PET2100-770. Production rate is more than 60 per hour. |
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| The cores are made of BeCu |
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