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Electric Injection Molding Machine Line Expands

Boy will debut three new models in its Electric series of machines, which feature a redesigned and more compact drive and inverter technology.

Updated Control, Cooling Water Distribution, Electromechanical Ejector and Injection

NPE2024: Boy’s U.S. subsidiary marks its 50th anniversary in Orlando with six machines and U.S. intros for the Procan ALPHA 6 control, and hybrid ejectors and injection units.

Arterex Acquires Micromold

The medical device contract manufacturing company with eight facilities globally has purchased the Riverside, California-based micromolder.

Fakuma 2023: Boy to Showcase DC-Powered Press

The German injection molding machine maker will display a BOY 35 E supplied by a DC network in support of direct, renewable energy powering of presses.

Fakuma 2023: Sprue Picking Without Cycle-Time Hit

Boy and igus collaborate on sprue picker that removes sprue outside of the platens, eliminating impact on cycle time.

New Machine Range Features Adjustable Clamp for Micromolding

The Boy XS E, successor to the XS series, features servodriven pump drives and different clamp configurations, as well as a special mold holder for optional micromolding operation.

Interactive Injection and Automation Display

Boy Machine will let users select a variety of trade fair giveaways to automatically fill a gift box molded at its stand.

Answering the Sustainability Challenge with Digitalization

Attendees in the molding halls of K can count on exhibits that address two main themes: digitalization and sustainability. Digitalization in the form of smarter pieces of equipment communicating with each other and with plant personnel; and sustainability in the form of greater energy efficiency and the ability to process recycled and renewable resins.

Updated Machine Control Launches at K 2022

Boy will introduce the Alpha 6 control for its injection molding machines in Düsseldorf as a preplacement for the Procan Alpha 4.

LSR Machine and Injection Unit Designed for Low-Shot Volumes

BOY will present its XS machine running an LSR application created in collaboration with the University of Kassel at DKT 2022 (June 27-30; Nuremberg, Germany).

Fakuma: Boy Promotes Upgrades and New Additions

Boy Machines had an ejector upgrade, easier network connectivity, Molding Assist software and cooling flow recording on display at the show in Friedrichshafen.

Fakuma: Boy Brings Eight Machines to Friedrichshafen

Neustadt-Fernthal, Germany based Boy will have four machines at its Fakuma stand this October, with an additional four presses running at partner booths.

Clean-Room Ready Molding Machine

Boy says all the functions required for automated cleanroom production—including laminar air flow and part packaging—can be placed within the machine’s footprint.

Remote Service Added to Machine Line

Boy says its Smart Remote Service establishes a connection between its service personnel and its molding machines via “an integrated gateway.”

Injection Molding: Vertical Insert Molding Line Increases Tonnage

Boy’s largest largest vertical injection molding machine line will now range up to 60 tons of clamping force instead of 55.

Recycled Resin Gains Molder a Green Niche

Injection molder AGS Technology uses compounding know-how to turn old scrap into new auto parts that satisfy performance and sustainability goals.

New Machine Model Available With Online Ordering for the First Time

A new special model of injection molding machines from Germany’s Dr. Boy GmbH & Co. KG will be available for online ordering in Germany and Austria for the first time ever.

Bigger, Faster, Lower-Cost Robots at K 2019

Three, four, five and six axes; high speed and high payload capacities; low-cost models; and collaborative robots made news at K. There were also QMC systems and AGVs.

Injection Molding: Small Presses Boost Plasticizing Volume 50 Percent

Boy Machines has extended the screw stroke and injection force on its XS and XXS machines to increase maximum stroke volume.

Injection Molding: Faster, Smarter, More Efficient Machines Tackle Sustainable Molding at K 2019

Blazing speed plus shrinking energy consumption supported the “green” theme at the big show. Smarter controls and growing connectivity were another key focus.

Injection Molding: New Hybrid Option For Small Machines

Boy Machines, for the first time, is offering a hybrid option on its injection molding machines.

Injection Molding: Optimized Hydraulic Oil Promises Energy Savings

New option for Boy injection machines saves up to 10% or more in energy consumption.

K 2019 Preview: Injection Molding Goes for the ‘Green’

‘Circular Economy’ joins Industry 4.0 as common themes of injection molding exhibits in Düsseldorf.

New, Largest Boy Machine Arrives in U.S.

Open house displays first model of Boy 125 E to hit our shores.

Injection Molding: New App Gives Machine Operating Data Anywhere, Anytime

New Boy Status App gives 24/7 remote access to machine status and production data.

Bigger ‘Boy’ Debuts At Fakuma

Boy extended the size range of its injection line to 125 metric tons (137.5 U.S. tons), up from a maximum of 100 m.t. (110 U.S.) previously.

NPE2018 New Technology Focus: LSR in the Spotlight

LSR remains a popular topic, visible at numerous molding demos at the show.

Small Machines with Big Technology Portfolio

Boy Machines is demonstrating more technology “bang for the buck.”

NPE2018 New Technology Focus: Micromolding is Big

Micromolding is a growing force in medical, electronics and micromechanical parts.

NPE2018 New Technology Focus: Healthy Interest in Medical

Medical molding is a big presence at NPE.

NPE2018 New Technology Focus: The ‘4.0’ Revolution

Injection and blow molding and robot suppliers are making Industry 4.0 the most prevalent theme of the show.

NPE2018 New Technology Focus: Multicomponent Injection and Blow Molding Demos

Multicolor and multimaterial molding includes composites, LSR, and even barrier preforms and bottles at this show.

Boy Machines Shows Its Full Range in Orlando

From a micromolder to a 110-ton LSR press, Boy will have six machines on display.

News in Hot Runners & Tooling At Fakuma 2017 Show

Highlights included some unusual solutions to common problems, slim nozzles for close spacing, and controls with lots of zones, as well as a handful of new cost- and space-saving standard mold components

Boy Machines Opens New Demo & Training Facility

New, 600-ft2 demo and training facility opens with at least four machines available for customer trials.

Oil Additive Helps Hydraulic Presses Save Energy

Hydraulic oil additive maintains more uniform viscosity over a range of oil temperatures.

K 2016: Connectivity & Collaboration in Robotics & Automation

Besides a handful of new robots and pickers, the big themes were modular ‘plug-and-play’ automation, Industry 4.0 connectivity, easier programming, and safer collaboration with human workers.

Blow Molding: New Machines Take on Challenging Shapes

From very small to very large, from hotel amenity bottles to automotive jounce bumpers, new and upgraded machines tackle difficult jobs while improving productivity, quality, and energy efficiency.

K 2016 Injection Molding: Rapid Pace of Development

Servo drives dominate. Other trends include multitouch screens, adding materials data to process controls, and Industry 4.0 connectivity.

Now That’s “Collaborative”!

Pick-and-place product handling … simple assembly tasks … sure, or why not serving a cold beer?

‘Collaborative’ Robots Demonstrated at K Show

Let a robot hand you a beer.

Let a Cobot Hand You a Beer

So-called “collaborative” robots (or “cobots”) are supposed to be safe and easy to get along with—no need to wall them off in their own guarded areas.

INJECTION MOLDING: New Robots & Automation Solutions Coming to K 2016 Show

Look for modular automation systems, new controls, and new robots and pickers.

K 2016 Preview: Injection Molding

Adapting injection molding to the concept of Industry 4.0 is gaining momentum. At this show you’ll see that the interconnected, integrated “factory of the future” is almost here.

K 2016 Preview: Blow Molding

Looking for speed and energy efficiency? Take your pick of new all-electric, hybrid, and servo-hydraulic machines.

Ten Intriguing Injection Molding Technologies of 2015

I know I’m leaving myself wide open on this one. I was asked, “What are the 10 most interesting injection molding technologies of 2015?” I should have pleaded eggnog hangover and politely declined.

3D Printing’s Growing Presence Seen at Fakuma Show

Additive manufacturing appeared in tooling inserts, robot grippers, and molded parts.

Highlights of Fakuma 2015

A selection of the hottest news and molding trends at this “little brother” to the K Show.

Where Was 3D Printing at the Fakuma Show?

All over, and in a variety of roles.

INJECTION MOLDING AT NPE: Presses, Robots & Cell Automation

Everything molders need to compete in markets from automotive to medical was on display in Orlando. Besides a huge number of new machine models, there was emphasis on cell integration and automation.

INJECTION MOLDING AT NPE: Molding Exhibits Show Off Cell Integration with Multiple Processes & Operations

If you’re interested in lightweight composites, IML, LSR, multi-shot, inmold assembly, barrier coinjection, micromolding, variotherm molding, foams, energy-saving presses, robots, hot runners, and tooling—they’re all here in force.

Key Themes from the Fakuma Show

Servo-hydraulics, servo sprue pickers, electronic water-flow monitoring/control, and exotic multi-process cells were the headliners in Friedrichshafen.

Integrated Multi-Process Cells Hum at Fakuma Show

Why not combine plastic injection with metal injection, or bead-foam molding, or laser printing?

Three Themes at Fakuma Show

Servo hydraulics are becoming standard; servo pickers proliferate; water flow monitoring and control are new focus.

News in Robots from K 2013

Injection molding Cartesian robots are being made lighter and faster, but with greater payload capacity and vibration resistance. Six-axis articulated robots are being made easier to program.

Injection Molding at K 2013: Doing More with Less

More productivity with less energy consumption and capital investment; more operations in the machine or manufacturing cell with less time, labor, energy, and capital—these were the common themes of injection molding exhibits at October’s K 2013 show.

K 2013 Preview: Injection Molding

Next month’s mammoth triennial plastics show in Düsseldorf, Germany, challenges injection molding machine builders to demonstrate technological leadership in addressing the needs of the marketplace.

NPE: New Machines Exhibit Sophisticated Molding Demos

More speed, more power, more precision, and more automated functions accomplished in and out of the mold. That’s exactly what injection machinery suppliers were offering at NPE2012.

Injection Molding: Speed, Automation & Integration

Hot buttons at the show will be multi-component molding, in-mold labeling/decorating (IML/IMD), in-mold assembly, medical molding, liquid silicone rubber (LSR), micro-molding, and high-speed packaging.

INJECTION MOLDING: Automation and Integration At K Show

There were new presses of all stripes aplenty at K 2010, but the “wow” factor was supplied by automated work cells and integrated manu-facturing systems performing multiple operations before, during, and after molding.

K 2010- Injection Molding New All-Electrics & Hybrids Balance Performance & Economy

The world’s largest plastics show, coming up next month in Dusseldorf, Germany, provides ample evidence of the growing sway of electric drive technology in injection molding.

Injection Molding at NPE 2003

Show goers will see an electric injection machine in nearly every press maker’s booth this year, and electric/hydraulic hybrids in several.

NPE 2009 Wrap-Up: New Machinery for Injection Molding

New injection machinery at the show ranged from all-electric units for high-speed packaging or bioplastic processing to hybrid presses ready for the cleanroom. Other units highlighted multi-component molding with LSR and thermoplastics or super-compact presses for small parts. Several new machines targeted specific applications such as caps and closures, PET preforms, LSR, or integrated long-glass compounding.

NPE News in Injection Molding

If a better machine can help your company beat challenging economic conditions, you’ll probably find it at NPE. And finding it will be easier, thanks to our editors’ efforts to sift out of some 2000 exhibits the most significant news in injection and blow molding, extrusion, compounding, and thermoforming.

K 2007 Injection Molding: Lots of New Machine Choices For Exotic to Everyday Molding

If you were looking for a new machine to mold micro- or mega-sized parts, multiple materials, long fibers, high-speed/high-cavitation packaging, exotic multi-material combinations with compounding on the machine, or just a cost-effective press for general-purpose use—K 2007 had it all.

Injection Molding LSR: Three 'M's of Innovation: Mega, Micro, and Multi

Liquid silicone rubber is breaking out of its niche into a broader array of applications, helped by new developments in materials, machinery, and processing. Larger parts, micro-parts, foams, and multi-color or multi-material combinations are key areas of innovation.

What's New at the Show in INJECTION MOLDING

At the big “K” Show next month, top billing goes to new all-electric machines aimed at every segment of the market, from general-purpose to high-end.

Electric, Hydraulic, or Hybrid? What's the Right Injection Press for You?

If you were buying an injection molding machine 20 years ago, you had to decide between a toggle or fully hydraulic clamp and that was pretty much it.

Melt-Oscillation Molding Enhances Part Properties

Research into a new melt-oscillation approach for injection molding has yielded a means of enhancing mechanical properties without use of fillers or additives.

NPE 2006 News Wrap-Up: Injection Molding

Advances in electric drive technology were evident in nearly every injection machine builder’s booth in Chicago.

What to See at NPE 2006: Injection Molding

Energy-saving all-electric machines will continue to be a big draw at NPE, where new designs or upgraded models will be found in virtually every press maker’s booth.

Family-Run Molder and Mold Maker Prospers for More Than 50 Years

How does a small, family-owned custom molder remain competitive for 53 years without multiple plants, offshore clients, a specialized market niche, or unique leading-edge technology?

Headlines for the Next 50 Years

Ever wonder what it would be like to get tomorrow’s newspaper today? After reviewing the most important technical developments of the past 50 years in our October issue, we asked industry experts to help us imagine the biggest headlines in plastics from now to 2055. What we got was a mixture of predictions of what will happen and a wish list of what should happen.

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