monitoring

Molding Simulation Added to Injection Machine Controls

Arburg and Wittmann Battenfeld are integrating filling simulation to aid in machine setup.

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Controls: Modular Package for Extrusion

System billed as modular and scalable for all types of extrusion control.

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New Industry 4.0 Interfaces Published for Review—More Coming Soon

First drafts of Euromap 82 sub-sections for temperature-control devices, hot runners, and LSR dosing systems.

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NPE

NPE2018 Tooling: Molds Join the Industry 4.0 Conversation

At NPE2018, multiple companies displayed mold monitors that would allow the tool in an injection molding cell to “talk” to other equipment and remote computers.

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Something for Everyone at Wittmann Battenfeld’s 10th Anniversary Celebration

New injection machines, robots and auxiliaries; plus additional steps toward Industry 4.0 were on display at Wittmann Battenfeld event. 

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Technology Showcase at Wittmann Battenfeld’s 10th Anniversary Event

New injection machines, robots, auxiliaries, and software highlighted the two-day gala, along with some peeks at the future of “smart factories.”

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Extrusion

Controls: Modular Control Package For Extrusion

Said to offer precision control and complete open PLC functionality in a scalable modular form.

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Extrusion

Extrusion: Continuous Monitoring For Real-Time Predictive Maintenance

Offers early notification of potential extruder components failures.

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NPE

Injection Molding: Customizeable Process-Monitoring System

Kistler’s new ComoNeo injection molding monitoring and control system offers users a choice of several optional functions.

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‘Smart Data’: The Rise of the ‘Dashboards’

For North American plastics processors, NPE2018 offered the broadest exposure yet to the bundle of trends and technologies known as Industry 4.0 or the Industrial Internet of Things (IIOT).

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Blending & Dosing
Process Cooling