Netstal organizes days of open at its Barcelona headquarters

Past 30 November and 1 December Netstal organized for the first time a few open days at its facilities in Mollet del Vallès (Barcelona) where over sixty attendees could see a fuel transfer Elion's high performance producing tapas in a cast of six cavities. The Swiss company counted with the cooperation of the firm Wittmann Robot System that equipped the fuel transfer with a robot for high speed and a feeder and the company Molmasa, Industrial moulds and Matrices, S.A. took part in the Conference with one of their molds for PET preform.

Netstal showed a fuel transfer fully electric Elion1200 with a CNC robot and feeder of Wittmann.

Netstal is synonymous with high quality. The high performance of its "swiss made" injectors are well known in diverse sectors such as optical discs, the PET or medicine. Precisely, in this last segment is easy to find Netstal machinery working in the manufacture of medical devices, since they can work in cleanroom and injected pieces that will be allocated to a sector as sensitive and demanding as it is the health and pharmaceutical. But not only does work in those markets. The company manufactures a complete range of machinery: standard injectors, SynErgy and Elion, systems of preform PET, Pet-Line and optical disc systems e-jet and Discjet.

The open days were carried out at a time when the direction of the Spanish subsidiary has changed. Sebastian Schaper assumes the direction of Netstal since last April, Jordi Lopez serves as director of sales since May and Luis Pia is the new technical director since October 2006.

The 1200 Elion, a model which is totally electric injectors of high-performance line could be seen during the course of the Conference. For the time being, covering forces closure of between 50 and 175 tons. Synthesizes classic features of the injectors of the Swiss company: speed, accuracy, reliability and ease of management, and sophisticated and innovative solutions which provide unprecedented on the market.

Elion series is used for the manufacture of technical pieces of thin-walled packaging and telecommunications sector, where a saving in weight of the piece and the consumption of material is requiredfor medical applications and in clean room or precision of zero-tolerance parts, as in the electronics and automotive sectors.

It integrates a unique closing unit. The closure of the mold has a closed-circuit lubrication and is based on a system of knee of 5 points. The mobile plate rests on high-precision linear guides that ensure high repeatability. The block of closing of the mold has an extremely compact design and is available for two different mold thickness ranges.

More sixty attendees were able to meet the accuracy of the Swiss company.

Wittmann, 30 years of experience

One of the companies that participated in the open days was Wittmann, company which held its 30th anniversary in 2006. This manufacturer of robots and peripheral equipment for the plastics industry unveiled its high speed UHS W.721 robot. "Now it's the fastest robot we can find on the market", commented Antonio a. Torné, commercial director of the company. The manufacturer of robots of Austrian origin has made a strong commitment by new technologies. Newly opened its new Office in the area of the Levant, the Barcelona town of La Pobla de Claramunt facilities were also in the process of enlargement. "We are expanding the Department's projects to support the market, which currently requires new technologies and services". The new facilities will also enable a greater number of units, expand the size of the products and give a greater service to their customers.

One of the emerging technologies referred to in the commercial director of the company and intended to enhance is precisely the labelling within the mold, IML. "It's a technology that is being incorporated very quickly in the market for the decoration of all kinds of moulds for different sectors: packaging, Brown line, to the automóvil…". To such an extent is interesting for Wittmann labelling technique in mold not only develops high-speed technology that has recently acquired an important French moldista, the development of their projects of IML, where the mold is a fundamental part of the implementation of this technological movement. "In the near future we will see how this technology will be developed greatly and we want to be prepared, drawing on our synergies," adds a. Torné.

In this context, in which the market of automation and the peripheral equipment experience dynamic development by its ability to reduce costs, we asked the representative of the company waiting for the client when it comes to a robot: "reliability and something that lately especially, the service is valued." "We advise our clients and also to offer a full range of peripherals, such as temperature, dryers and granulators, among others, drivers provide solutions tailored to each customer."

The injection Group offers a high flexibility which allows to get the drive characteristics adapted to the application and the user with a parallel operation of the axes. This patented gear system unifies the transmission of the roles of innovation and plasticizing and guarantees a long life even in extreme conditions of use. The Elion joined the unity of command of easy to use and the prestigious developed by Netstal DSP control system. Control unit has a system anti-vibration and is integrated in the bodywork of the machine. It is ergonomic and its structure is clear and concise.

Also, the Elion has an attractive and perfect design for industrial application. Its compact forms make it a high-performance fuel transfer that take up minimal space. Its small size facilitates its handling and increase the profitability of production.

The closure of the mold has a large number of innovative features and is based on a system of knee of 5 points. The movement of the knee is made using a servo motor with reducer, which can achieve speeds exceeding 1.5 m/s. This allows fast and highly dynamic movements of process with minimum cycle in vacuum times.

The patented injection shaft is powered by a servo motor. The transmission is carried out through a rack of double teeth and is integrated in the same casing as the dosage drive.

The range is made up models 500, 800, 1200 to 1750.

Synthesizes classic features of the injectors of the Swiss company: speed, accuracy, reliability and ease of use.

Another line Netstal SynErgy series, consisting of injectors with closure that forces ranging from 60 to 800 tons. This line is consolidated thanks to its high performance, easy management and be suitable for parts and especially complex processes. The benefits of this series are the result of the sum of many details, but three of them stand out in particular: the closure group, the Group of injection and the control unit.

Earplugs mold.

Hand of Molmasa, attendees at the open days were able to meet one of the specialties of this company with headquarters in Montcada and Reixac (Barcelona): the moulds for concrete applications: casts of Stoppers and closures. Also manufactured moulds bimateria, blowing injection moulds, of preform, as well as moulds for small and medium-sized pieces.