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El packaging lo envuelve todoEngel brings together the packaging industry at its headquarters
Packaging wraps it all
For three days, the manufacturing plant of Engel, represented in Spain by Helmut Roegele, in St. Valentin attended the container and packaging industry. The ratio of "packaging" of the Austrian company invited customers, partners and shareholders to know the latest trends and developments from 17 to 19 April. More than 350 visitors from 24 countries had the opportunity to learn first-hand knowledge of the company in this area and exchange experience in the "packaging days" event.
Cups, lids, preforms for PET bottles and containers of all sizes implement portfolio of typical products in the packaging industry. The "Packaging Days" of Engel provided guests an excellent opportunity to learn about the wide range of products and technologies in first person. Also, partners and collaborators of Engel of this industry could display their business and demonstrate its experience in operating machines. The event was supplemented by lectures which offered experts. For example, Fabio Crestani, Builder of molds of the Swiss firm Hofstetter and Helmut Gries of GWK talked about the "fascination for injection", thin thin-walled while framework Versini, Beck Automation, spoke about the integrated solutions of automation to the injectors.
Exhibition machines
Engel demonstrated the manufacture of stackable boxes using a mold of Haidlmair GmbH in a compact machine, on a large scale, of two plates, with a mold cavity in a cycle time of approximately 35 seconds, the Engel Duo 4550/700.
The Engel E-Motion with full electric drive technology, worked with a mould 4 cavities in a cycle time of 3.57 seconds. (E-Motion 740/180T).
The Engel macPET (320/130/96) with a special unit for optimum cooling of her preform is equipped with a 96 mold cavities of MHT to produce preforms of 18 g in a cycle time of 8.5 seconds.
Another attraction of the day was the IML system fastest in the market, said in the presentation, which was shown in a 180/55 Speed with a cycle time of 3.3 S with IML, equipped with a closing of knee to reduce dry cyclesa highly dynamic sequence and a control system of cooling water closed-loop to optimize the control of the temperature of the mold. He also stressed the new Engel Speed 380/70 with a unit of injection of high-performance, which included a complete system of production for the manufacture of 90,000 light plugs per hour by KTW, which included a machine vision system for the quality control of each of the pieces.
More than 350 attendees from 24 countries attended the event of Engel. Many visitors had the opportunity to exchange experiences and create potential business networks throughout the evening.
The manufacturing plant in St. Valentin before the crowd arrived.
Medical Days
Continuing with its strategy of demonstrations in situ, Engel organized June 28 hours "Medical days 2007" with the goal of presenting the latest technology for the production of components for the medical sector.
In cooperation with the leaders of the market of the medical sector, Engel will present on the day:
• Engel Victory: machine which meets maximum requirements for the production in cleanrooms.
• Engel Victory 80/50 Electric: precision for innovative applications.
• Engel Speed 180/45: the fastest machine for increased production.
• Engel E-Motion: high performance for medical parts.
• Engel E-Motion 310/100 Lim: totally electric for the production of LSR parts.
More than 350 visitors from 24 countries met the latest trends and technologies on the packaging industry.
The program included numerous conferences on the packaging.
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