By Bill Bregar SENIOR STAFF REPORTER Published: September 10, 2014 1:36 pm ET Updated: September 10, 2014 1:40 pm ET
Image By: Arburg GmbH Arburg's liquid silicone molding process.
Arburg GmbH + Co. KG will show specialty injection molding machines at the Taipei Plas 2014 show in Taiwan Sep. 26-30, for liquid silicone rubber and powder injection molding.
A hydraulic Allrounder 370 S with 70 metric tons of clamping force will run a mold with four bottle openers, at a 50-second cycle time on an open cold runner mold. An integrated dosing unit from Reinhardt-Technik will demold the LSR parts using compressed air.
Arburg will demonstrate powder injection molding by producing a metal key chain—made of two interlinked metal parts-on a 50-tonne hydraulic Allrounder 320 C Golden Edition press. Cycle time: 45 seconds. |