As our European OEM manufacturing industry moves to outsource
the majority of its operations, critical decisions on choosing
partner machine manufacturers and technology often becomes
a secondary issue for them.
At HBC however, this movement to outsource makes every decision
we make to source the right machines more critical as the
machine is chosen to complement the projects we partner on,
as if we were the OEM themselves.
Recent demands for technical mouldings have led us to work
closely with machine manufacturers who can offer new technologies.
In working with one of our customers we went through a very
prolonged machine selection process to find a technical solution
for a complicated product that included over moulding of a
brass insert, and three screw threads formed by side action
rotating cores. After much debate the tiebarless technology
of Engel won our vote as well as the vote of the customer.
Tiebarless technology, as the name suggests, redefines tiebar
technology. On the Engel Victory model machine there is a
choice of a standard platen, one that is vertically enlarged
and another that is both vertically and horizontally enlarged.
The two C frames give a cross sectional area 10x larger than
comparable tiebar machines. You will see from the pictures
that the tool in this case almost touches the edges of the
housing. Engel Flexlink technology, the link between the moving
platen and the ram of the hydraulic clamping unit, compensates
frame distortion and ensures optimum parallelism of the stationary
and moving platens when clamping pressure is applied. Reliability
and low maintenance are key feature benefits of this machine.
There are other upsides. Firstly the machine is physically
30% smaller than a comparable tie bar machine of 350 tonnes
and as a result the press itself requires less space, height
and power to run. To achieve the same output from a tiebar
machine, the Engel also makes for sound economical choice
as the machine uses technology rather than size to pay for
itself. The tool size in this case is 750x750cm with a weight
approaching 2 tonnes.
Engels Tiebarless
technology won this contest, however HBC has a real
mix of technology led moulding machines to compliment our
operation spanning a global market, manufacturing millions
of varied plastic and metal components for over a dozen well
known OEM manufacturers in Europe. Demag, Neggrobossi and
Billion along with Engel make up the bulk of our plant and
we have excellent relations with these machine manufacturers
and each new machine selection is made on the merits of each
contract order we partner.
For more information on how HBC can benefit your OEM Manufacturing
project , please contact Gordon
Nicholson or our sales office online. click
here.
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