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MACHINERY [ Injection Moulding ]

Tab. 1- eKW 48HP-2200 WP Hybrid – The system on display is owned by SAF Bianco Srl of Schio( VI), which has loaned it for the exhibition
The eKW48HP / 2200WP Hybrid press that BMB will be exhibiting at the trade fair
Mould clamping force
4800 kN
Product
Oval food container
Mould opening force
480 kN
Product weight
6,4 g
Mould opening stroke
850 mm
Cavity number
8
Platens dimensions H x V
1290 x 1190 mm
Cycle time
3,8 s
Tie-bars distance HxV
900 x 800 mm
Material
Borouge
Screw diameter
65 mm
Mould
Otto Hofstetter AG
L / D rate
25
Mould Hot runner system
Husky
Injection volume
1128 cm3
Robot
Campetella Robotic Center
Injection rate
4300 cm3 / s
Ancillaries
Piovan
Injection specific pressure
1988 kg / cm2
Chiller
Industrial Frigo
IML labels
MCC Verstraete
The press control panel
A 6.4-gram food container produced using an 8-cavity mould with a cycle time of 3.8 seconds
duction and facilitate more efficient recycling. With increasingly stringent European regulations expected for food packaging, greater emphasis will be placed on the use of recycled materials. For this reason, BMB has already developed highly wear-resistant screws, barrels and nozzle tips capable of processing recycled polymers. Future legislation is expected to classify recycled materials according to different quality grades and require mechanical separation of labels from packaging, rewarding processors that maximise material efficiency while ensuring high recyclability. BMB has been actively working in all these areas and positions itself as the ideal technology partner to help customers comply with future
regulations while maintaining both production efficiency and profitability.
THE EKW48HP / 2200WP HYBRID PRESS The eKW48HP / 2200WP Hybrid is BMB‘ s flagship machine for thin-wall packaging applications. Thanks to its lightweight injection piston design, it achieves an injection speed of up to 1,500 mm / s, allowing maximum acceleration within an extremely short time and ensuring highly accurate positioning at the end of the injection stroke. Acceleration and deceleration profiles are exceptionally high and precisely controlled by the CNC system. The moving platen runs on oversized linear guides mounted in an elevated position on the
machine base, allowing the guides to be positioned closer to the platen centreline. The reduced distance between the machine axis and the self-lubricating recirculating ball guides virtually eliminates vibration while ensuring outstanding platen parallelism. As with every BMB machine, the patented central-force clamping system provides an additional guarantee of perfect platen parallelism while virtually eliminating bending effects, even when processing very heavy moulds or stack mould configurations. All mechanical components are manufactured in-house with particular attention dedicated to the HP series, featuring reinforced fixed and moving platens designed for maximum rigidity. The base frame of the eKW48HP / 2200WP Hy-
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