The 730-ton hybrid Allrounder 1120 H gets its American debut at NPE. Photo by Arburg Gmbh & Co. KG
Arburg GmbH & Co. KG is extending its clamping force range in the US market to 730 tonnes with the hybrid Allrounder 1120 H injection moulding machine.
Its largest-size machine is being introduced in the United States for the first time outside Germany at NPE May 7-11. The Lossburg, Germany, injection moulding machinery maker will have the 730-tonne press on display at Booth W1325.
Friedrich Kanz, president and CEO of the company’s US subsidiary Arburg Inc. in Rocky Hill, Connecticut, said the expanded size range of its Allrounder machine is “another critical step to our success and growth in the US.”
“US moulders have been asking Arburg over and over to continue producing larger machines and, of course, we keep listening,” Kanz said in a news release.
The Allrounder 1120 H can be equipped with Arburg’s Gestica control system, which features easy-to-use operating gestures similar to touch screens on a smartphone or tablet.
For example, acceleration or deceleration can be controlled with the swipe of a finger along a bar near the edge of the screen, the company said.
At NPE, the press will be molding a folding step stool in a fully automated process. The step stool consists of eight parts made from polypropylene.
The parts are produced each cycle in a single shot on a family mold. With assistance from a six-axis robotic system, the 2.4-pound step stool can be made in a cycle time of 60 seconds.
