Extending its 20+ year partnership with KUKA, plastic injection molding machines and system supplier Engel has now become a KUKA Robotics System Partner. In this new relationship, Engel will not only ...

ICON Injection Molding has enhanced efficiency, streamlined operations and is achieving sustainable growth since implementing Formic’s Robotics-as-a-Service (RaaS) solution. Founded in 2001, ...

Processors operating injection molding machines with clamping force as much as 1000 tons can now enjoy high-performance capabilities at a price below most other three-axis servodriven beam robots with ...

Injection molding is a critical manufacturing process, and has been so for a long time. It still has room to improve in several areas however, and “smart” injection molding equipment is gaining ...

Global competition and market expectations put ever-increasing pressures on automotive manufacturers to enhance their quality assurance (QA) procedures. This is leading manufacturers away from manual ...

Anybrid GmbH (Dresden, Germany) is a spin-off from the Institute for Lightweight Engineering and Polymer Technology (ILK) at TU Dresden. ILK works with industry to develop new lightweight technologies ...

How do custom molders in the plastics industry differentiate themselves from a commodity imported from China? That was only one of the questions answered for customers at Milacron Inc.'s Big Machine ...

From 1990 to 2011, the global market for injection machines nearly tripled, exploding from 33,700 
to 94,320 machines annually, with China leading the way, growing from
a 4000-machine/yr country ...

Sales of injection molding machines built by Sumitomo (SHI) Demag Plastics Machinery GmbH are forecast to surpass pre-pandemic levels and could reach an all-time high in 2021 as demand continues to ...