Milacron brings most complete offering for plastics industry in Asia

Milacron Holdings Corp. has two booths at CHINAPLAS this year and these booths reflect the company's strong foothold in the plastics industry. Booth E2 D21 features Milacron’s injection molding, blow and extrusion machinery and booth E4 H31 presents Milacron’s Mold-Masters and DME brands of hot runners, process control systems and mold components.

 

Milacron has a very proud history in China with many years of experience and long lasting customer relationships across the ever growing Chinese plastics market. Milacron has multiple locations in China and offices in Japan, Korea and Singapore. Milacron manufactures injection molding machines, extrusion machines, hot runners and mold components in China for the Chinese and other Asian markets. 

 

On display at the Milacron machinery booth are technologies from Milacron’s industry leading product brands including Milacron injection and extrusion molding machines and the Uniloy brands blow molding machines.

 

James Tien, General Manager Operations, Injection Molding Machines, Milacron China said that, “Milacron’s injection molding machines continue to gain traction in the competitive Chinese market. Our customers have provided positive feedback regarding machine performance and on time shipment, with many of the machines shipped this year already making good parts in production facilities across China. Milacron is dedicated to serving the Asian market and our unmatched lifecycle customer management is a value added asset that our competition simply cannot match.”

 

Milacron’s Ferromatik Series is a modular injection molding machine group available in servo or all-electric formats, allowing customers to customize a machine to their needs. With machines in 10 different sizes, the Ferromatik Series offers fast, quiet operations, short cycle times and exceptional energy savings. The high-capacity linear bearings and structural integrity of the machine bed ensure precision guidance of the moving platen, even with heavy molds. The swiveling injection unit allows for easy screw replacement, and Ferromatik Series is flexible enough that it can be upgraded and retrofitted easily as your needs change. At the show, the Ferromatik-Series160 is demonstrated molding a 4-cavity yogurt cup with in molding labeling at less than 3.6 second cycles. The work cell features a Mold-Masters TempMaster M1 12-zone for controller for precise control.

 

 

Also in the same booth is the new Milacron Elektron Evolution 275, the energy-efficient all-electric injection molding machine that uses the advanced Ferromatik-Series control system Mosaic. Designed for a full range of applications and in a wide variety of sizes, it offers customers outstanding value to help them achieve their plastics manufacturing goals. Milacron’s Elektron Evolution uses 60 percent less energy and 90 percent less water than hydraulic injection molding machines, reducing operating costs substantially. Setting the standard for movement repeatability, Elektron Evolution’s stroke precision of servo-driven axis is significantly greater than top hydraulic systems, making it the best injection molding machine for the reliable production of high-precision parts. With no oil disposal, leaks or slipping hazards, Elektron Evolution is perfect for clean room environments regardless of machine size needed. At CHINAPLAS, the Elektron Evolution (EO 275) is shown producing a blood tube at less than 12 seconds. The 48-cavity mold uses a TempMaster M1 process control system.

 

Milacron’s Uniloy Injection Blow Molding Series (IBS) includes a complete line of 3-station injection blow systems with clamp forces from 70 to 250 tons available in hydraulic, hybrid or all-electric configuration. Injection blow molding is the best processing choice for producing the highest quality, finished containers that consistently meet close tolerance specifications. At Chinaplas the Uniloy IBS 85HY is shown molding a HDPE 20 ml tablet bottle. The 12-cavity mold will run 11 second cycle times.

On display at the Milacron hot runner and mold component booth are technologies from Milacron’s industry leading brands, Mold-Masters and DME. 

 

According to An Heid, Mold-Masters President, Americas and Asia, the Mold-Masters brand has a rich history and unmatched reputation for speed and innovation globally, but particularly in China. "We can offer our customers rapid solutions, with 5-day hot runner system turnaround, enabling our customers to produce their products even faster. We have become an extension to our customers’ production line and are proud to have worked on many groundbreaking designs with our customers. As a proud member of the Milacron family, Mold-Masters has the ability to offer much more to our customers. We can continue to offer stand alone hot runner and process control systems or customers can choose to package the industries best solutions from Milacron, including machines, mold components, auxiliaries and ground breaking technologies like co-injection.”

 

The Summit-Series is Mold-Masters’ new, premium hot runner line. The new hot runner nozzle has four times less thermal variation from set point, compared to the typical thermal variation seen in a nozzle with a heater band. The Summit-Series hot runner is built completely from stainless steel, which makes it ideal for molding shear and temperature-sensitive resins like PC, POM and PBT. The nozzle profile positively affects balance and is especially effective for medical market molding where precision is paramount. The Summit-Series is clean room-ready and is the perfect hot runner solution for any molder looking to reduce risk and optimize molding process parameters with minimized variance and strong, repeatable results.