High Speed Injection Molding Machine for Thin-wall Containers IML Production -- Golden Eagle GEK338W/GS

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GEK338W/GS-- Golden Eagle High Speed Injection Molding Machine

About the Golden Eagle High Speed Injection Molding Machine GEK338W/GS

The GEKW/GS series of injection molding machine is the high speed injection molding machine produced by ZheJiang Golden Eagle Plastic Machinery Co., Ltd. for the high speed of the thin-wall containers with/without IML labeling. And the GEK338W/GS is an injection molding machine of the series with a clamping force of 3380kN and injection rate up to 600g/s, which is an ideal injection molding machine for the production of thin-wall IML containers with height <130mm.

The Specification of Golden Eagle GEK338W/GS

Name	Unit	Value
Screw Diameter	mm	52
Theoretical Shot Volume	cm³	551
Injection Weight (PP)	g	397
Injection Pressure	Mpa	166
Plasticizing Capacity	g/s	42
Injecdtion Rate	g/s	600
Clamping Force	kN	3380
Mold Stroke	mm	540
Space Between Tie Bars	mm	625 x 615
MAX.Mold Thickness	mm	620
MIN. Mold Thickness	mm	250
Ejector Force	kN	62
No. of Ejector	pcs	9
MAX. Pump Pressure	Mpa	16
Pump Motor Power	KW	44+31
Heater Power	KW	29.5
Machine Dimension	m	7.0 x 1.8 x 2.3
Net Weight	t	12.7

Mold Platen -- GEK338W/GS

IML Solutions Recommendation -- 6 Cavities 1L Pails IML Production

The "Fruit Bucket" is now very popular among the youngsters now in China which have a variety of slice fruit filled in a 1L buckets with handle with tea or juice and other ingredients to be carried easily. It's one of the "Must Order" products in nearly all the "Beverage Tea" store in China. Which make the production of the IML buckets a money making business and GEK338W/GS is suitable for an IML system of 6 cavities 1L bucket high speed production.

The video on show is the in-production site of the 6 cavities 1L IML buckets with SWITEK SW8 series high speed side entry IML robot with a cycle time around 10s. With such a productivity, the factory owner has 5 staffs to do the bucket handle assembly and buckets packing.

To reduce the cost of man hours the optional solution of the same products would be an IML system with handle assemly, of which the IML robot will have the handle assembled to the IML bucket as soon as the bucket picked out. An ideal configuration of the system is a 2+2 layout of the buckets and with the injection molding done by a Golden Eagel high speed injection molding machine GEK338W/GS.

Best Buy Robotic Arm for Injection Molding Machine

SW6310D-20

Unit: mm

X1	X2	X3	X4	Y	YM1	YM2	Z	L	W	H	Payload
740	640	140	415	1000	235	765	1650	2640	1500	1580	3kg

The Application of End of Robotic Arm Tooling

EOAT Assembly Demonstration -- Two Cavities Non-woven Fabric In Mold Insertion

Two Cavities Non-woven Fabrics In Mold Insertion EOAT Design

Product Descriptions

This EOAT is for 2 Cavities Non-woven Fabric In Mold Insertion;
The Inserts (Non-woven Fabric) Would be Take Out or Embeded by Pneumatic Needle Gripper;
The Grippers Would be Drived by Two Air-Routes, One for Each Cavity;
The Gross Weight of the EOAT Seet is about 7kg.

Bom List

Product Name	PN #	Model	Quantity
Extruded Profiles	4.Y00052	PEP4040-1000	2
Plugs for Profile	4.Y00072	PEP4040	4
Extruded Profiles	4.Y000481	PEP2525-1500	2
Extruded Profiles	4.Y00481	PEP2525-1000	1
Plugs for Profile	4.Y00070	PEP2525	10
Cross Mounting Bracket for Profiles	7.Y00356-T	SMBA-2540T	10
Pneumatic Needle Gripper	8.Y00025	GN2010	14
Mounting Bracket	7.Y00308-T	SMBE2-2060T	14
Mounting Bracket	7.Y00309-T	SMBE2-3060T	1

Q & A About Robotic Arms and Injection Automation

Is the Stack Mold an Economic Solution for the Cutlery Production?

Stack mold is a popular solution of house hold products because it can maximize the productivity of the injection molding machine. But among the producers of the cutlery the stack mold is not popular, why and what's the advantages and disadvantages of the stack molds solutions for cutlery production?

SWITEK 24+24 Stack Mold Cutlery Packing Solutions

The advantage of the stack mold solutions is the productivity of the system. As show on the stack mold solutions above that it's possible to produce 48 pcs of spoons or forks and have them well box packed in about 10s by a 280T injection molding machine (Which is a special injection molding machine designed by WEIDA machinery for the stack mold production, the nozzle of the injection molding machine is installed to the top of the injection molding machine) while would be possible to have a maximum of 32 cavities mold design by with a standard mold design.

Against the advantage of the stack mold solution, the disadvantages of the system is also obvious:

The Cost of the System: Not only the cost of the mold, a stack mold solution will also increase the cost of the automation system and a much larger floor space for the installation of the cutlery packing system.
The Difficulty of the Maintenance: The maintenance of the stack mold cutlery production system would be much more complex, the producer must have the capacity to do the maintenance of both the stack mold and the auto-packing system for the stack mold. It woudl be a big challenge to most of the small and medium sized producer of the cutlery producers.
New Mold Technology Provide More Economic Alternative Solutions: Instead of a stack mold solution, a vertical 24+24 cavities single mold solution will provide a counter productivity of the cutlery but much lower cost of investment in both the mold and automation system.

Anyway, cutlery packing system is systematic integration of the injection molding machine, the mold design and automation system design, the best way would be to contact Adams from SWITEK for a turn-key solution of the cutlery to get a ready to work cutlery packing system.