SWITEK engineer finished the testing of high speed 3 axis servo robotic arm SW7112DS in picking of 36 cavities spoons with the injection molding done by HD 290L at Ningbo Haida Plastic Machinery Co., Ltd., which is the final testing of a turn-key cutlery production system before delivery.

The HD290L is a high precision servo injection molding machine with a clamping force 2900kN manufactured by Ningbo Haida Plastic Machinery Co., Ltd. which is one of the earliest injection molding machine manufacturer in China established in 1992. With enhanced clamping mechanishm and optimized linkage mechanism to have a faster and smooth operation, Haida HDL series high precision servo injection molding machine is designed for the precise injection molding production of universal plastic parts.

Other than the sample picking of the cutlery from the injection molding machine like this project, SWITEK developed series of cutlery auto-production solutions like fork/spoons folding, folded forks/spoon single pieces film packing, cutlery multi-pcs bag packing, cutlery multi-pcs paper box packing and stack mold cutlery bag/box packing etc. With the first cutlery packing system on show Chinaplas 2011, SWITEK Automation will provide a one stop cutlery automation solution from pre-planning consultation, system integration and installation service.

P350 is a high speed injection molding machine designed for thin-wall containers while P380K3 is the third generation of high speed injection molding machine by YIZUMI designed for thin-wall containers. With 30 Tons more in clamping force, does it mean that P380K3 will compatible to the molds designed according to the parameters of P350?

In one just finished IML project we encountered something embrassing. There's one mold designed according to the parameter of YIZUMI P350, and we have a P380K3 in our system testing workshop, but when the mold received we find that the mold thinkness exceeded the max mold thickness of the P380K3. After double check the parameters of both the injection molding machine we found that Mold thickness allowed for P350 is 300~750mm while the mold thickness for P380K3 is only 250~650mm. And the Max Daylight of P380K3 is 160mm less than P350.

Then how to choose between, which one would be a better choice for your IML project? It would be depends on the size of the parts of which you're producing. For smaller container 30 Tons more clamping force with 160mm less max daylight means that the injection molding machine will have a less mold Open/Close time and result in a higher productivity while for larger size containers P350 will allow you to install a thicker mold, it would be more friendly to an IML project of deep cavity containers.

For more insights of the cutting edge IML technology please feel free to contact Adams from SWITEK, your personal consultant of IML Solutions.