Milacron, the injection molding machine manufacturer with headquarter in OH/USA, on showed their Q-Series 200T high speed injection molding machine with SEPRO three axis servo injection robot at PlastImagen 2025 to demonstrate their turn-key solution of injection molding providing.

Milacron's Q-Series injection molding machine is a high-performance machine in a durable package with a double toggle design which leverages a servo-hydraulic package to deliver quality parts at a rapid pace while minimizing energy use. The Q-Series provides clamp specifications with greater tie bar spacing, clamp stroke, ejector stroke and force in a smaller machine footprint.

As a high speed Hydraulic injection molding machine with greater tie bar spacing and clamp stroke, the Milacron's Q-Series injection molding machine is an ideal choice for the production of IML containers. To be specifically the Q-Series 200 high speed injection molding machine on show PlastImagen 2025 is best for the production of small size IML Yogurt cups with SWITEK SW8 Series high speed IML robot, which will help to minimize the in mold time and maximize the output of the system.

With overwhelm price advantage against the all electric injection molding machine, the high speed hydraulic injection molding machine is still a No. 1 choice in the food package production. To show up the Q-Series 200 at PlastImagen 2025 unveiled the confidence of Milacron the potential market growing of food package in Mexico.

For manay small and medium sized producer of IML containers it many not be easy to make a decision if to accept the order or not because of the small quantity at the beginning but a huge potential in the future. As the IML robot is a custom made system according to the mold design and the injection molding machine for this mold. But is there any possibility to have one IML robot for a couple of molds? The answer is yes.

High Speed Side Entry IML Robot

The SW8 series of side entry IML robot is one of which an ideal choice for the small and medium sized producer of IML containers. With exchangeable magazine and stacking unit, the IML robot enable the IML containers producers to produce the small and medium sized IML containers and IML lids by the injection molding machine and the IML robot with simply to have the magazine and EOAT replaced for the new mold. But with this IML robot, how will the IML containers produce to achieve the maximized productivity?

To maximized the productivity of the IML system, the key would be to have the injection molding machines and the IML robots well organized according to the products. To make the change the magazine and EOATs faster, we can have the containers with wraping labeling produced in one IML system and have the 3/5 face labeling containers and the lids produced by another IML system. It's not recommended to have the containers with wraping labeling to be produced by the same IML system with an IML lids, which will need to change both the Magazine and the stacking unit and the time to start the system up would be much longer.

For more advisory of an IML project planning please feel free to contact Adams from SWITEK Automation, your personal consultant of IML system integration.