TopStar, the new comer of injection molding machine manufacturer from China, on showed their TEII360 hybrid injection molding machine with turn-key solution of 8 cavities cups high speed production at Chinaplas 2025.

The TEII series of injection molding machine is a new platform of which to be shared with All Electric injection molding for a clean production requirement or a Hybrid solution for an upgrading of hydraulic injection molding. For different products, TopStar provide different injection unit for an optimized injection process:

• IU: Normal speed, long pressure holding, thick-wall products
• IU h: Medium speed, thin-wall products
• IU hs: High speed, ultra thin-wall products

It's obvious that TEII series of injection molding machine represent the cutting edge technology of TopStar to compete in the thin-wall high speed injection molding market, but will him win out from this fiercely competitive market? As we know that for the thin-wall containers high speed injection molding, HMD SP Series of high speed hydraulic is no doubt the top choice injection molding machine followed up by Yizumi P series and Haitian H/F series with a lot more smaller brands such as Golden Eagle, Lisong, PowerJet. The joining of TopStar will make the competition of the thin-wall containers injection molding machine even harsher.

Anyway, good at system integration and specialized in the cleanroom building, TopStar will have more opportunities than their competitor in the new projects of whole factory automation and will provider the new comers of thin-wall container producing more choice.

To be the supplier of IML Yogurt cups for the dairy producers now in China is not an easy job, the strict standard of "Biotic Pollution Free" make it a basic requirement to have a system of IML cups production system which will have the vision control system and the packing system integrated. Only with an IML solution of this kind will ensure that the IML cups would be "Biotic pollution free" to ensure thee food safety.

8 Cavities Yogurt Cups Side EEntry IML Solutions with Vision Control and Packing

It sounds great right? Yes it's great to have the yogurt cups produced from IML to bag packing automatically with the bad parts rejected automatically. It's an economic solution with the increasing manhours globally for the bulk production of IML containers for dairy products. As an efficient production solution of IML containers, what should the IML containers producer keep in mind while planning such a project?

For an automation system of IML with vision control and packing, the key to note would be:

• The Expected Daily Output of the Containers: As a bulk production system, an IML system with vision control and packing is not suitable for samll orders. Each system would be suitable for one products only.
• The Mold Drawing: For an IML containers production system, a 3D drawing of the mold is essential for a successful IML project. It could be either .stp or x_t file.
• The Details of the Injection Molding Machine: An IML robot would be a custom made one according to the dimension of the injection molding machine and the layout drawing of the mold, the details of the injection molding machine would be very important to an IML project.
• The Checking Standard of the Cups: As a vision control system is a "self-study" system so while planning an IML project with vision control it's important to prepare samples of both "good" parts and "bad" parts for the system to "learn" which one to be packed and which one to be rejected.
• How Would You Want the Parts to be Packed: It's the key to design the packing system for the IML cups, you should discuss it with the dairy producer and provide the packed sample if possible.

The tips above are some basice notes for an IML system with vision control and packing, for more information about IML solutions please contact Adams from SWITEKE for a ready to work turn-key IML solutions.