Yushin, the Japnanese robotic arm producer established in 1973, on show turn-key solutions of Toy Strongman assembly with top entry servo robotic arms at PlastImagen 2025 with the injection molding done by Arburg Allrounder Golden Electric all electric injection molding machine. The same system was on show NPE 2024 in Olando, USA.

The high lights of the system is that the parts for the strong man (Arms, Legs, Head, Body) were perfectly integrated into one mold and ensure the precision of each parts to ensure a perfect assembly. It's a challenge of the balance of the hotrunner and the cooling system design of the mold to ensure the balance of the plastic flow and cooling of parts to have a perfect shrinkage of each parts of the strong man.

The assembly of the Strongman is a perfect demonstration of the cooperation of gantry robotic arms in a complex application of automation such as assembly of which will mostly done by a 6 axis servo industrial robot. It's a combination of the precise movable control technology of the robotic arms, the application of the cylinder and cutting edge end of arm tooling design technology.

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.