The 5th IIMC — International Injection Moulding Conference organised by the IKV in Aachen, Germany, is approaching and the programme is already well filled with expert lectures from industry and science. All lectures will be held in English. The conference will center around the dynamic automotive industry, delving into the prevailing challenges through the lens of injection moulding.

Automation is one of the most important ways in which manufacturing companies can raise their productivity levels and thus remain competitive. And many solutions are now easier to implement today than they were just a few years ago. Metav 2022 will reflect the major developments in this field.

The objective of all micro-moulding projects is the timely, cost-effective, repeatable manufacture of often complex and extremely tight tolerance plastic parts and components. The key is to get it right first time, and this can only be achieved by attention to detail at every stage of the product development process — from design to automated packaging.

Doncaster based precision engineering company Agemaspark and Advanced Plastics are celebrating an award win at this year’s Plastic Industry Awards. The duo won the Supplier Partnership — Toolmaker category award at the ceremony in London.

Strack Norma will present its innovations in the field of injection moulding and die casting tools at the Fakuma International Trade Fair for Plastics Processing from October 17 to 21 in Friedrichshafen. In doing so, the Lüdenscheid-based company is continuing its path towards Industry 4.0 and is expanding its digital offering to include mould location and a new variant of flow monitoring.

It makes use of a thulium fiber laser, which offers a particular advantage: Since plastics absorb the corresponding wavelength well, the process does not require additional absorbers such as soot.

At the IAA, Kirchhoff Automotive presented a hybrid battery housing in lightweight design for pure electric vehicles. It is not only robust, but also suitable for different models.

Holistic digitalisation is only possible if the administration (top floor) is connected to manufacturing (shop floor). We show how the individual systems are connected both horizontally and vertically by means of IIoT and interoperability.

The range of Speedmaster high-performance spindles, manufactured in-house by DMG Mori for its machining centres, has increased with the addition of a model capable of continuous operation at up to 30,000 rpm.

At Fakuma 2023, the trading company Nonnenmann will present a new dry ice blasting unit that makes the cleaning of moulds more efficient, effective and gentle. This device, which was developed in close cooperation with the renowned manufacturer Alfred Kärcher, represents a revolution in the field of mould maintenance by enabling the production of dry ice from liquid CO2 directly in the device.