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Ferromatik Milacron’s Open House, to be held 15-16 May 2014, will feature exhibits from a host of companies, including members of the growing Milacron brand. DME, Mold-Masters, KORTEC, Uniloy Milacron and Cincinnati Milacron Extrusion Systems will all make an appearance at the event, alongside a total of 35 partner firms.
Running eight machines from the modular F Series with clamping forces ranging from 500 to 6,500 kN, Ferromatik Milacron will display a range of applications, with a focus on packaging, technical moulding and medical. Different fitment variants will also be shown in function. Machines in the F-Series using hybrid or all-electric injection moulds will be in operation to demonstrate different production requirements. Ferromatik will also premiere the new F 580 with 5,800 kN clamping force.
Also new is the K-Tec Series with servo-hydraulic drive. A K-Tec 350 two-component machine will be displayed running a mono sandwich application.
In the all-electric Elektron Series, four machines with different clamping forces from 300 to 2,600 kN will be on display. They are suited to standard applications and Ferromatik says they have an excellent cost to performance ratio.
Cincinnati Milacron Extrusion Systems and Uniloy Blow Molding will also show machinery running live at the event, including an extrusion plant for the production of WPC-decking boards and a UMIB 200 blow moulding machine. The key feature of the UMIB blow moulding machines is the EnergiaZero concept that can convert the kinetic energy of the clamp movement into electric power. The idea is based on the Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS) used in Formula 1 racing cars.