WITTMANN BATTENFELD to Demonstrate Why They Are the Leader in Industry 4.0 at NPE 2018 Come see us and experience at booth W3742! NPE 2018, Booth W3742 Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, FL, May 7 11, 2018 Wittmann Battenfeld Inc. will be putting the spotlight on its Wittmann 4.0 technology at NPE 2018. The theme has been announced as Pathway to 4.0, and their booth will include six injection molding machine work cells with integrated robots, automation, material handling and auxiliary equipment, all showcasing Wittmann 4.0 and its various features and benefits. There will also be sections of the booth dedicated to specific products in Wittmann Battenfeld s portfolio, including a robot and automation section and several displays of Wittmann Battenfeld auxiliaries. Our Pathway to 4.0 theme will allow us to show off all of the capabilities of our Wittmann 4.0 technology so visitors to our booth can leave with a better understanding of what this tech can really do and how it can help improve their company s processes in ways they might not have thought of before, says Crystal Gagnon, Marketing Communications at Wittmann Battenfeld, Inc. We also like to bring some excitement and have fun at NPE, and this year will be no different! There will be several new products that will be featured in the Wittmann Battenfeld booth as well. These will include the new high-speed EcoPower Xpress injection molding machine, the new X Series robot, a TCU featuring the new SpeedDrive technology, a new S-Max screenless granulator line, and the new Aton H Portable dryer. Each of these impressive new pieces of equipment will be integrated into Wittmann 4.0 displays, in keeping with the Pathway to 4.0 theme. For a more detailed description of what will be included at the booth, see below: Injection Molding Machine Work Cells The six work cells on display will include: 1. An EcoPower 180/750 machine molding a shampoo flip top with a 4-cavity mold from StackTeck using polypropylene from Washington Penn with color from UCC. The cell will include a W833 Pro robot integrated with Mold Following, which allows for high speed removal. It will also feature a vacuum EOAT, conveyor, feeder, Flowcon Plus water flow control, and a hot runner control system from Gammaflux. 2. An EcoPower 110/350 B6P cleanroom machine molding pipettes with an 8-cavity mold from Cavaform using polypropylene from Washington Penn with color from UCC. The cell will showcase cleanroom capabilities, with a W823 robot with a Servo B Axis and cleanroom options, as well as an extension allowing for dual placement onto pipette trays. It will also feature a high flow vacuum EOAT, tray filling conveyor system, TEMPRO plus D temperature controller, and an Aton H dryer. 3. A MacroPower 850/8800 machine producing a spoiler with a 1-cavity mold from HRS Flow that includes 5 servo-valve gates and several cavity pressure sensors used to demonstrate true intelligent closed-loop molding. With Wittmann 4.0 integrated with a Hot Runner, as well as HiQ-Melt, HiQ-Flow, and HiQ-Cushion technologies operating, this cell offers the most complex example of how Wittmann 4.0 can be utilized. The cell will complement these complex operations with a G-Max granulator, a TEMPRO direct plus TCU, a Gravimax G34 Blender, a W843 Pro robot, a hot runner controller from Gammaflux, and a Flowcon plus water flow controller. This cell will also show the new CMS (Condition Monitoring System) used for preventive and predictive maintenance. New EcoPower Xpress: All-Electric, High-Speed Molding Machine 4. An EcoPower Xpress 400/3300+ machine molding closures with a 96-cavity bottle cap mold from Bauer Plastisud using HDPE from Borealis, a hot runner controller from Gammaflux, and a Feedmax central vacuum receiver. The new EcoPower Xpress is a highspeed, all-electric machine model primarily geared to the requirements of the packaging and thin wall industry. The highly dynamic drive axes for injection as well as closing and opening of the EcoPower Xpress are designed for fast movements and ultimate control accuracy. Moreover, extremely high energy efficiency is achieved by using servo drives. The EcoPower Xpress is Wittmann Battenfeld s newest, high speed IMM that is being shown for the first time in North America. 5. A SmartPower 110/350 machine molding wood-plastic composite building blocks with an 8-cavity mold using wood-plastic compound from Fasal. The cell will include a W822 robot, 8-cavity gripper EOAT, U-Shaped conveyor pallet loading system, TEMPRO plus D TCU, GRAVIMAX G14 blender, Junior 2 Compact screenless granulator, Aton H dryer with Integrated Vacuum Station conveying system, and Flowcon Plus water flow controller.
(WITTMANN BATTENFELD to Demonstrate Why... Continued from page 1) 6. A Two-Shot MicroPower 15/10-10 machine with two parallel injection units and a rotary disk molding a plug inside the recording head of a vinyl record player with a 1-cavity mold from Ortafon. The parts are made of PC and electro conductive PC. Parts removal and depositing will be handled by a WITTMANN W8VS4 Scara robot specially designed for this machine. In addition a built-in camera system inside the machine will provide fully automatic quality inspection of the parts. Robots and Automation Wittmann Battenfeld has made exciting new advancements in its robot technology since the last NPE, and with robots included on every work cell as well as in its own display, they will be a major feature of the booth, as always. The centerpiece of their robot offerings will be the New X Series robots, which was unveiled for the first time at Fakuma 2017. The robot is functionally and technologically unmatched in the industry, with standard features that can outclass even the custom packages of older models. In addition to the X Series Robots, the new cost efficient Primus 14 will be shown as well. All of these models will be running with the new R9 Control, which has been refined with various new visualization options and functionalities. Material Handling Systems & Auxiliaries A complete range of Wittmann Battenfeld material handling systems and auxiliary equipment will be operating in the booth. Featured products include: WITTMANN 4.0 Wall Central Material Handling Blenders Beside-the-Press Dryers Temperature Controllers Loaders Granulators EcoPower Electric Closure Mold New R9 Robot Control TEMPRO plus D temperature controllers with the new SpeedDrive option, a Variable Frequency Controlled pump that can increase process reliability, decrease energy usage, and enhance efficiency. Central Material Handling systems showcasing both Wittmann M7.3 Central Control Platforms and new Teachbox Net 5 Control Platforms Central Drying System showcasing Drymax 1200 FC Plus redundant dryer technology, Silmax Smartflow technology with material saver function, new Modular Silmax 5000L drying hopper, and new Modular Silmax 2000L-Auger model for use with hard flowing materials or PET Crystallization processes New Aton H beside-the-press dryer, fully integrated with 4.0 capabilities. Self-contained S-3 net Loaders, Feedmax Central Loaders, and MC Balance Throat Mounted Feeders Global Release of Brand-New S-Max Screenless Granulator line, G-Max Conventional granulators, and Below the Mold Auger feed granulators Gravimax blenders showcasing RTLS (Real Time Live Scale) Blending technology And It Will All Be Connected! In addition to the impressive array of machinery and equipment, don t forget that Wittmann Battenfeld will be focusing on IoT (Internet of Things) and AI (Artificial Intelligence) with its industry-leading Wittmann 4.0 technology. Aside from the 6 completely integrated work cells, there will be an interactive Wittmann 4.0 demonstration so molders can experience it first hand and learn why they have a solution NOW that will guide them on the pathway to true 4.0. Click here for your FREE expo pass! NEW R9 Robot Control Robots & Automation SmartPower Servo-Hydraulic Bio-Composite MicroPower Two Shot Medical Molding Your Pathway to 4.0 Plug & Produce Demo MacroPower Large Tonnage HiQ Processing and Conditioning Monitoring NEW EcoPower Xpress High Speed New Aton H Portable Dryer
Two Wittmann Battenfeld Customers Talk About the Benefits of WITTMANN 4.0 Two Wittmann Battenfeld customers in the USA, BSD Industries (Chicago, IL) and Stenner Pump Company (Jacksonville, FL), have recently shared with us how they are using Wittmann 4.0 to increase their injection molding efficiency. While Industry 4.0 is in its infancy, we re already seeing some of our customers implementing it to their advantage, said Sonny Morneault, Wittmann Battenfeld s VP of Sales. We look forward to showing off our Wittmann 4.0 capabilities at the upcoming NPE 2018 show, so more molders can see first-hand how it can help them be more efficient and ultimately, more profitable. BSD Industries has an interesting business model, one that Wittmann Battenfeld supports. In addition to selling BSD Wittmann Battenfeld machinery and equipment, the company provided assistance in getting the manufacturing operation up and running. BSD was recently featured on the cover of Plastics News: Click here to see the story! Wittmann Battenfeld s Brian Heugh (left) and Dave Wyscarver (right) with Trista Bonds of BSD Industries at their Chicago headquarters Wittmann Battenfeld has been a great partner for us. They ve basically helped us procure and install and commission all of our injection molding equipment. They have helped us from the design all the way through to production. We are certainly grateful for their support and are happy and pleased with the integration platform that they offer with the Wittmann 4.0 system because all of the auxiliary equipment is integrated within the Wittmann controls platform, so it gives us the opportunity to have a better change over time, a better processing ability, and it just improves our overall throughput for our manufacturing process. Trista Bonds, VP of Engineering & Manufacturing Operations, BSD Industries BSD Industries molds compostable cutlery using Wittmann Battenfeld Machinery & Equipment with 4.0 Capabilities Wittmann 4.0 has helped to increase productivity with seamless robot and auxiliary integration all controlled through the Injection Molding Machine control. The improved connectivity of equipment, superior human interfacing and strong data acquisition are just some of the many benefits. Having full network capability improves data acquisition and archiving manufacturing and quality data. The web connectivity allows improved molding machine service and support via remote access. It also enables us to monitor our machines from anywhere using the WIBA app. You can even run a web cam on the machine to visually monitor unattended molding. These are just a few of the many benefits resulting from Stenner Pump Company s use of Wittmann 4.0. John Avery, Senior Product & Manufacturing Engineer, Stenner Pump Company Did you know? WITTMANN BATTENFELD Training WITTMANN BATTENFELD is on YouTube! For all official WITTMANN BATTENFELD videos, including footage from trade shows, demonstrations of the EcoPower, MicroPower, and MacroPower molding machines and more, go to: http://www.youtube.com/user/wittmannusa IMM Robot
Wittmann Battenfeld Opens Larger West Coast Office A Complete Wittmann 4.0 Integrated Molding Cell is installed at new Wittmann Battenfeld Orange County Location Due to continued growth, Wittmann Battenfeld has moved its US West Coast office to a new facility in Orange County (Placentia), California. The new building has almost triple the amount of space from the former location. Key features include: a training room that can easily handle a class of 12 people for robot or machine training a complete Wittmann 4.0 integrated molding cell featuring a Smart- Power 120/525 machine with W818 robot and auxiliaries including a Tempro plus D dual zone TCU, a G14 SL blender, and a 6-zone Flowcon water flow regulator Our new location is closer to more of our customers, as well as major airports and area attractions, said Mike Formella, Wittmann Battenfeld s West Coast Regional Director. The new dedicated, climate controlled training room is very helpful to us on the West Coast as it is easier for customers to send people to SoCal for training rather than IL or CT. The new Wittmann 4.0 molding cell is up and running, and 2 additional fully functioning 4.0 cells (one with SmartPower and the other with EcoPower) are planned in the near future to use as demonstrations and for mold trials. Midwest Technical Center Expansion With an expanding market in the region, and a desire to offer the best customer service possible to all of their clients, Wittmann Battenfeld has added a 750 ft2 state-of-the-art training room to their Midwest Tech Center in South Elgin, IL. Modeled after the company s primary training room in Torrington, CT, the new addition includes three tiers of theater-style seating with an overhead projector and screen in a climatecontrolled room, allowing for both laptop-based and hands-on training sessions any time of the year. With two robots, a W818 and a W822, and a 35-ton SmartPower injection-molding machine in the room as well, attendees of training sessions can practice running programs on a simulator and then transfer it to an actual robot to see how their work translates to a real machine. From the feedback we ve had, local customers really appreciate the addition of this training room to their region, said Bob Arsenault, Regional Sales Manager for Wittmann Battenfeld. It is a clear signal to them that their business is important to Wittmann Battenfeld and that we are going to do everything we can to give them the best service available in the industry, from our initial contact and sales process all the way through training their employees to get the most out of their new machines when they re installed. Classes are currently offered once a month and are run by in-house training staff who have learned the ins and outs of the equipment from the source Wittmann s world headquarters in Kottingbrunn, Austria. The trainings take three and a half days to complete, and combine hands on work with study and programming time. A new State-of-the-Art Training Room has been added to Wittmann Battenfeld s Midwest Technical Center
WITTMANN BATTENFELD celebrates its 10 th anniversary 10 years have now passed since the former BATTENFELD Kunststofftechnik GmbH in Kottingbrunn was integrated into the WITT- MANN Group. WITTMANN BATTENFELD will celebrate this anniversary on June 13 14 of this year at its facility in Kottingbrunn. The integration of the former BATTENFELD Kunststofftechnik GmbH into the WITT- MANN Group on April 1, 2008 marked the beginning of a new era for today s WITT- MANN BATTENFELD GmbH. In the course of the last 10 years, the company s entire product portfolio has been renewed and its capacity at the Kottingbrunn plant substantially expanded in several construction phases. With its new machines from the PowerSeries, which stand out by their compactness, precision, repeatability and energy efficiency, the company has successfully built up a strong market position over the last 10 years. As a part of the WITTMANN Group, WITT- MANN BATTENFELD is now able to offer not only machines but also the entire range of peripherals from a single source. What is more, with WITT- MANN 4.0, the company s customers now have access to the WITTMANN Group s answer to Industry 4.0, the option for complete integration and operation of both the machine and its peripherals via the Windows-based UNILOG B8 machine control system, using the WITTMANN 4.0 network. Michael Praski Field Technician Robots Michael has joined WITTMANN BATTENFELD as a Field Service Technician for Robots, working out of our Midwest Tech center, bringing with him 17 years of experience in Field Service and Maintenance Mechanic experience in the Manufacturing, Plastics and Automotive Industries. He has a BS in Electrical Engineering with an emphasis on manufacturing, plastics and product design from Illinois State University. Obinna Okafor System Project Manager Multi-Line/IMM Obinna joins WITTMANN BATTENFELD s Injection Molding machine department as the Systems Project Manager with 2 years prior experience in Plastic Industry and a BS in Electrical Engineering. Integration options under WITTMANN 4.0 Jake Powell Regional Sales Manager Material Handling & Auxiliaries Jake recently joins WITTMANN BATTENFELD as our Midwest Regional Manager for our Net 30 products. He has a Medical Engineering degree of the University of Cincinnati and comes to us with 3.5 years of experience in the Plastics Industry. WITTMANN BATTENFELD, Inc. One Technology Park Drive Torrington, CT 06790 www.wittmann-group.com Wittmann Battenfeld Inc. Personnel News Rick Hagfors National Sales Manager Material Handling & Auxiliaries Rick joins WITTMANN BATTENFELD s CT headquarters as National Sales Manager for Material Handling & Auxiliaries. He comes to us with almost 30 years in sales of plastics equipment working for Husky, Krauss-Maffei and INCOE, in addition to being chairman for the Society of Manufacturing Engineers. Elle Raymond Project Manager Robots & Automation Elle recently joins WITTMANN BATTENFELD s USA headquarters as the project manager for Robots and Automation. She comes to Wittmann with five years of experience in sales and project management across the aerospace, medical device, and automation industries. Elle has her BS in Mechanical Engineering and her MBA. Midwest Tech Center South Elgin, IL info.us@wittmann-group.com WITTMANN BATTENFELD will celebrate its 10 th anniversary on June 13 and 14. On these two days, the company s customers and partners will have an opportunity to learn more about its development over the last 10 years and view the achievements of this decade with their own eyes in the form of numerous exhibits and a guided tour of the Kottingbrunn plant. In several Expert Corners the visitors will also have an opportunity to learn interesting details about some aspects of process technology. In the keynote speech held by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Johannes Schilp, the structure of cyber-physical production systems will be presented and the benefits derived from their implementation will be illustrated by a practical example. Georg Tinschert, who has been CEO of WITTMANN BATTENFELD since the beginning of the company s new start and has played a decisive role in shaping these last 10 years, is looking forward to celebrating this event with his business partners. West Coast Tech Center Placentia, CA Tel: (860) 496-9603