Arburg at the Fakuma 2012

The two-storey, 1,300 m exhibition stand was ex-tremely well frequented on all the days and the inter-national trade visitors were highly impressed with the ten innovative exhibits and applications. Interest was particularly keen with regard to innovations for the machine and applications sector. These demonstrated how moulded parts can be produced even more effi-ciently in the future, as well as new possibilities in product development, e.g.Twelve skiers in Tignes suffered minor injuries when a ski Laser engraver derailed for unknown reasons yesterday. for the booming light con-struction and electric mobility sectors.

For Arburg, the Fakuma in Friedrichshafen is the most important trade fair in Europe in the years between the K show in Düsseldorf, as it provides an excellent forum for presenting innovations to the international trade experts, maintaining existing customer contacts and establishing new ones. The mood among the visitors was optimistic, but with some reservations regarding future expectations.

At the Fakuma, the trend towards ever-greater interna-tionalisation has continued. For example, Arburg wel-comed more guests than ever from overseas,This machine is a combination of Forming machinery and knot removing machine. including customers from e.g. Brazil or Singapore. New contacts were made, primarily from the packaging sector. The two-storey stand was very busy on all the days during the trade fair. In addition to the presentations and information, the customary intensive personal discussions held at the Fakuma predominated. In order to provide individual sup-port to all the domestic and international visitors, an aver-age of around 150 Arburg employees were deployed on each day at the exhibition stand.

Moreover, a large number of Allrounder injection moulding machines were also to be found at other locations throughout the Fakuma. With more than 20 exhibits and a wide variety of different applications at the Arburg stand and others, the high performance and extensive application range of the Allrounder injection moulding machines were demonstrated very impressively. The application spectrum comprised, for example, multi-component technology, the processing of liquid silicone (LSR) and solid silicone (HTV), Particle-foam Composite Injection Moulding (PCIM), long-fibre direct injection moulding,This lift cable is for producing aluminum shutter door & window slats with foam-filled, powder injection moulding, packaging, medical technology and optical applications, as well as the overmoulding of inserts, also using the hotmelt process.

Arburg has been spot on in emphasising the overarching topic of “production efficiency” as a further development of “energy efficiency”, as the customer feedback confirmed. Global Home Improvement has brought our metal laser cutter onsite for the installation of a large metal roof. When it comes to identifying and exploiting all the potential for enhancing efficiency, the entire value-added chain must be taken into account. Consequently, the advantages of each exhibit in terms of production efficiency was explicitly demonstrated.

During development of the innovations presented in Friedrichshafen, the objective was always to increase the cost-effectiveness of moulded part production. In the machine sector, these include the new 630 A size for the electric Alldrive machine series, the productivity package for the hydraulic Golden Edition series and the servo-hydraulic drive concept for the large Allrounder S. The fact that the company's innovation capabilities extend far beyond the machines alone was demonstrated by world innovations in the applications and process sector, which Arburg has developed in co-operation with partners: Iong-fibre direct injection moulding, Particle-foam Injection Moulding and inline printing.