The production of 29/25 lightweight caps on a new e-cap 380 machine makes it clear how continuously increasing requirements can be combined with the shortest cycle times, the highest precision and lowest energy consumption. "Since 2010, the requirements for beverage caps have changed substantially", as Friedrich Mairhofer, Product Manager for all-electric injection moulding machines at ENGEL, explains. This is why the continuous further development of e-cap now is being integrated into a next generation machine. Continuous part weight reductions play a central role. "For still water, caps with a weight of significantly less than one gram are produced today," says Mairhofer. "As a result, the cooling and cycle times have continued to drop.
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