New Drive, Control, Robot and Injection Unit Bow in at K 2016

摘要

Dr. Boy GmbH & Co., German parent of Boy Machines Inc., Exton, Pa., demonstrated several new features at the K 2016 show last month in Dusseldorf (see last month's injection molding show preview). One is the new Multi-Drive, a high-performance option for Boy presses, applying two servo-driven hydraulic pumps that can be individually adjusted for simultaneous movements and functions. Such ‘parallel’ movements-clamping and plasticating, for example-are said to reproduce the functionality, precision, and speed of an all-electric machine that has separate servomotors for different functions. Additional capabilities of Multi-Drive include profiled clamp-force control during the molding cycle and injection-compression with long strokes. Multi-Drive was demonstrated on Boy's largest machine, the Boy 100 E (100 metric tons) at K.