Wittmann Battenfelt to exhibit at Plastimagen 2025

From March 11 to 14 2025, Wittmann Battenfeld will present latest injection molding machines, process technology, automation and auxiliaries with interesting applications to visitors of the Plastimagen in Mexico at its booth No. 714 in hall D.

In view of the Mexican market’s great significance for the Wittmann Group, the Plastimagen, being the region’s leading plastics trade fair, is an important platform for the corporation to showcase its latest technologies jointly with its local subsidiary, Wittmann Battenfeld México S.A. de C.V.

From its extensive range of machinery, Wittmann will exhibit at this year’s Plastimagen a machine from each of its MacroPower and SmartPower series, as well as a machine from the EcoPower series running on direct current, and a MicroPower designed for high-precision injection molding of micro parts.

On a MacroPower 700/5100, a part for the automotive industry will be produced, using a mold supplied by KB Components, Mexico. The machine is equipped with a WX143 robot from Wittman, which removes the parts and deposits them on a conveyor belt. One of the MacroPower machines’ outstanding features is their compact design, which helps users to save valuable space on their production floor.

Wittmann will also demonstrate its expertise in the field of integration by showing a Wittmann 4.0 demo cell based on a SmartPower 120/350. The machine comes with the new Unilog B8X control system. A Primus 116 robot from Wittmann, two Tempro plus D temperature controllers, two Gravimax blenders and a Drymax beside-the-press dryer are integrated in the system as well.

The absolute highlight of Wittmann Battenfeld México’s presentation at the Plastimagen will be the EcoPower 180/750+ DC machine. With this system, the company will demonstrate to its visitors the Wittmann Group’s expertise in the area of utilizing renewable energies. This machine, powered by a solar electricity storage battery, is equipped with a Primus 126T robot with a load capacity of up to 10 kg. With this system, a crinkle box will be produced from PP, using a single-cavity mold coming from Haidlmair, Austria.

Finally, Wittmann will demonstrate its capacities in the field of micro injection molding on its MicroPower 15/10 by using a 4-cavity mold with nano structures made by 3D printing and coming from NanoVoxel, Austria. The main advantage of this new technology is the possibility of having minute structures produced within a very short time and at low cost. At the Plastimagen, a platelet measuring 8.5 by 8.5 mm with a world map showing all of Wittmann’s production sites will be produced for demonstration purposes.

Automation and auxiliaries

In addition to the complete production cells, a wide range of robots and auxiliaries will be on show at this year`s Plastimagen.

The robots presented by Wittmann Battenfeld México will include a WX142 model and a WX143. These models stand out by their great versatility in their functionalities as parts removal appliances or as components of automation systems. For instance, their R9 robot control system includes a QuickNew wizard, which leads operators through a user-friendly animated menu to enable very easy creation of parts removal and depositing programs. The TextEditor supports line-based programming and thus ensures complete freedom for program sequences, for example in creating automation systems.

From the extensive range of dryers, Wittmann Battenfeld México will exhibit two Drymax dry air dryer models, a Drymax primus and a Drymax basic, plus a complete drying system consisting of a Drymax 300 battery dryer connected with two Silmax drying hoppers, each with 600 l capacity. The dry air dryers from the Drymax series are equipped with two desiccant cartridges and deliver continuous process air of constant dry air quality. The insulated Silmax drying hoppers come with the automatic, intelligent SmartFlow air distribution system as standard, which ensures a demand-based flow rate of dried air through the plastic granulate. To accommodate low material throughput rates, a compressed air dryer from the Card series will also be on display.

Wittmann’s portfolio of temperature controllers will be represented by models from both the Tempro plus and the Tempro basic series. The appliances from the Tempro plus series offer a high level of user friendliness as well as an extensive range of standard equipment. Their combination with digital flow rate devices, such as the WFC or the Flowcon plus, provides an intelligent temperature and flow control system for monitoring or automatic regulation of the flow rates.

The presentation of material loaders will include a Feedmax basic, a Feedmax plus and a Feedmax Clean for central materials handling systems, as well as a Feedmax S3 Net stand-alone loader for short-distance conveyance. The Feedmax Clean loader with dedusting function was specially developed to meet the increasingly stringent demands of circular economy and the resulting increase in plastic granulates with dust content. The Feedmax Clean has reached an extremely high level for the extraction of dust and particulate matter from regrinds.

Dosing technology will be represented by the Gravimax 34 gravimetric appliance. The gravimetric blenders from Wittmann are easy to operate, with outstanding features such as high-precision material valves, detachable stainless steel hoppers with corner windows, a removable weighing container and a highly efficient spiral mixer. High-precision dosing results down to single grams are secured by real-time weighing (RTLS). These can be retrieved for documentation via an OPC UA interface.

A selection from the wide range of Wittmann granulators will also be shown at the Plastimagen, including an S-Max 2 plus, an S-Max 3 screenless granulator, as well as the G-Max 23 and G-Max 33 cutting mill models. The granulators from the S-Max series are slowly rotating grinders used for in-line recycling of sprue from hard and brittle engineering plastics. The appliances from the G-Max series are compact beside-the-press granulators laid out for grinding soft to medium hard engineering plastics.

In the field of central material supply, Wittmann Battenfeld México will present at the Plastimagen different types of central materials handling systems in addition to the drying system. The E-Max 2 is a cost-friendly solution for controlling medium-sized conveyance systems with up to 22 conveying stations. The M8 network control, preferably used for running entire systems, comes with a modular design and supervises the system from the material infeed station by way of access control, provides information about the status of the drying system and secures correct material feeding to every machine via an RFID-controlled Codemax coupling station.