Arburg Anniversary Days highlighted sustainable and innovative plastic manufacturing

5,700 customers from 53 nations came to the Arburg Anniversary Days in Lossburg. The first port of call was the Customer Center with numerous exhibits and exciting applications in injection moulding and 3D printing.

From March 8th to March 11th, 2023, the Think Tank in Lossburg, Germany, hosted the Arburg Anniversary Days. Over 5,700 visitors from 53 nations attended the event, formerly known as the Technology Days. The exhibition featured over 50 exhibits showcasing Arburg's expertise in sustainability, digitalisation, energy efficiency, and automation.

The event allowed visitors to experience live and in person the company's commitment to sustainable practices, innovative ideas, forward thinking, and combined expertise in resource-saving and production-efficient plastic parts manufacturing. The exhibits in the Customer Center, Efficiency Arena, training and service areas, Automation Arena, and specialist lectures demonstrated the company's dedication to these principles.

Milestone machine: The hybrid Allrounder 470 H sets the stage for a new machine technology that saves energy, conserves resources, is production-efficient, user-friendly and reliable.

One of the exhibition's highlights was the milestone hybrid Allrounder 470 H machine. This machine showcased a new machine technology from Arburg that saves energy, conserves resources, and is production-efficient, user-friendly, and reliable. The machine features a new oil management concept, flow splitting for simultaneous movements of hydraulic secondary axes, and the extended use of the Arburg servo hydraulic system. The new Allrounder 470 H machines come in "Comfort," "Premium," and "Ultimate" performance variants, with various injection units and options, allowing the machines to be precisely adapted to specific customer requirements.

Over 50 exhibits produced live injection-moulded and 3D-printed components at the Anniversary Days. Around every second machine processed alternative plastics or recyclates, demonstrating the company's commitment to sustainable plastic manufacturing practices. For example, an Allrounder 470 S produced dosing spoons from corn starch that dissolve in water and are compostable. At the same time, an Allrounder 320 C Golden Edition processed post-consumer recyclate obtained from used refrigerators and returned to the cycle. An "invisible tracer" was compounded into the material, making it possible to identify each part in a forgery-proof manner.

The Efficiency Arena with its focus on arburgGREENworld and arburgXworld was once again a key port of call this year. Together with selected partners, innovative solutions relating to resource conservation, digitalisation and the circular economy were presented.

The Efficiency Arena focused on key topics such as digitalisation, resource conservation, and the circular economy. At nine stations, six on the topic of arburgGREENworld and three on arburgXworld, Arburg and selected partners demonstrated how digitalisation and innovative solutions enable a sustainable circular economy. The Automation Arena was also popular, with visitors interested in turnkey solutions.

The new "Action Plan: Energy" was also introduced at the Anniversary Days, offering advice on measures to help customers reduce costs in injection moulding production and optimise energy requirements throughout the production process.

Energy efficiency was an important theme of the Anniversary Days 2023. The "Action Plan: Energy", with which Arburg offers its customers, for example, comprehensive advice, machine upgrades and energy measurements, generated a correspondingly high response.

The Arburg Anniversary Days showcased the company's commitment to sustainable and innovative plastic manufacturing practices. The event demonstrated how Arburg's combined expertise in resource-saving and production-efficient plastic parts manufacturing could lead to a more sustainable future.