Wittmann Battenfeld India celebrates its 5-year anniversary at Plastindia

WITTMANN BATTENFELD India Pvt. Ltd. will celebrate its 5-year anniversary as an independent subsidiary of the WITTMANN Group at Plastindia 2012, in Hall 12, Booth 7C. Plastindia takes place from February 1 to 6 in New Delhi – and will provide an excellent platform for the introduction of various new developments from the entire WITTMANN and WITTMANN BATTENFELD product range.

WITTMANN BATTENFELD India is the market leader for automation systems and will introduce many of the latest new WITTMANN robots and automation systems as well as feature the extensive automation know-how of the Indian subsidiary. At the Plastindia 2012, the technologically most advanced products will be presented to the Indian customers.

Some of the products that will be displayed include a complete complete work cell for the productions of bottle openers which was developed by the Chennai based WITTMANN branch. The work cell consists of an EcoPower 110/350; a W818 servo robot and the automation solution for the insertion of metallic parts. Working beside the EcoPower machine, the integrated automation work cell consists of a W818 robot for inserting the metallic parts into the mold and then picking the finished bottle opener out of it before placing the part on the conveyor belt. A material dryer is also integrated in this machine, as well as a mold temperature controller. The overall cycle time is 30 sec. 

The EcoPower showing at Plastindia 2012 features a compact injection unit, an extremely accurate clamping unit, and a highly efficient direct drive. The braking energy of the drives, normally returned to the power supply network by an elaborate process, is completely utilized by the EcoPower within the machine to provide the necessary voltage for the control system and for barrel heating. This makes these machines extremely energy-efficient. Another advantage of the EcoPower is its user-friendly design. In developing this machine series, special emphasis was placed on the footprint and compact integration. The WITTMANN temperature control devices, for example, can be integrated directly in the machine frame, which means a considerable reduction of space requirements and occupancy costs.

Other products that will be on exhibit are:  the new WITTMANN standard robot, W818 series; the W823 robot with integrated vision system; innovative drying with DRYMAX Aton Primus; DRYMAX E with frequency inverter; and a whole range of blending, granulating and temperature control, as well as other peripheral equipment. 

The WITTMANN Group, based in Vienna/Austria, is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of robots and peripheral equipment for the plastics industry. The WITTMANN product portfolio includes robots and automation equipment, automatic material loaders and material dryers as well as equipment for plastics recycling, mold tempering and cooling, and volumetric and gravimetric metering appliances.