iMFLUX Evolves to Support Industry Growth Through Partnership with Milacron
October 19 2019 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Milacron Holdings Corp. (NYSE: MCRN), a leading industrial
technology company serving the plastics processing industry, is
empowering customers through a powerful proprietary partnership
with iMFLUX. Milacron is gaining momentum on this modern technology
that changes the way any part is molded by modifying the cavity
filling process.
Clarios is using iMFLUX in one of their key U.S. manufacturing
facilities. By the end of this calendar year, the company aims to
nearly double the number of machines to achieve breakthrough value
and achieve substantial improvements.
How does iMFLUX improve overall plastics processing?
The iMFLUX closed loop process provides absolute shot-to-shot
repeatability through two techniques: process and control. The low
constant pressure process removes many inherent issues provoked by
conventional molding processes. iMFLUX control process behaves in
real-time to changes appearing in the mold and material.
iMFLUX monitors true plastic pressure and adjusts screw velocity
throughout the cycle to maintain constant pressure. The part design
and mold will guide what velocity is needed to protect the fill
pressure. Constant driving pressure is conducted across all
cavities of a multi-cavity of tools, and even families of tools.
Every cavity from the First-to-Fill or Last-to-Fill will experience
the same driving pressure, offering the same cavity-to-cavity part
quality.
BENEFITS:
- Reduced Injection Pressure
- Reduced Tonnage Requirements
- Faster Cycle Times
- Improved product quality
- Improved CPK’s
- Increased OEE
- Fewer Operator Touches (adjustments)
- Automatically adjusts for viscosity variations and molding
conditions
- Reduced Scrap
- Adapts for viscosity shifts
- Adapts for down cavities
- Reduced maintenance needs
iMFLUX can be connected to any of Milacron’s Mosaic+ control
systems, across any entire manufacturing line on a global scale.
ServTek can retrofit Mosaic+ control systems onto older machines to
complete the addition of iMFLUX.
SUSTAINABILITY ADVANTAGES
iMFLUX can compensate for fluctuations in the process between
the mold and the machinery, but also the material being fed into
the hopper. This assists the use of Bio-Resins, post-consumer, and
post-industrial recycled materials. It produces parts at the same
volume in less time with the addition of this technology, with
lower energy demands per part.
Light-weighting is a technique to cut part weights while
protecting or improving part properties. iMFLUX allows plastics to
flow further and through thinner wall sections without the fear of
freezing off. The process also molds at considerably lower
pressures, generally in the 20-50% range.
Clarios Advantages
Using this technology, Clarios has seen an uptick in their
production output, improve cycle times, minimize the amount of
resources used due to lower scrap and significant advances to their
part quality.
“The Green Curve has proved invaluable in our effort to
establish more processes using sustainable resins,” stated Brandon
Meadors, Engineering Manager, Clarios. “Not only have we
been able to increase our percent of regrind used, but we are
seeing more consistency than ever before.”
Milacron continues to push the boundaries of possibilities in
plastics with breakthrough products from leading brands including
Milacron, Mold-Masters, DME, Ferromatik, TIRAD, and CIMCOOL.
About Milacron
Milacron is a global leader in the manufacture, distribution,
and service of highly engineered and customized systems within the
plastic technology and processing industry. Milacron is the only
global company with a full-line product portfolio that includes hot
runner systems, injection molding, extrusion equipment, auxiliary
equipment and a wide market range of advanced fluid technologies.
Visit Milacron at www.milacron.com.
About iMFLUX
iMFLUX, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Procter & Gamble
Co., developed a proprietary control system that enables a new way
of processing injection molding plastic parts. P&G formed
iMFLUX in 2013, establishing it in a 200,000 square foot facility
in Hamilton, Ohio. After several years of operating quietly within
P&G’s molding operations, it has expanded this new processing
technology, referred to as the “Green Curve.” To find out more:
visit imflux.com.
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