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 Volume 43 Number 3  Paper & Printing Machinery/Automotive Technology
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World's First 3,000 ton Mold Clamping Force Electric Injection Molding Machine


Shiki Matsuo, Takamitsu Himeno, Masahiro Bessho, Kenji Tsutsui, Naoki Kato, Takashi Mizuno


Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has developed a large 3,000 ton class clamping force electric injection molding machines, the 3000 em and 3500 em, the first in the world. While meeting the demands for the world's fastest high-cycle production of large plastic parts such as bumpers for automobiles, the machine is space conservative and energy efficient by incorporating MHI's unique 2-platen type mold clamping mechanism and hybrid electric system. Furthermore, it is equipped with a newly developed center press platen and has electric control of the internal mold pressure waveform, thus reducing flash on products to enable burr-less molding, contributing to a reduction in customers' running costs.