Like machine tools before them, injection-molding machines started going electric more than a decade ago as some of their builders jumped at the chance to improve energy efficiency, repeatability, ...

Energy efficiency is often considered to be the main advantage of electric injection molding machines, but that neglects many other productivity benefits.

This content was paid for by an advertiser and created by Crain's Custom Content. It can be very difficult to choose the right hydraulic oil to obtain optimum performance in a hydraulic application ...

Regardless of machine size, all-electric machines will use less energy per cycle than hydraulic machines on the same part. Research indicates that this holds true even on larger machines above 800 ...

Time is running out for fully hydraulic injection molding machines in fast-cycle, high-volume packaging production, according to Netstal President and CEO Bernhard Merki. The company is likely to ...

Oerlikon HRSflow has introduced an improvement to its HRScool hydraulic cylinder system for hot-runner injection molding, first introduced in 2019, which uses advanced temperature management ...