Automation

Automation
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Overview
ENGEL provides tailored automation solutions for injection moulding machines, integrating robots and peripheral equipment to enhance production efficiency and safety. Their offerings range from modular to fully customized systems, ensuring high-quality parts and stable processes.
Automation at ENGEL
ENGEL is a global leader in injection moulding machine automation, offering a comprehensive product portfolio supported by automation centres in Europe, Asia, and America. This ensures consistent standards and support worldwide.
Added Value and Innovations
ENGEL continuously develops product functions and automation technology, introducing innovations that improve process efficiency, precision, and energy savings. Their inject 4.0 solutions optimize production cells, significantly boosting productivity in the Industry 4.0 era.
Smart Solutions
ENGEL offers smart production, service, and machine solutions to enhance productivity and process stability. Key features include:
  • virtmould: Simulation software for testing part data sets without production interruption.
  • authentig: A Manufacturing Execution System for optimal production control.
  • e-connect and e-connect.24: Customer portals for system information and 24/7 remote maintenance.
  • iQ vibration control: Active vibration compensation for precise positioning.
  • event control: Self-optimizing cycle times for efficient processes.
Integrated Control and Safety
ENGEL's integrated control concept allows centralized operation of machines, robots, and auxiliaries, facilitating fast commissioning and error-free configuration. Their safety technology ensures compliance with safety standards, offering options for conveyor belts and safety-certified automation cells.
Ready-to-Run Systems Solutions
ENGEL provides modular automation solutions, including separator and conveyor belts for injection moulding machines. These systems ensure safe and efficient operation with integrated mechanical systems and signal interfaces.
Specifications
The document details the integration of robots and conveyor belts into safety gates for compact injection moulding cells, using tie-bar-less machines and horizontal part removal for short cycle times. Various machines like 'victory', 'e-motion', and 'e-mac' are mentioned, along with compatible robots such as 'e-pic Z' and 'viper'.
Procedures
The process of docking conveyor belts to safety gates is outlined, allowing access to the mould area and stopping operations when necessary. The use of sprue pickers and discharge chutes integrated into safety gates is also described.
Standards and Recommendations
Emphasis is placed on CE-certified solutions and modular cell safety technology for flexible design and integration. The document recommends using preconfigured standard layouts for easy robot integration and highlights the benefits of customized automation solutions.
Automation Solutions
ENGEL offers customized system solutions, including project systems solutions and conveyor systems, tailored to individual requirements. The document describes the use of flexible process modules for stable production processes and the trend towards increased automation.
Robots and Technology
Various robots like 'e-pic B', 'e-pic Z', and 'viper' are discussed, highlighting features such as compact design, energy efficiency, and ease of integration. The 'easix' articulated arm robot is also covered for multifunctional tasks.
Industry Applications
The document provides examples of industry-specific reference projects, showcasing ENGEL's expertise in various application areas and emphasizing the competitive advantage gained from their engineering and project expertise.
Conclusion
ENGEL's automation solutions offer a range of options for enhancing injection moulding processes, focusing on safety, efficiency, and flexibility. The document serves as a guide for selecting and implementing the right automation components for specific needs.
ENGEL Safety Systems Overview
ENGEL safety systems are designed for personal protection in plant construction, compliant with EN ISO 14120 standards. These systems offer CE-compliant cells with standard layouts for various machine and robot combinations, eliminating the need for additional certification.
Plant Safety Technology
The modular assembly kit allows for individual cell configuration, providing fast, safe, and clean coupling with injection moulding machines. Features include swivel and slide doors, protective panels, and cable ducts, all designed for optimal space usage and safety.
Compact Cell and Easicell
The compact cell offers a scalable safety solution with a minimal footprint, integrating various ENGEL conveyor systems. The easicell is a universal cell for encapsulated processing tasks, allowing easy integration and removal of robots and processing units.
Processing Technology
ENGEL provides precise products for parts processing, including compact infrared ovens for efficient heating. These ovens are modular, energy-efficient, and integrated with ENGEL's control software for intuitive operation.
Training Programs
ENGEL offers comprehensive training programs to enhance efficiency in injection moulding. Courses cover basic to advanced robotics skills, control technology, and maintenance, ensuring participants can effectively operate and troubleshoot ENGEL systems.
ENGEL Services
ENGEL provides a wide range of services, including OEM parts, maintenance packages, and consulting. Their service portfolio ensures long-term success with expert support, retrofitting, and training to maximize production cell potential.
Contact Information
ENGEL AUSTRIA GmbH, Ludwig-Engel-Straße 1, 4311 Schwertberg, Austria. Tel: +43 50 620 0, Email: [email protected], Website: www.engelglobal.com
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Perfectly matched components and system solutions

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The dynamics of the market pose increasingly complex challenges to your production. ENGEL offers you solutions that precisely match your desired level of automation: from modular to tailor-made systems solutions. Automation expertise at all levels: We design and supply complete production systems in which all processes, from the injection moulding machine and the robot to the automation peripherals, are perfectly matched. You can therefore rely on the highest part quality, stable processes and maximum productivity – and that your entire production is running smoothly.

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Contents Automation at ENGEL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Added value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Ready-to-run systems solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Project systems solutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Robots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Gripper technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Conveyor systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Cell safety technology . . . . . . . . . . . ....

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Your partner for efficient injection moulding applications ENGEL leads the global market for injection moulding machines. And is number 1 in the automation of entire production cells. In addition to our sales subsidiaries and our worldwide service network, more than 450 experts at ENGEL are dedicated to the development and production of modular and customised systems solutions for innovative technologies in all sectors. Our competence centres provide you with experts in applications, all certifications required and efficient overall project engineering. Comprehensive product portfolio Optimally...

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The unique innovations for your decisive technical advantage. As an innovative leader, our focus has always been on the continuing development of product functions and the entire line of products. We set new standards in automation technology for entire production cells with injection moulding machines. Numerous unique characteristics in mechanics, control technology and software result in faster startups, more efficient and precise processes, longer product life cycles and higher energy savings. inject 4.0 Our solutions for the smart factory Continuously increasing customer benefit has always...

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iQ vibration control Active vibration compensation for quick and precise positioning Our ENGEL viper linear robots measure the vibrations at the end of the vertical axis close to the gripper using acceleration sensors and compensates for the vibration via the closed-loop control in the control unit and the servo drives. This innovation also compensates for vibrations of a robot mounted on a vibrating machine or touching the mould or an ejector. This results in shorter cycle times and higher process reliability during loading, part removal and depositing. event control Self-optimising cycle times...

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integrated sequence The optimal programming experience for beginners and professionals integrated safety The integrated safety technology for flexible production cells ll individual components, as well as the system solutions of A ENGEL automation are already CE certified. This also facilitates the inspection of customised solutions. NGEL offers built-in safety for personal protection related E to heights, distances and strengths for machine and safety clearances. he integrated safety technology includes standardised electriT cal safety packages for connected or stand-alone operation of the machine...

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Ready-to-run systems solutions The modular automation solutions

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Ready-to-run systems solutions Separator and conveyor belts for free-falling parts without robot Simple and precise positioning under the injection moulding machines The modular automation solutions Safety gate Chutes and switches in the machine are used to distribute sprues, rejects and good parts to multiple conveyor belts. These conveyor belts are available in numerous design variants and for all machine depositing sides. Electrical outlet Belt conveyor Interface Robot Power outlet Robot or terminal block IMM options Reject/sprue selection Extension packages with safety gate, interfaces, power...

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Pickers with discharge chutes integrated in the safety gate For part production on the most compact of footprints Durable pneumatic or dynamic servo sprue pickers are mounted on the stationary mould mounting platen. Ready-to use CE-certified solutions for discharge chutes are integrated directly into the machine guarding. Robot and conveyor belts integrated into safety gate For the most compact of injection moulding cells Expanded safety gates for small and medium-sized machines are the easiest method to allow a robot to deposit parts on a belt conveyor. Combined with tie-bar-less injection moulding...

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Robot with free-standing conveyor belts and safety guarding for all depositing sides Standard layouts make adding a robot to a machine easy Preconfigured standard layouts can be selected from numerous combinations of ENGEL injection moulding machines with ENGEL linear robots, depending on the depositing side (operator, non-operator, side-by-side). safety systems, the modular cell safety technology, offers full freedom of design for individual cell layouts, ensuring perfect connection to the machine, an attractive overall design and CE certification. Injection moulding machines e-motion e-mac...

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Project systems solutions Customised automation solutions

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Injection moulding machines If you are looking for more than a combination of modular automation components such as robots, conveyor belts, safety guarding, etc., the ENGEL team is happy to develop customised system solutions to meet your individual requirements. Our specialists have access to a comprehensive modular assembly kit system with proven process modules; they additionally develop components and features in line with your specific requirements, and integrate your preferred components and standards. Conveyor systems e-motion e-mac victory duo insert Processing technology infrared oven...

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