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JAN 2018

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News in Sensors, Quality Monitoring, And Quick Mold Change At the recent Fakuma show in Germany, Priamus System Technologies (U.S. office in Sterling, Va.) intro- duced several new products: • The new Quality Monitor is an inexpensive alternative to the company's FillControl process monitor. It's based on the new BlueLine QDaq digital data- acquisition unit (below) mounted on the injection machine. This compact unit measures only 160 × 100 × 61 mm. It incor- porates an OPC-UA interface, becoming the standard for Industry 4.0 connectivity or "the Internet of Things." The device sends data from cavity pressure or temperature sensors and from the process to a server, the cloud, tablet, and/or smartphone. No special software is needed. A PC or tablet is connected to the QDaq only for setup, after which it operates as a stand-alone data collector and transmitter. Accessories for this system include a QScreen tablet for data display and color-coded LED lights to indicate process status relative to standards. • Priamus also showed two new develop- ments in sensors. One is cavity-pressure sensors with angled connectors. This minimizes the mounting space and height required by replacing the standard axial connection with a right-angled connection (see image). The side-outlet connecting cable is available for all standard sensors with automatic sensitivity detection and requires no modification of the sensors. The second development is floating sensor disconnects for floating mold inserts. Priamus says floating mold inserts with generous tolerances are an increasingly popular option because they require less precise machining. The new disconnect system for cavity pressure and temperature sensors automatically compen- sates for lateral displacement of the inserts. • For quick mold changes, Priamus' new Mold Dock is the result of a collaboration with Staubli, which specializes in connectors for mold utilities in quick-mold-change (QMC) systems. Up to eight connector inserts for temperature or pressure signals are secured by a simple locking system and encoding pins. A manual dock is shown here; the inserts are also available separately for fully automated QMC systems. 877-774-2687 • priamus.com INJECTION MOLDING INJECTION MOLDING Angled connector. Floating connector. Mold Dock. New Small 6-Axis Robot Sepro Group of France (U.S. office in Warrendale, Pa.) is expanding its line of six-axis robots from Yaskawa-Motoman with three smaller models sized for injection machines of up to 500 tons clamp capacity. Four larger models were introduced in 2016 for presses up to 5000 tons. The new models in Sepro's 6X Visual family are: • 6X-70/70L (long reach) for presses of 20 to 200 tons. Payload capacity, 5 kg (11 lb); reach, 706 mm or 895 mm (70L). • 6X-140 (pictured) for presses of 80 to 200 tons. Payload capacity, 5 kg (11 lb); reach, 1440 mm. • 6X-170/170L for presses of 150 to 500 tons. Payload capacity, 24 kg (52.8 lb) or 10 kg (22 lb) for 170L; reach, 1730 mm or 2010 mm (170L). 412-459-0450 • sepro-america.com @plastechmag 71 Plastics Technology N E W P R O D U C T S F O R P L A S T I C S P R O C E S S I N G

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