UMS 16 goes hybrid - Uniloy Milacron

ISSUE 01-07 - February 2007
topics:
U n I l o y M I l a c r o n G E r M a n y G M b H - b & W b l o W M o U l d I n G S y S t E M S
Anniversary: 20 Years
of Uniloy Milacron
Highlight of B+R
controller – coextrusion
with total overview
news:
Jubilees,
Exhibitions
and more …
Partner:
FHW – Friedrich H.
Weischede Formenbau
Subsidiary:
Uniloy U.K.
UMS 16 goes hybrid

Dear Readers,
our Sales Managers made the suggestion
I should greet you in this edition of the
newletter as you only know me through
emails or phone calls and here I am ...
introducing you to our Sales department
which is composed of our area Sales
Managers Mathias Stoll, Karola Hepfner,
Frank Krafft and I, their Sales assistant.
you get in touch with us not only when
you want to buy a machine, but also when
you need detailed information on our
technology, its applications and even more
so when you have own ideas on specific
technological demands on the machine
you need: Speak with us and we will exploit
our know-how for you.
Furthermore, our area Sales Managers
can help you develop a project and determine
the optimal machine size in relation
to the production requested.
For my part, in addition to supporting our
Sales Manager, I attend to all the bits and
pieces of work needed in the department
and the coordination of the export of the
machines to the customers‘ sites. Furthermore
you can contact me for different
kinds of services and organizational
issues in which I can help concerning
journeys, visas, brochures and all other
kinds of issues you need support from our
side for.
Head on to find all ways that lead to us.
Paola Suchanek
Sales Assistant
Overview of the areas our Sales Managers
are responsible for:
Karola Hepfner: USa, canada, UK, France,
Portugal, austria, Hungary and East asia
Frank Krafft: Germany, Switzerland, Scandinavia,
benelux, Israel and South africa
Mathias Stoll: Middle and latin america,
australia, Pakistan, India, Middle East, Greece,
Italy, Spain, russia and most of the UdSSr
countries
Editorial
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UMS 16 goes hybrid
and becomes “UMS 16H.S”
at this year’s K show in düsseldorf
(24 th – 31 st of october 2007) we will
exhibit the hybrid version of our single
sided UMS 16.S machine. Except for
the proportional-hydraulic clamp all
movements will be either electric or
pneumatic:
Electric
� calibration
� carriage movement
� Punching
� Extruder drive
� Parison programming
� article take-out
Pneumatic
� Mould bottom movement
� Flash separation
� Post cooling
Fully automatic production of a 10 l con-
tainer with recessed handle and bottom
will be shown on the UMS 16H.S. For
shortest cycle times the machine is
equipped with two post cooling stations.
the output of the machine with a single
cavity mould is approx. 180 pcs/h based
on a cycle time of approx. 20 sec and a
container net weight of 350 g. the
respective blow mould including the
controlled scrap removing system is
provided by the mould maker Friedrich
H. Weischede.
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Traditionally, the machine is fitted with
an extrusion head made by our partner
Willi Müller GmbH. at the show we will
be using an S1/160 t-PE single parison
head.
our partner aPIS – manufacturer of
test, automation and trimming systems
– is going to provide a combined leak
tester and scale which will be externally
installed. the scale is linked to the machine
controller and includes automatic
die gap adjustment for weight corrections.
come and see us at the Milacron booth
b 05 in hall 5 and get inspired by an
intelligent, clean and high speed production
of jerry-cans at low energy ratings.
For more exhibition
dates see page 6!

UnIloy MIlacron GErMany GMbH - b&W bloWMoUldInG SyStEMS
anniversary:
20 Years of Uniloy Milacron
on the 8 th of June 2007 we will
celebrate the 20 th anniversary of
our company in our headoffice in
Grossbeeren. We will invite customers,
suppliers, partners as well as
former employees to this event.
Official invitation letters along with
an agenda will be sent approx. one
month ahead.
look forward to meet well-known as
well as new faces. besides an overview
about our current and future
developments we also invite you on
a journey to the past by visiting our
gallery with information and photos
from day one up to the current day.
It goes without saying that we will
also provide our partners the platform
to talk about their products and
to give you the possibility to get
detailed information.
do not miss this opportunity – come
and see us on 8 th of June!
timeline
1987 ■ Foundation of b&W in berlin,
Germany by dieter braune and
Horst Wulsch – rebuilding of
used bekum machines
■ Starting of co-operation with
W. Müller, supplier of extrusion
heads
1990 ■ launch of b&W machine line
with cantilevered clamps and
diagonal tiebars (blow and
drop machines) type bW 2000
– bW 20
1992 ■ Launch of first fully automatic
machines with tiebars at the
bottom of the clamp platens
including deflashing in the
machine and oriented article
transfer type bW 1000 – bW
6000 as well as automation kits
for blow and drop machines
■ First time at K-Show in
düsseldorf with 2 machines
– bW 3000 E and bW 5000 dE
1994 ■ Foundation of subsidiary in
Policka, czech republic for preassembly
of machines
■ First time at the nPE-Show
in chicago, USa with a
bW 5000 dE
1995 ■ Sold to Johnson controls’
Plastic Machinery division
(Uniloy division)
1996 ■ death of dieter braune
1998 ■ Integration in Milacron group
– name changed to Uniloy
Milacron Germany b&W
blowmolding Systems
■ launch of long stroke machine
bW 8000 dE and jerry-can
machine bW 40 E
Dieter Braune and Horst Wulsch
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2000 ■ Production completely shifted
to czech subsidiary “Milacron
czech republic”
■ relocation of German
headquarters to Grossbeeren
close to berlin, Germany
■ retirement of Horst Wulsch
2003 ■ launch of new machine line with
horizontal shuttle movement
on linear guide rails with fully
supported clamps from the
bottom type bWF4- 24
2004 ■ Standardisation of machine
names of all Uniloy Milacron
machine lines; name of b&Wmachines
changed to UMS
(Uniloy Milacron Shuttle)
followed by the indication of
clamp force in metric tons
followed by “d” for double or
“S” for single sided machines.
Example UMS 24.d double
station machine with 24 tons
clamp force
2005 ■ launch of jerry-can machine
UMS 35.S/ d
2006 ■ launch of modular UMS 8/12.
S/d machine
2007 ■ 20 th anniversary

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Highlight of B+R controller –
coextrusion with total overview
For blow moulding machine manufacturers
coextrusion has always been a special
topic demanding high technology and
quality. this is were usually “the grain is
separated from the chaff”.
In this newsletter edition we would like
to introduce you to our easy to operate
extruder speed synchronisation with its
respective functions, settings and screen
pages providing a total overview.
together with our partner W. Müller we
realised several coextrusion projects for
various applications. our strong point is
the implementation of individual customer
needs. one part is for instance the
optimisation of changeover times and
interchangeability of coextrusion heads
that need to run on different machines.
another part is the full integration into the
main control cabinet of the blow moulder.
For each project a control concept is
designed which is tailored to the client’s
individual needs and which
covers all requests concerning
operation, settings, displaying
etc. the portfolio ranges from
discrete wiring to complex bus
solutions with two screens and
separate heating .
no matter how much the projects
vary the extrusion head
as well as satellite extruders
up to a size of 40 mm / 25 d
are made by our partner Willi
Müller. bigger extruders are provided by
us. the speed of all extruders is done
reliably and synchronously by our proven
b+r controller.
Depending on the layer configuration
extruders are assigned on a self-explanatory
screen page.
the set and actual speed of all extruders
is displayed numerically and as a bar
graph on a screen page which is only accessible
by password. this page is also
used to select extruders that are to be
synchronised Just by touching the screen
the operator can choose which extruders
will be changed synchronously (by one
touch speed is changed in relation to
each other respectively by parison length
control) or which will constantly remain
at the set speed. Having all extruders
displayed on one page eases the start-up
and purging procedures.
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on the corresponding set-up page
start-up, maximum and minimum speed,
ramps as well as extruder starve feeding
and stop can be set.
In addition to that there is an extra screen
page called „overview“ which displays all
current and relevant data such as speed,
current/torque, melt pressure and melt
temperature for each individual extruder.
coextrusion with total overview does not
only mean to have one certain screen
page showing all relevant data but it
includes the possibility to permanently
display the requested data at all times.

UnIloy MIlacron GErMany GMbH - b&W bloWMoUldInG SyStEMS
this is done via the
so called “permanent
displays” which
allow the selection of
eight actual values
from a respective list
and to permanently
show them on the
screen. no matter
which screen page is
selected the permanent
displays always
remain and ensure
total overview of all the chosen actual
values.
Plain and simple, “coextrusion with
total overview”!
Norbert Nimpsch
Electro technical department
MSV Show in brno, czech republic,
18 –22 September ’06
F.l.t.r.: Stanislav Smid (Greiner Packaging), Martin
Koleno (Luger GmbH) and Mathias Stoll (Area
Sales Manager)
For the first time on our representative’s
booth, luger ltd. at the Show
in brno/cZ, we presented a machine,
and to be more precise, a newly developed
machine: the modular UMS 12.d
with horizontal carriage movement.
In this special case, modular means
that this machine is the basis for 2
machine types – the UMS 8.S/d and
the UMS 12.S/d. the difference lies
in the clamping force (8 or 12 tons)
and in the horizontal stroke of 400 mm
for the UMS 8 and 450 mm for the
UMS12 as well as the mould max width
which is of 390 mm for the UMS 8.S/d
and 440 mm for the UMS 12.S/d.
Product diversification – UMS 24.S/D
now with 35 tons clamping force
last year the UMS 24.S/d was further
diversified and is now available with 35
tons clamping force. this development
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Furthermore, luger presented their
product range including peripherical
units and additional systems all around
blow moulding machines. luger’s
Headquarter is in austria and is our
representative for austria, czech
republic, Hungary and Slovenia.
at the show, we were able to get in touch
with interested customers and could
set course for some future business; in
fact, shortly after the show, we received
the first machine order by a well known
customer in the czech republic. We
were very pleased with the individual
talks with visitors which brought to light
their high knowledge and interest level.
We are extremely satisfied with the
show’s results. our business has developed
positively. the machine’s high quality,
the readiness to take into consideration
customers’ individual solutions and
needs as well as our service achievement
have met our customer’s approval.
In this regard, we thank all our visitors for
their interest in our products and services.
Mathias Stoll
Area Sales Manager
was brought about by changing the
clamping levers, the clamping cylinder
(larger diameter) and the corresponding
hydraulic valves. In this way, the machine
has become even more attractive for
customers looking for multiple cavity
production and for applications that
require high clamp force such as handle
bottles in PP.
besides the versatile mould width ranging
from 650 mm up to 740 mm the clamp
force increase represents the second
diversification of this machine model.

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Jubilee 2007
20 years with the company
adrian brouwers, Service Manager
20 years with the company
bogdan Znamirowski, Technical
Administrator
Exhibition
Arabplast 2007
13.-16. January 2007
dubai, U.a.E.
Hall 2, booth. 2a2-2a5
K´2007
24.-31.october 2007
düsseldorf , Germany
Hall 15, booth b05
Exponat: UMS 16.S
Chinaplas
21.-24. May 2007
Guangzhou, Pr china
Hall 1b, booth 641
Jubiliee
Exhibition
When I grow up, I want a MIlacron
Frank Starr at our plant
In november last year, bob Starr and
family – Sandra and Frank – have been
our guests for 3 days. bob Starr, owner
of a blow moulding company in canada
i.e. IMbc blowmolding Inc., travelled to
Germany to inspect equipment as well
as to see our new developments and
our plant. besides visiting one of our
German customers we also stopped at
our partner aPIS – supplier for leaktester,
automation and trimming systems
(see newsletter issue 02-06) – to discuss
and see their product portfolio.
Helmut Scherer, our canada agent,
kindly accompanied us on the whole
journey. From apis we drove on to
our assembly plant in Policka, czech
republic where bob Starr and his family
Milacron Czech: a Perfekt team
In Policka, our 41 colleagues assemble
our machines for us up to the point they
are ready for start-up. at this stage, our
processing engineers and our electronic
engineers from Grossbeeren take over
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could see how the development from
the well known bW 1000 – 6000
(UMS 2.4i – 20i) came along and get
to know our new machine range - the
UMS 4 – 35 - with horizontal carriage
movement. last, but not least, we
had the chance to show and explain
the features of the b+r controller in
use in all our machines since 2003.
the time we spent together visiting and
discussing clearly showed bob Starr
what we can offer in terms of machines,
technology and commitment. However,
the probably even more important point
for us was that we had the chance to
fully understand IMbc’s particular needs
and requirments which will be implemented
in future machine orders.
If little Frank – Sandra’s and bob’s son
– could have his say he would have
already made his choice for the next
machine!
We were very happy we had the Starrs
as our guests and thank them all for
permitting us to publish this article and
photo in our newsletter.
Karola Hepfner
Area Sales Manager
the final start-up, set-up and fine tuning
of the machine.
our experts’ team for hydraulics,
pneumatics, mechanics and electrics is
composed of 36 workers and they are
responsible for machine assembling. a
small team of 5 colleagues takes care
of administration, organisation, book
keeping and minor design changes. the
distance of 500 km between Grossbeeren
and Polikca is not to be felt once you
are there; our Grossbeeren and Policka
teams are capable of working hand in
hand. they are what you would call a
perfect team.

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History
the company was founded in 1960 by
Friedrich Heinrich Weischede, mechanical
engineer, in bottrop. From the very
beginning, today’s General Manager
Mr. Josef Schaub influenced extensively
the company’s image.
FHW started its activity manufacturing
glass balls for lamps such as deepengraved
glass domes which were in
fashion in the sixties. Within 2 years
time FHW could make moulds for glass
bottles, mainly flacons, with which the
cosmetic industry started the automated
production.
at the beginning of the sixties, plastic
packaging became increasingly popular.
already in 1963, the plastic processing
industry required the production of the
first moulds. In 1975 FHW started its
specialisation in blow moulds.
Product range
nowadays, Weischede delivers high performance
blow moulds for the production
of all kinds of containers and technical
parts up to 240 litres of volume. the use
of efficient cooling systems as well as
materials, especially made for Weischede,
such as mould steel with very high
density and solidity, lead to optimal production
and constant high article quality
at very fast cycle time.
the product range also includes:
� Complete head tooling with profile setup
in the machine,
� Special high performance blow pins
for quick blowing of articles,
� Blow pins block assemblies with fixed
centre distance for precise and easy
pre-adjustment,
� Spread blow pins for containers with
internal threads,
� Post cooling units as well as
� Inserting and preparation for in-mouldlabelling
systems.
PartnEr
FrIEdrIcH H. WEIScHEdE ForMEnbaU GMbH
Udo Weischede, Manager
Josef Schaub, Manager
UMS 30 lS.S - 2 x 10 lt.
– the ‘patented’ controlled
Scrap removing System
Weischede developments have always
contributed to the optimisation of the
production of thermo-plastic containers.
one of these developments is the
patented “controlled Scrap removing
System”, which was made fit for production
together with Uniloy Milacron on their
UMS-machine range. For the production
of jerry cans, this system offers, besides
bottom scrap also shoulder and particularly
controlled handle scrap removal
without leaving any scrap in the machine.
no rejects. no scrap in the jerry cans nor
on the shoulder. thus, deformation of the
jerry cans by the contour shaped shoulder
post cooling parts is not possible.
Friedrich H. Weischede
Formenbau GmbH
Essener Straße 259–261
d-46242 bottrop
tel.: +49 (0) 2041 76268-0
Fax: +49 (0) 2041 76268-68
E-Mail: fhw@fhw-moulds.com

ISSUE 01-07 - Febuary 2007
SUbSIdIary
Uniloy U.K.
The UK office was established in 1987 as
a machine sales, service and aftermarket
(moulds and parts) center. Its location in
branbury is convenient for taking care of
customers throughout the country and is
also easy to get to for international visitors
or for international travels in general.
UK facility in Branbury
a team of 7 employees is looking after
an installed machine base of 268 machines
to date. about half of the machine
population are reciprocating screw
machines which are an ideal match for
light weight high output jobs such as for
instance dairy bottles. due to the history
and the profound experience with this
process the UK team is also looking after
reciprocating machines sales and services
outside of the UK (USa excluced).
Manager Colin Taylor
Since 1998 the UK office has also
been in charge of the 40 b&W machines
in the market as well as for
new blow mouling machine business.
The right person to contact for:
Management and Sales
Colin Taylor
colin.taylor@uniloy.co.uk
Mould Sales & Service
David Jeffs
david.Jeffs@uniloy.co.uk
Parts Sales
Paul Coleman
Paul.coleman@uniloy.co.uk
contact
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