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Application Variety of Hot Runner Product Range Can
Enhance Flexibility of Customers in Plastics Processing
D-M-E helps its plastics-moulding customers
become more flexible by offering
an extended standard range of
hot runner products. The supplier
now provides a solution for almost
any application up to 96 nozzles per
mould. New Polimax nozzles, for ex-
A pair of entry-level automatic videobased
measuring machines extend the
SmartScope ZIP range of measuring
systems available from OGP UK Ltd.
The new ZIP Lite 250 and 300 benchtop
video measuring systems include
a high-resolution digital colour camera
and advanced motorized optics, the
latter incorporating OGP’s patented
AccuCentric autocalibrating 5:1 zoom
lens for keeping images in focus and
on-axis throughout the entire range of
magnification.
Patented LED SmartRing white
lights provide square-on total illumination,
pinpointing light from an infinite
number of directions in order to
locate detail exactly and maximize
contrast on components of almost any
shape. Also, green LED profile and
coaxial surface lights are included for
greater illumination flexibility.
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ample, are available in lengths of 50 to
500 mm with a shot weight capacity
up to 3,000 g. And D-M-E offers a large
variety of tips so that choosing the
type of gate is a simple matter of
changing the nozzle tip. The new
Polifast nozzles for parts up to 50 g
Both machines come with OGP’s
easy-to-use MeasureMind 3D Multi-
Sensor metrology software for measur-
come with a variety of tips, as
does the Policosmetic series for
use in custom packaging.
D-M-E has improved its
flexibility not only in the
open-nozzle area, but also in
its valve gate systems. With
the Polivalve valve gate system,
the operator can choose
from a preinstalled system or a
complete hot half and decide
whether an electric or hydraulic
drive is needed, among
other options. The choice of
preinstalled system or hot half
is available also for the opentype
systems; thus the operator
only needs to add the cavity
plate to start production.
To help deal with today’s
economy, D-M-E offers an economical
hot runner system. The new
Essential-Series is a cost-efficient system
for standard materials in the one-,
two-, or four-nozzle format.
D-M-E Europe C.V.B.A.
MECHELEN, BELGIUM
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Entry-Level Benchtop Video Measuring Systems Handle
Simple Shapes and Complex Structures with Equal Facility
ing parts with simple geometric shapes
or complex free-form structures. Neither
requires the addition of an external
processor or lens ID facility. The
machines have a granite base and column
for stable measurement, an operator-friendly
three-button joystick,
and high-precision microstepping
motors to drive x-y motion control
functions. A touch probe and laser
sensor for measuring parts with hardto-find
features is available as an accessory,
as are lens attachments for additional
magnification options.
Measuring areas for the ZIP Lite 250
and 300 are 250 x 150 x 150 mm and
300 x 300 x 150 mm, respectively. The
250 model can be equipped with a
300-mm x-axis as well.
OGP UK Ltd.
FOSTON, DERBYSHIRE, UK
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