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One visual and thematic crowd-puller was the special "arburgSOLUTIONworld" area, where ARBURG demonstrated that the company's portfolio and expertise cover all the key issues facing its customers today and in the future. Trade visitors received individual answers from ARBURG experts to all currently relevant questions on topics of the future such as productivity increases, efficiency, sustainability, shortage of skilled labor, and subsidies.
The highlight of the exhibits was the large ALLROUNDER 720 E GOLDEN ELECTRIC, which celebrated its German premiere at Fakuma. The new electric machine combines a particularly slim design with a high level of precision – and at a very attractive price! It is characterized by its space-saving installation area and high energy efficiency. The new MULTILIFT SELECT 16 linear robotic system with a load capacity of 16 kilograms and the fully automated production cells with multi-axis robots were also very well received by visitors, as was the industrial additive manufacturing exhibit.
There was something for everyone among the diverse applications – from the sustainable injection molding of small dolphins made out of recycled material from old fishing nets using a hydraulic ALLROUNDER 420 C GOLDEN EDITION to the mass production of 64 medical syringe barrels each in only around six seconds using a hybrid high-performance ALLROUNDER 520 H in clean room design. In addition to classic recyclate processing, innovative paper injection molding, which ARBURG demonstrated with an electric ALLROUNDER 370 A and "paper pearls" from its partner Model, attracted a great deal of interest.
In high demand among trade show visitors and challenging to produce in terms of application technology were food-safe spatulas made of LSR and PBT, which were produced by an ALLROUNDER MORE 2000 two-component machine. Handling was carried out by a Yaskawa six-axis robot. There were also long lines at a production cell built around an electric ALLROUNDER 630 A, which turned copolyester into transparent reusable drinking cups capable of replacing glass and disposable products.
On Friday, lots of young visitors also came to the exhibition center to find out about training and career opportunities as part of the "mold your dreams, mold your future" careers campaign. At the ARBURG booth, the young guests were treated to videos on training, award-winning projects and sustainable injection molding applications. Andreas Fath, the "swimming professor", was also there in person, speaking about his efforts to combat microplastics and promote clean water. The enthusiastic school students and young people were also able to make their own shopping tokens from recycled material and take part in a competition.
