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- Plastics News
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- November 2, 2009
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Keba system drives injection presses
Keba AG, the controller maker from Linz, Austria, is pitching its KeDrive electric drive for injection molding machines.
The KeDrive D6 drive system, made for multiaxial applications, can run an injection press. During molding, not all the drives need to be used simultaneously. The injection axis has the largest power requirement. Drives for mold movement and plastication both need 70 percent of that maximum power level, while part ejection and pressing require 25 percent.
A drive system using KeDrive D6 components feeds a central power supply unit via the common direct-current voltage link of the five ...