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Article: Why molders love all-electric machines.(includes related article on the all-electric molding machine used by Visteon Automotive Systems)(all-electric injection molding presses)(Cover Story)
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- Plastics Technology
- Article date:
- April 1, 1999
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1999 Gardner Publications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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All-electric injection presses carry higher price tags, but molders who use them don't seem to care. They say price pales in comparison to the valuable molding advantages they get with electric machines. These first-hand accounts tell why the 'go-electric' movement is spreading.
A growing number of injection molders have encountered the sticker shock of all-electric molding machines - and bought them anyway. Did they get the machine of their dreams or an over-priced, over-hyped status symbol? To find out, PLASTICS TECHNOLOGY asked a group of all-electric users, from both custom and captive shops, what it's really like to work with these machines shift after ...