Custom-made solutions for the plastic pallet-industry:
  • Upgrade of existing equipment for optimum economics.
  • Manufacture of efficient pallet-moulds

Production of pallets

Case 1 Production of Medium Duty Pallet

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Project-task:

Design a production method to economically manufacture large injection-moulded pallets by:

  • minimum investment in equipment.
  • designing the process and mould-dimensions within available (second hand) machine-limits

Re-use of existing 1.000 ton injection moulding machine:

Process: Design and optimisation of multi-point, cascade-injection to reduce clamping force
Injection unit: addition of injection cylinder
Re-use of existing plastification unit as extruder
Shotweight 20 kg
Clamping unit: Refurbishment and overhaul
Product-removal: Integration of 3-axis robot and pallet-stacking device
Control-system: IMM control-system replaced by Foma control-system
Mould-types: 1 pallet-mould; optimized to fit clamping unit
Case 2 Production of Special Duty Pallet

Project-task

Design and manufacture of pallet-moulds:

Process: Injection of large volume, foamed products with recycled Material
Case 3 Production of 1200x800 Pallet

Project-task:

Design a production method to economically manufacture large injection-moulded pallets by modifying, refurbishing and upgrading an existing injection moulding machine designed for structural foaming.

  • minimum investment in equipment.
  • designing the process and mould-dimensions within available (second hand) machine-limits

Re-use of existing 300 ton injection moulding machine (Foam application)

Process: Design and optimisation of multi-point, cascade-injection to reduce clamping force
Injection unit: increase of shotweight to 20 kg
Clamping unit: Refurbishment and overhaul
Product-removal: Integration of 3-axis robot
Control-system: IMM control-system replaced by Foma control-system
Mould-types: 1 pallet-mould from US origin; equipped with custom-build hotrunner system