Blue Ash, Ohio — Plastics machinery and hot runner manufacturer Milacron was recognized for technological innovation by the government of India's Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals.
Milacron's Q-Series 280 Monosandwich injection molding machine, which is a multi-component technology, was named runner-up in the category for innovation in polymer processing machinery out of the 273 nominations for equipment, robotics and automation built in 2019-20.
The Q-Series is a servo-hydraulic press with a tonnage range of 55-610 suitable for a wide variety of applications and configurations, while the monosandwich process, which was developed in the 1990s, uses the press with a secondary extruder mounted either vertically or horizontally.
The system produces components with reinforced core materials for greater rigidity or foamed core materials for sound- and vibration-damping properties and lightweighting.