Orlando, Fla. — Rochester Hills, Mich.-based Billion Plastics Machinery Inc. is focused on multi-injection molding for "multi-innovations," especially related to using recycled materials.
The subsidiary of Bellignat, France-based Billion SAS showed its material viscosity auto-correction feature called EasyControl, which is billed as next-generation machine intelligence at NPE2024 in Orlando.
Molders can process highly heterogeneous material batches, such as regrind or bio-sourced materials, and the machine adjusts injection parameters to guarantee a perfect part, according to Billion General Director Georg Kiesl.
"All this is done in the same cycle," Kiesl said, pointing to a next-generation control panel developed in-house called Dixit4. "This feature provides stability to use materials of different viscosities."
Processors are striving to meet sustainability goals so demand is up for mold trials using a wide range of post-consumer and post-industrial recyclates.
To meet the need, Billion's mold making partner, Optimoule of Thedford Mines, Quebec, has two presses to conduct trials.
"A lot of customers want to mold trials, and now they can do it regionally," Kiesl said.
Billion's coinjection sandwich technology lets processors insert up to 50 percent of post-consumer regrind into the core of a part while maintaining aesthetic and functional properties.
The machine builder is giving away cups and flowerpots — the latter produced by an Ikea supplier — to show how recyclables can be layered into products.
Billion also is highlighting overmolding with demonstrations of a Plasdan rotary table.
"This technology facilitates overmolding for large applications," Kiesl said. "Using a rotary table is much more efficient."
Founded in 1949, French manufacturer Billion offers all-electric, hybrid and hydraulic machines from 40 to 1100 tons of clamping force with expertise in multi-injection technologies.
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This technology facilitates overmolding for large applications. Using a rotary table is much more efficient. Using a rotary table is much more efficient."
Georg Kiesl
Billion Plastics Machinery Inc