Let me introduce our design team, from left to right we have; Grant Angus, Brad Williamson, Michael Pickering, Kevin Jones & Greg Morgan. Most of you will know our development manager Kevin who has been with us now for 30 years and knows his way around the industry. Greg joined us a year ago and is our senior product and tool designer; he also has 30 years industry experience with well known companies Gallagher, PEC and Click Clack. Grant has recently joined us bringing with him 15 years experience in the tool and machine setting with the plastic industry around Brisbane for companies PPI and CU Christiansen. Michael has a B Tech majoring in product development from Massey University and has been with us for 2 years and Brad has just graduated as top apprentice for his year in plastic processing injection moulding.
Our design team is drawn in when necessary from start to finish for every tool that gets built here or project managed to run here. Tools are not signed off until all internal and external customers are happy with the finished part and the overall tool performance and detailed work instructions and machine settings are proven and recorded.Our Plastics design team is at all times supported by the by design teams at the Diecasting and Engineering.
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Evento provides innovative and unique promotional products for fun times. They manufacture all their own equipment from the Barfly and Buzz ball to the Go Racer toilet seats and Bathtub Racer.
Key to the racers performance is the little wheels, they withstand tremendous forces in cornering and driving, the tyres must be non marking, never go flat and able to be driven over all surfaces, indoor and out and above all have outstanding wear resistance without sacrificing surface grip.
The wheel hubs are pressure die cast aluminium then machined to fit axels and bearings and lastly open mould spun cast with polyurethane to form the tyres. Note that the tyres are not machined but moulded to their final shape and finish, keeping costs down. These wheels are an interested product in that utilises capabilities and co-ordination of all three Axiam plants. |
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Oh and we also make the life like but soft oversize imitation taps and shower rose from integral skin foam polyurethane to ensure that no one injures themselves that you can see on the bath tub racers.
If you would like to know more about Evento please click on evento |
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New 860 tonne Injection Moulder
The latest addition to our injection machine stable is the big Nissei FV9200 with the new generation and highly rated Tact controller.
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With a clamping force of 8400KN and a shot weight of 4.5Kg this increases our large part moulding capacity by 100%. Mould size capacity is further enhanced by the high speed closing telescopic clamping ram, with 2260mm daylight opening and die plate dimensions of 1800mm. This makes it possible to cope with deeper and larger moulds than generally associated with machine of this size.
The fully integrated Tact electronic controller is where the real advances have been made in recent times
- With high speed control and injection scanning time of 500 micro seconds means the response and repeatability of the injection process control has much improved.
- Six injection speeds and pressure limit settings, four stage clamping and opening velocities and multi stage ejection control permit wide ranging condition settings.
- Clamping compression after injection allows for stress release and degassing and ejector operation during clamping permits gate cutting.
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Statistical data results from 24 moulding monitors can be set as the quality control conditions.
- Product images which can be stored with moulding conditions as a set for up to 300 products and the work standard can be displayed on screen during operation.
- USB & LAN connections are standard for off machine control and data collection and there is also an interface program for auxiliary equipment.
This 860 tonne clamping injection moulding machine sits on and is fixed to a 40 tonne concrete pad insulated from but integrated to the factory floor, this is to prevent building damage as you can imagine the forces involved with moulds up to four tonnes in weight moving at high speeds with rapid stop starts during mould open and shut functions.
We have machine capacity available from 40, 60, 80, 100, 150, 180, 260, 460 and now 860 tonne clamping .
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