PRESS RELEASE Altdorf – Germany / Juliy 2018 LWB-Steinl at the FAKUMA 2018 Elastomer/thermoplast hybrid-injection molding and automation The injection molding and automation technology manufacturer LWB- Steinl is present for the first time at FAKUMA. In Hall 4 / Stand 4123 the injection molding machine manufacturer LWB-Steinl will present examples of its injection molding machines for processing elastomer and thermoplastic materials. In addition, the LWB Automation, founded in 2017, will be making its trade fair debut. With its new group company, LWB-Steinl expands the range of machines to include handling and finishing solutions. As a testimonial for their integration they present a highly automated production cell for the production of 2-component shaft seals. The Steinl Group has grown from two to eight companies within the last seven years. The first step was taken by Alfred Steinl in 1962 by founding a small mechanical workshop, from which STG (Stamping Technology Company) and Landshuter Werkzeugbau (LWB-Steinl) emerged, in which injection molding machines for rubber processing were built from 1971 onwards. In 2011, the biomaterials development and processing company Biofibre GmbH was added. In 2013, the sealant developer and application machine manufacturer Dreibond was taken over. In 2014, LWB-Steinl became a joint venture partner of URP (United Rubber & Plastic Machinery Ltd) in Langfang, which builds elastomer injection molding machines for the Chinese market. LWB-Steinl GmbH & Co KG Sonnenring 35, D-84032 Altdorf Tel.: +49 (0) 871 – 308-0, E-Mail: [email protected]– www.lwb-steinl.de
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P R E S S R E L E A S EAltdorf – Germany / Juliy 2018
LWB-Steinl at the FAKUMA 2018
Elastomer/thermoplast hybrid-injection molding and automation
The injection molding and automation technology manufacturer LWB-Steinl is present for the first time at FAKUMA. In Hall 4 / Stand 4123 the injection molding machine manufacturer LWB-Steinl will present examples of its injection molding machines for processing elastomer and thermoplastic materials. In addition, the LWB Automation, founded in 2017, will be making its trade fair debut. With its new group company, LWB-Steinl expands the range of machines to include handling and finishing solutions. As a testimonial for their integration they present a highly automated production cell for the production of 2-component shaft seals.
The Steinl Group has grown from two to eight companies within the last seven years. The
first step was taken by Alfred Steinl in 1962 by founding a small mechanical workshop,
from which STG (Stamping Technology Company) and Landshuter Werkzeugbau (LWB-
Steinl) emerged, in which injection molding machines for rubber processing were built from
1971 onwards. In 2011, the biomaterials development and processing company Biofibre
GmbH was added. In 2013, the sealant developer and application machine manufacturer
Dreibond was taken over. In 2014, LWB-Steinl became a joint venture partner of URP
(United Rubber & Plastic Machinery Ltd) in Langfang, which builds elastomer injection
molding machines for the Chinese market. In 2015, LWB-Steinl entered into a cooperation
agreement with REMA TIP TOP AG and founded VulcTech GmbH at the Landhut / Altdorf
site for the manufacture of repair presses for rubber conveyor belts. In the same year, the
Steinl Group took over the Italian Prodicon International Srl. (Development of production of
rubber batch-off plants). Against the backdrop of the recently founded LWB-Automation
and the steadily growing number of thermoplastic injection molding machines, LWB-Steinl
for the first time present their broad vertical machine competence beyond elastomer
processing at the FAKUMA 2018 to processors of thermoplastic materials.
LWB-Steinl GmbH & Co KG Sonnenring 35, D-84032 AltdorfTel.: +49 (0) 871 – 308-0, E-Mail: [email protected] – www.lwb-steinl.de
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Vertical machines with gantry and C-frame clamping units
At the LWB stand, two examples from the vertical machine program will be the focus of the
presentation. Together with a 6-axis robot, they are part of a production plant for producing
a rotationally symmetrical plastic / rubber composite part. (Fig.1) Its base made of Vestamid
PA 612 + 40% GF is produced on a top-closing C-frame machine type VCRS 500/115 with
thermoplast injection unit. The C-frame machines are closing from the top up to 160 T
closing and above up to 250 T closing force from below.
Machine Two is a VRF 1100/160 gantry frame machine that adds to the inside of the
polyamide central body a ring made of EPDM rubber / 70 Shore. The portal frame machines
are characterized by a very rigid mold support and offer the best conditions for a low-burr to
burr-free molding production. (Fig.2)
Offer extended by automation technology
In 2017, LWB-Steinl expanded its range of competences by automation technology both for
elastomer and thermoplastic injection molding applications by founding LWB Automation /
Weinheim. The focus is on the handling, processing and testing of molded parts within
production cells. The product range extends from demoulding aids and manipulation
equipment through modular processing cells to the conception of fully automatic production
plants. And not just in combination with LWB-Steinl injection molding machines, but for
machines from all manufacturers (Fig.3). At the LWB booth, the two vertical machines
mentioned above are integral units of a fully automatic production cell designed and
constructed by LWB Automation.
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LWB Steinl / Hall 4 – Stand 4123
Technical details Peter Radosai – Sales manager Europa E-mail: [email protected]
Press contact Christina Lebeus – Marketing E-Mail: [email protected]
LWB-Steinl GmbH & Co KG Sonnenring 35, D-84032 AltdorfTel.: +49 (0) 871 – 308-0, E-Mail: [email protected] – www.lwb-steinl.de
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About LWB-Steinl Founded in 1962 by Alfred Steinl, the company dealt from the beginning with tools and machinery for rubber processing. Today, the company, still managed by the Steinl family, is one of the world's leading manufacturers of rubber injection molding machines. The product portfolio covers the complete range of rubber and plastic injection molding machines, from the vertical C-frame machine to vertical 4-post or plate-frame machines, to horizontal, column and C-frame machines. In addition, "batch-off systems" are also manufactured for production-compatible storage of rubber compounds.
Currently the company, based in Altdorf near Landshut, employs around 250 people and supplies about 500 machines per year. Besides the production site in Germany, LWB runs a production plant in China since 2009 and with LWB Automation, a separate subsidiary for production automation since 2009
Figures:
Photo: LWB-Steinl
Fig. 1: 2-component shaft-seal consisting of an outer ring made of a glass fibre filled PA 612 and an inner ring of EPDM-rubber.
LWB-Steinl GmbH & Co KG Sonnenring 35, D-84032 AltdorfTel.: +49 (0) 871 – 308-0, E-Mail: [email protected] – www.lwb-steinl.de
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Photo: Technokomm
Fig. 2: Fig. 1: LWB-Steinl presents at FAKUMA an interlinked production cell, in which a VCRS 500/115 C-frame machine with thermoplastic injection unit is cooperating with a VRF 1100/160 gantry frame rubber injection molding machine.
LWB-Steinl GmbH & Co KG Sonnenring 35, D-84032 AltdorfTel.: +49 (0) 871 – 308-0, E-Mail: [email protected] – www.lwb-steinl.de
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Photo: Technokomm
Fig.3: The two vertical machines are combined by a handling and processing periphery by LWB automation to a fully automatic production cell for postprocessing of 2-component shaft seals.
LWB-Steinl GmbH & Co KG Sonnenring 35, D-84032 AltdorfTel.: +49 (0) 871 – 308-0, E-Mail: [email protected] – www.lwb-steinl.de
