Under the motto of “Smart Choices – Smart Savings”, WITTMANN BATTENFELD will show a wide range of smart solutions in the field of injection molding technology at K 2025.

Highlight: New MacroPower 500/3400

WITTMANN BATTENFELD’s highlight at K fair will be the new MacroPower 500/3400. The MacroPower series have already proven their small footprint, consequently modest space requirements on production floors.

MacroPower 500/3400 with one-piece machine body.

The new MacroPower stands out by even greater compactness, achieved by a completely new design with a space-saving, one-piece machine body. The machine’s injection unit also comes with a new design and is pivotable. These features help users save time for installation, set-up, and screw change.

The new MacroPower is fitted with the Unilog B8X control system, which includes several control system components developed inhouse. These can reach a higher internal clock frequency and consequently shorter response times to sensor signals, resulting in a higher reproducibility of parts with the familiar ease of use and visualization.

The MacroPower with a one-piece machine body will be available from the K 2025 onward in sizes from 400-600 t.

On the new MacroPower 500/3400, a box known as “HAIBOX” will be produced from a type of PP delivered by Borealis, using a single-cavity mold supplied by Haidlmair, Austria. The machine will be equipped with a WITTMANN IML unit.

MacroPower with multi-component technology

MacroPower 650/2250H/1330H Combimould with a rotary table 1500 mm in diameter, saves space on the production floor with its small footprint and two horizontal injection aggregates.

On this machine, a foldable laundry basket will be manufactured from PP and TPR, using a 1+1-cavity mold supplied by ATA Kalip ve Plastik, Turkey. The machine is equipped with a Primus 148T robot from WITTMANN, which removes the parts and deposits them on a conveyor belt.

Another highlight: New EcoPrimus

WITTMANN’s second highlight at K fair will be the new EcoPrimus, an all-electric machine model. As a standardized model from the EcoPower series, the machine comes with the latest-generation control system from the WITTMANN Group, i.e. Unilog B8X.

The EcoPrimus has been released for sale from the K 2025 onwards in size 100 – with 1,000 kN clamping force.

On an EcoPrimus 100/525, closing caps for medical applications will be produced using a 24-cavity mold with an unscrewing device supplied by HTW, Austria. The parts are removed and deposited on a conveyor belt by a W918 robot from WITTMANN, then passed on to a tubular bag machine from Ravizza Packaging, Italy, and packaged.

Liquid silicone processing

Another EcoPower series, EcoPower 110/350, will show LSR processing. On this machine, a pump housing for sealing liquids will be manufactured from liquid silicone with a 2-cavity mold supplied by Elmet, Austria. A special device used will be the Elmet TOP 5100 dosing pump, designed for maximum process stability of LSR processing in mass production. The parts are removed and deposited on a conveyor belt by a W918 robot from WITTMANN.

Space-saving SmartPower

A servo-hydraulic SmartPower 160/1000 will be laid out as an Insider cell at K 2025 to prove its modest space requirements. In this work cell, the WITTMANN W918 parts removal robot, the conveyor belt and the auxiliary equipment for upstream and downstream processing are all integrated inside the machine, presenting the entire system as a single compact unit.

The functionality of the SmartPower 160 Insider will be demonstrated at the K fair by producing aerosol spray caps from PP with an 8-cavity mold supplied by HTW, Austria.

MicroPower for micro parts

Specially designed for injection molding of smallest possible micro parts, the all-electric MicroPower features compactness, energy efficiency, and material saving.

At K fair, a lab-on-a-chip will be made from transparent PP on a MicroPower 15/10, which comes equipped with the new WITTMANN robot model W9VS2 specially designed for this machine.

MicroPower 15/10.

Lab-on-a-chip.

The production takes place inside 3D-printed 2-cavity mold inserts supplied by the Austrian company NanoVoxel, which are integrated in a basic tool box from Ernst Wittner GmbH. A special feature of the molded part with a size of 18 x 8 x 3 mm are its structures measuring 0.04 x 0.04 x 0.1 mm with corner radii down to 0.005 mm.

Vertical injection molding with automation

Last but not least, WITTMANN BATTENFELD will exhibit a vertical machine from the VPower series, with 2-tie-bar rotary table concept, which offers optimal accessibility by dispensing with a central tie-bar.

VPower 160.

The machine also features high speed that saves production time. This is achieved by generously dimensioned rotary tables fitted with a 2-bar portal clamping unit with two external traveling cylinders for fast opening and closing, and by the rotary tables operating with servo-electric drives for minimal rotation times and precise positioning.

At K 2025, a decorated structural component will be manufactured on a VPower 160/525 R 1600 with an automation system supplied by WITTMANN Germany from the natural fiber-based material NFPP.