Sanyo Denki Servo Systems Save Money for Injection Molding Machine Designers

TORRANCE, Calif. - April 18, 2022 - PRLog -- Under the corporate philosophy of "Aim to help all people achieve happiness", SANYO DENKI is committed to develop new technologies and products in six sectors on the basis of three technological concepts. Technology for protecting the global environment, technology for protecting people's health and safety, and technology for using new energy sources and saving energy

SANMOTION is a brand name for SANYO DENKI's Servo Systems products, such as servo motors, servo amplifiers, stepping motors and drivers, motion controllers, and encoders. Our SANMOTION Servo Systems products contribute to improving the productivity of customers' equipment with high-speed and high-precision positioning capability, as well as fine customization

SANMOTION servo systems can be found in many industries like machine tools, industrial robots, medical equipment, and many others. One of the largest industries that our servo technology is also perhaps the most impactful is injection molding. Injection molding machines typically use molten plastics or metals injected under high pressures into the mold of a shape desired by a customer or manufacturer. To create the high pressures necessary the energy is commonly produced by a hydraulic pump that is powered by a motor which has to be run constantly. However, when you use a motor to power a hydraulic system, a large amount of energy is lost because it has to be converted from either chemical or electrical potential energy to kinetic energy, then to hydraulic pressure, and then back to kinetic energy. Not to mention, the motor is typically running constantly regardless of the kinetic output of the hydraulic system so this too results in significant energy waste.

The solution to this wasteful problem is a completely electric servo driven model of this machine which uses large powerful servo motors to inject the molten material into the desired mold. The European plastics industry has developed a system to classify energy efficiency of these various types of injection molding machines. They place machines in certain categories based on their mode of operation and developed certain standards to compare the energy efficiency. It's called the "Euromap 60.1", and it roughly translates to the following numbers; Hydraulic machine with single speed motor: 100% energy consumption; Hybrid machine with only metering fully electric: 75% to 80% energy consumption; Servo-driven pump machines: 65% to 70% energy consumption; Full-electric machines: 45% to 60% energy consumption. Therefore, SANMOTION servo systems are an excellent option when designing injection molding machines.

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