Unique Hybrid Solution
by David Geiger, Market Manager and Kenneth Kauppila, Senior Project EngineerMoog is participating in a landmark project with Ube Machinery Corporation to develop an injection molding machine, which incorporates Moog's new PowerShot Injection System technology. The PowerShot Injection System is a sealed, closed-loop actuator that combines electrical and hydraulic technology in an energy efficient assembly, which requires no external power unit. This unit is ideal for demanding injection control applications that require high speed and/or high forces on medium and large tonnage plastic machinery, while providing superior closed-loop injection control. It provides the best of both hydraulic and electric technologies by offering the high power, high speed, and accuracy commonly found with hydraulic technology, as well as the low energy consumption, clean environment, low maintenance costs, and modular flexibility of electric technology. As the PowerShot is a new, revolutionary design, the close collaboration between Moog and Ube was critical to the successful implementation of this innovation.
The Ube Machinery Corporation, based in Ube City in Yamaguchi prefecture, is one of the leading machinery manufacturers in Japan. Ube is a global leader in the manufacture of large injection molding machines, which are greater than 1,000 tons, and use both hydraulic and electric technologies. Ube has made some of the largest injection molding machines in the world, and has been a customer of Moog for a number of years for high performance servovalves.
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