Mould Monitoring

Plastic product manufacturer Walther Faltsysteme has relied on the expertise of toomaker Haidlmair for many years. Haidlmair's two sbusidiaries, Digital Moulds and FDU-Hotrunner, have now come into play for current projects. Since spring 2020, Walther has been using two new tools that for the first time combine Haidlmair's expertise with two technologies that originate from the family company's development department. These organizations now stand on their own two feet. These are Digital Moulds GmbH (a 50/50 joint venture between Haidlmair and the Bavarian toolmaker Siegfried Hofmann GmbH) with the 'Mould Monitoring' digitalization solution and the wholly-owned Haidlmair subsidiary FDU Hotrunner GmbH. The two moulds, in which both Mould Monitoring and the FDU system are installed, are used to produce a pallet. Mould Monitoring from Digital Moulds is less about the pure performance of the mould and more about the verifiability of the production processes. The information gained is used, for example, to optimize material planning or to adjust the production plan at an early stage. Mould Monitoring enables production and location data to be recorded using hardware that is mounted directly on the injection mould. The data is collected via internal and external sensors, pre-processed in the device and transferred to the cloud-based system via the mobile network. This allows production to be checked in real-time, even if you are not directly on-site. The data also provides more precise information about the condition of the tool, allowing deviations to be detected more quickly. Walther now has 5 tools equipped with the system. Walther is particularly interested in information on the output quantity, completed cycles, fault identification, better planning of short-term maintenance and other basic data.