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New app for mobile devices replaces data slide rule

ENGEL launches new service era with e-calc

Schwertberg/Austria – July 2013. ENGEL now offers customers even more support

with a new app for mobile devices. After entering j ust a few parameters, e-calc

automatically supplies the values required for mate rial and component-independent

design of injection moulding machines, as well as c ritical setting data, thus ensuring

that the injection moulding machine perfectly match es the application in hand.

The materials data are stored in the software. Based on them, e-calc guides the user step by

step to the results. The optimum values for the required stroke volume, the occurring filling

pressure, the resulting clamping force and the screw speed and cooling time are computed.

Thus far, ENGEL has supported its customers in machine design with a data slide rule that

does not remove the need for the user to perform the required computations. Even the

smallest computational error can lead to inefficient injection moulding machine design. The

app also offers more safety. Even less experienced plastics processors can rely on the

software to find the best-suited machine within the shortest possible time. At the same time,

the machine setter benefits in terms of process settings in on-going operation. They no

longer need a calculator, nor do they need to enter materials data manually.

Always at hand – always state of the art

"The smartphone is something you always have at hand. This permanent availability was

what prompted us to develop an app for the first time", emphasises Dr. Georg Steinbichler,

Senior Vice President of Development Technologies at ENGEL AUSTRIA. "Our objective is

to continue to facilitate the use of ENGEL injection moulding technology despite increasing

functional diversity."

The materials data for typical thermoplastics, which were previously grouped in a compact

way on the slide rule, are now stored in the app. They include, for example, the melt, mould

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and pre-drying temperatures and times, viscosity and wall thickness factors, temperature

conductivities and de-moulding temperatures, permissible peripheral screw speeds, enthalpy

values and guidelines for processing loss. Additionally, the new software includes a glossary

of technical terms.

Communication with the customer again simplified

"We see great potential for our customer service, and in the long term for our training

departments, in app technology," emphasises Wolfgang Degwerth, Head of Customer

Service Division ENGEL AUSTRIA. "Thanks to e-calc, we have again simplified

communication between ENGEL and our customers, and are now entering a totally new

service era. e-calc is one of the first apps to be developed for the injection moulding

industry."

The ENGEL e-calc app is available from the provider stores in German and English for

Android smartphones. Versions for iOS and Windows Phone are under development.

After entering just a few parameters, e-calc automatically supplies the values required for material and component-independent design of injection moulding machines. (Photo: ENGEL)

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ENGEL AUSTRIA GmbH, A-4311 Schwertberg/Austria, Tel.: +43 50 620-0, Fax: +43 50 620-3009 E-Mail: susanne.zinckgraf@engel.at, http://www.engelglobal.com

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ENGEL AUSTRIA GmbH

ENGEL is one of the global leaders in the manufacture of plastics processing machines. Today, the ENGEL Group offers a full range of technology modules for plastics processing as a single source supplier: Injection moulding machines for thermoplastics and elastomers, and automation, with the assurance that individual components are also competitive and successful in the world markets. With eight production plants in Europe, North America and Asia (China, Korea), subsidiaries and representatives in over 85 countries, ENGEL offers its customers the optimal global support they need to compete and succeed with new technologies and leading-edge production systems.

Contact for journalists: Gerd Liebig, Group Marketing Director, ENGEL AUSTRIA GmbH Ludwig-Engel-Strasse 1, A-4311 Schwertberg, Austria Tel.: +43 (0)50 620 3800, Fax: -3009, email: gerd.liebig@engel.at

Susanne Zinckgraf, Manager Public Relations, ENGEL AUSTRIA GmbH, Ludwig-Engel-Strasse 1, A-4311 Schwertberg/Austria PR-Office: Theodor-Heuss-Str. 85, D-67435 Neustadt/Germany, Tel.: +49 (0)6327/97699-02, Fax: -03, email: susanne.zinckgraf@engel.at

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