FANUC ROBOSHOT Machines Keep Things Simple for SIMON

Meeting the requirements of the automotive and medical industries demands extraordinary skill and continuous development. Connectors with up to 100 pins and 0.4 mm wall thickness require state-of-the-art machines, devices, instruments and technologies. For this reason, SIMON Plastics chooses to invest in FANUC ROBOSHOT all-electric injection moulding machines. 

“We’ve been working with FANUC for some time,” says Péter Simon, the company’s second-generation Managing Director. 

With their all-electric axes, ROBOSHOT injection moulding machines use 10-15% less energy than comparable electric machines and up to 70% less than comparable hydraulic machines, thanks largely to intelligent energy recovery and superior FANUC servo technology. Furthermore, ROBOSHOT machines combine the latest CNC technology with high rigidity, making them ideal for the high-precision moulding of parts like connectors. 

Such was the success of the first FANUC ROBOSHOT injection moulding machine at SIMON Plastics that the company now has 11, a selection of 𝛼-S100𝑖A and 𝛼-S150𝑖A models with 18-32 mm screw diameters. 

Technology Manager Erik Galaczi says: “We often use our FANUC machines to produce thin-walled products, for which the electric drives of ROBOSHOT have a distinct advantage. Another main characteristic of all-electric machines is that the servo motors can start at their maximum torque and reach the ideal injection moulding speed very quickly.”