JSW Sells First All-Electric MuCellŠ Equipped Injection Molding Machine
Trexel, Inc. announced that Japan Steel Works (JSW) has become the first equipment supplier to introduce an all-electric MuCellŠ-capable injection molding machine. The first machine is being delivered to a customer in Japan in March 2002. The machine is now available in the United States and Europe as well.
"Trexel is the worldwide leader in the development and commercialization of the MuCell Microcellular Process Technology. JSW is a technology leader in Japan in the areas of injection molding, blow molding, and extrusion equipment," stated a company spokesman.
David Bernstein, president and CEO of Trexel, stated, "JSW's all-electric MuCell-capable machine will attract a very high level of interest in the United States. Many of Trexel's licensees have been looking for an-all electric MuCell-capable machine and this is the first one available."
Masakazu Nakamichi, JSW general manager Molding Machinery Division, stated, "Since JSW saw a large increase in demand for our all-electric machines, it only made sense to modify them for the MuCell technology and provide our customers with the best of both worlds. In doing so, we have created the industry standard and raised the bar to a level previously thought unattainable."
Trexel is the exclusive developer of the MuCell microcellular process technology and has an extensive portfolio of patents in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia.
Trexel's primary business is licensing the MuCell technology to injection molders, extruders, and blow molders. It also provides world-class engineering support, training and other services to licensees, and supplies them with equipment and components integral to the MuCell process. In support of these activities, Trexel operates a plastics development laboratory in its Woburn, MA facility.
The MuCell process is suitable for a wide range of injection molded, extruded, and blow molded products as it allows licensees to reduce product costs while enhancing design and processing. A MuCell part, which has a solid-like appearance, contains less material than parts produced through less-current methods, as millions of tiny air pockets take the place of materials while allowing the part to maintain most of its former properties. The process also can eliminate stress, warpage, and sink marks, and improve cycle time. These benefits allow designers to specify lightweight, polymer-saving foam materials for products in which conventionally foamed materials would be unacceptable.
JSW was founded in 1907 in Muronan, Hokkaido-the center of steel production in Japan as a joint venture with Britain's Armstrong Whitworth Co., Ltd., and Vickers Sons and Maxim, Ltd. JSW manufactures products such as injection molding machines, blow molding machines, palletizers, compressors, steel castings and forgings for huge reactors, steam turbines for nuclear power plants, crankshafts for marine diesel engines, and sheet metal equipment.
JSW is also in the fields of optics, magnetics, electronics, biotechnology, and new materials, and is active in urban redevelopment and environmental areas. Always ahead of trends in society and industry, JSW is preparing for sustained and vigorous future growth in a wide number of emerging areas.
For more information contact:
Trexel, Inc.
45 Sixth Road
Woburn, MA 01801
781-932-0202
Fax: 781-932-3324