Train maker buys Boy presses
Model train maker Gebr. Märklin & Cie GmbH ordered two Boy 35 E injection presses in December from Dr. Boy GmbH & Co. KG.
- Train maker buys Boy presses
In 2010, Boy delivered four injection presses to Märklin in Göppingen, two with clamping forces of 35 metric tons and two of 22 tonnes.
Wolfrad Bächle, a Märklin managing partner responsible for production, said the energy efficient E-series “fits like a glove” into the toy makers factory. The E-series uses a servo motor to drive the hydraulic pump.
“Since we have an enormous number of plastic parts for our railways, railway cars and rail material, we also have a large number of molds,” Bächle said. All of the molds fit, because the 35-tonne press has extremely generous distances between tie bars and platens, he said.
The Boy machines run in a three-shift operation.
Märklin was founded in 1859 to produce dollhouse accessories from lacquered tinplate. In the 1890s, the company showed a clockwork-driven train that ran on rails, and moved to pioneer the sale of entire layouts, that would be expanded over time.
Boy is based in Fernthal, Germany.
Source : plasticsnews.com
