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Plastic Injection Moulding Processes for Your Production

Over 20 Proven Processes for More Efficiency

With ENGEL’s injection moulding processes, you can produce parts precisely so that no reworking is necessary. Whether you want a transparent or multicoloured part surface or want to enhance the part with patterns and engravings. The combination of technologies enables you to design products with high mechanical properties and attractive surfaces at the same time. With the appropriate transparency, sensors can be placed optimally protected behind cover panels. We always find the right injection moulding process for you.

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Your Advantages With Our Injection Moulding Processes
Complete production cell from a single source for increased part quality
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At ENGEL, you receive a production cell that is ready to use: from the injection moulding machine, robot and conveyor systems to peripheral equipment. Immediately after machine and mould acceptance testing, you start production with the selected process. You can rely on highest part quality, stable injection moulding processes and high productivity.

Variety of materials can be used
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With our injection moulding machines you can process thermoplastics and thermoplastic elastomers as well as thermosets. A wide range of applications is possible. Each manufactured part has different production requirements. Our experts determine which technology is suitable and choose one of our over 20 proven processes. Transparent materials, for example, can be manufactured into precise optical lenses using injection compression. We make use of the full performance spectrum of materials in your application.

Optimal settings thanks to innovative software solutions
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We use innovative software solutions to optimise the injection moulding of your part. Assistance systems ensure greater weight consistency, optimum mould temperature control and important setting values - such as clamping force - are automatically suggested by the machine control unit. In more challenging injection moulding processes, various data must be monitored. Our software solutions precisely show those parameters with deviations.

User support for stable production processes
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The application engineering team does not look at the challenges of injection moulding individually, but as part of the overall process. Our experts perform trials and afterwards ensure the ideal machine design for your process. We support you with the production of the first parts and then optimise the production process. The goal: an efficient, stable and cost-effective manufacturing solution.

Discover Injection Moulding Processes for Different Applications
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Surface Finishes and Part Functionalisation

Injection moulding process for sophisticated part designs with additional functional integration

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Optical and Transparent Parts

Injection-moulded parts made of transparent plastics

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Weight and Warpage Reduction

Injection moulding process for lightweight plastic parts to reduce weight and warpage

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Precision Plastics Production

For more geometric accuracy, better surface quality and low part weight

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Elastomers and Thermosets

A wide range of non-thermoplastics such as silicone, rubber, BMC or HTV can be processed in injection moulding

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Injection moulding for recycled materials

More safety and consistently high product quality despite recycled material.

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With ENGEL, we were able to transfer our extraordinary process to series production. We achieve a reject rate of less than 4% for the three-component parts.

Jochen Klos, Injection Moulding Manager at Faurecia
Injection Moulding Process Adapted for Your Industry

No matter whether you are producing fascias for vehicle interiors, lenses for smartphone cameras or hygiene articles made of silicone. Our portfolio includes injection moulding processes for all your requirements. Below you will find a list of typical processes arranged by industry.

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Automobile & Mobility

  • Foam injection moulding, foammelt

  • Film back moulding, foilmelt

  • Lightweight, organomelt

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Technical Injection Moulding

  • Sandwich injection moulding, skinmelt

  • Film back injection, foilmelt

  • Optical lenses, optimelt

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Medical Technology

  • Liquid silicone rubber process (LSR)

  • Metal injection moulding, amorphous metal moulding (AMM)

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Electronics

  • Multi-component injection moulding, combimelt

  • Injection compression moulding, coinmelt

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Packaging

  • In-mould Labelling, back moulding of labels

  • Thin wall injection moulding

Our Injection Moulding Processes at a Glance

Are you looking for a specific process?
Have a look at the entire ENGEL portfolio.

We will be happy to talk to you about the individual processes.

Injection moulding processShort explanation of processENGEL name for injection moulding process
Multi-component injection mouldingCombining different types of plastics or thermosets in one partcombimelt
In-mould decoration (IMD), In-mould Labelling (IML)Achieving functional, tactile and decorative surfaces with films or labels by back- or overmoulding filmsfoilmelt
Process for transparent precision partsProducing transparent parts for optical applicationsoptimelt
Production of glazing elementsProducing automotive glazing components to replace glassglazemelt
Foam injection moulding, MuCellProducing injection-moulded parts with internal foam structurefoammelt
Gas injection moulding or technology (GIM or GIT)Producing hollow bodies by injection mouldinggasmelt
Water Injection technology (WIT)Forming channels in injection-moulded components with a smooth surfacewatermelt
PUR direct coatingProducing high-quality surfaces from polyurethaneclearmelt
Injection compression/coiningProducing precise components with low residual stresses via injection compression/coiningcoinmelt
Organic sheet and UD tape processingProducing thermoplastic composite componentsorganomelt
Variotherm technologyEnabling a high-gloss surface or superior feature replication by alternating cavity wall temperaturevariomelt
Sandwich injection mouldingProducing parts with core and skin componentsskinmelt, co-injection
Elastomer injection mouldingProducing parts from rubber materialselast
Production of composites (HP-RTM)Producing thermoset composite partsHP-RTM
Liquid silicone rubber (LSR)Producing parts from liquid siliconeLSR
Bulk moulding compound (BMC) Producing stiff and strong parts from resinsthermoset
Amorphous metal injection mouldingProcessing amorphous metal alloys by injection mouldingAMM
Polyvinyl chloride (PVC)Processing of PVC powder or PVC pelletsPVC
Powder injection moulding (includes ceramic IM/CIM and metal powder IM/MIM)Manufacturing parts from metallic or ceramic materialsPIM
Plastic recycling processDirect processing of recyclates with degassing and filtration of the meltTwo-stage process

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