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Plastic Welding Machine SPM Standard

Where Cost Effective Meets Exceedingly Capable

SPM’s standard welding range are a great solution for your plastics joining needs – high speed, robust, modular, highly accurate, and easy to use. Our expert staff will provide component and joint design recommendations, material capability studies, and prototype sample welding. Detailed weld joint analysis, thermal imaging reports, and microtome reports are provided from our in-house lab.

The Flexibility of Two Processes Contained in One Machine

Hybrid machine versions are now available allowing our customers increased flexibility, lower overall capital investments, and reduced overall floor space requirements. A great solution for shorter production requirements and lower volume programs. With tool change-over times of less than 15 minutes, SPM Hybrid machine variants are able to process both infrared and hot plate tool sets. Combined with the optional extended front modules, SPM hybrid technology offers our customers total flexibility for plastics joining applications.

SPM Standard Welder Advantages


Value

Modular and compact design allows for flexibility for multiple tooling sets and part configurations.

Efficiency

LED Machine lighting for work and maintenance areas, tooling area access doors, & 10" Color touch screen HMI with user friendly, easy to follow screens.

Precision

Precision linear guidance of the upper, lower, and hot plate tooling via heavy duty ball bearing guides.

Speed

Thrust loads up to 150KN. Max speed up to 500mm/sec. (minimal 'open time'). Heavy duty steel actuator construction.

SPM Standard Plastic Welding Machine Family

The Range of SPM Standard Machines

All Available in Hot Plate, Infrared, or Hybrid Technologies

Hot plate Welding Machines

SPM’s hot plate welders are your ideal solution for welding large and complicated parts. The advanced servo control of the part fixture and hot plate positions allow for precise control of melt depths resulting in high strength, high quality hermetic welds. With several standard sizes available we have the solution to fit all of your application requirements.

Standard Equipment

  • PID controller with auto start-up ramp function
  • Redundant temperature sensors ensure uniform thermal distribution
  • Program-guided quick tool change system
  • Tool identification features automatically loads the correct recipes
  • Single self-closing (air tight) pneumatic/vacuum/electric
  • All system parameters are programmable via touch screen interface
  • Up to 15 tool recipes that are easily configurable and automatically loaded based on tooling ID

Optional Capabilities

  • Thermographic imaging of welds
  • Tool change carts
  • Pre-heat stations for stored tool sets
  • Load cell package (Weld force verification)
  • LVDT package (Weld depth measurement)
  • Expandable recipe storage (up to 31)
  • Heater burn-out detection
  • Exhaust hood with fan / HEPA filtration
  • Automatic part loading
  • Bar code readers / data collection
  • Available swivel tool nesting for ergonomic loading considerations
  • Low-cost pneumatic version available

Infrared Welding Machines

Infrared welders by SPM are your ideal solution for joining applications of reinforced high performance materials. The joining process provided by IR heating allows for greater design flexibility as complex materials are now able to be joined with high strength hermetic welds. Suitable for simple to complex geometries, and with the IR emitter's light weight and ease of installation, they are optimal for joining products with large surface areas.

Standard Equipment

  • Servo drive
  • Multiple IR heat zones
  • Program-guided quick tool change system
  • Tool identification features automatically loads the correct recipes
  • Single self-closing (air tight) pneumatic/vacuum/electric
  • All system parameters are programmable via touch screen interface
  • Up to 15 tool recipes that are easily configurable and automatically loaded based on tooling ID

Optional Equipment

  • Thermographic imaging of welds and IR emitters
  • Custom IR emitters for complex weld geometry
  • Available quick change tooling carts
  • Load Cell package (Weld force verification)
  • LVDT Package (Weld depth measurement)
  • Expandable recipe storage (up to 31)
  • Exhaust hood with fan / HEPA filtration
  • Automatic part loading
  • Bar code readers / data collection
  • Available swivel tool nesting for ergonomic loading considerations

Custom Tooling Solutions
For All Applications

Accuracy, Reliability, Repeatability

Single and multi-cavity tooling specifically designed for Class A surfaces. Our expert staff will provide component and joint design recommendations, material capability studies, and prototype sample welding. Detailed weld joint analysis, thermal imaging reports, and microtome reports are provided from our in-house lab.

Precision machined part fixtures allow for a robust repeatable process. Custom tools provided by SPM are designed for:

  • Ease of Setup
  • Finite Adjustment Features
  • Passive and Active Part Clamping Systems
  • Maintenance Friendly

ICV Welders

Our Standard Turnkey Solution for ICV Welding

Industry Leading and Field Proven

SPM’s standard ICV welder is designed to be cost effective and yet incorporate the latest state-of-art technologies. Whether you have one ICV variant or many, our standard ICV welder is an exceptional solution for your hermetic welding requirements. A flexible and robust design will provide you the highest quality hermetic seals for your automotive, recreational, and agricultural fuel tank welding applications. This flexible design also simplifies retrofits to help reduce future tooling costs.

Standard Equipment

  • Single stage fusion unit
  • SPM 3D robotic vision system
  • Load cells for hot plate and gripper (Weld force verification)
  • PID controller with auto start-up ramp function
  • Redundant temperature sensors ensure uniform thermal distribution.
  • All system parameters are programmable via touch screen interface.

Optional Equipment

  • Automatic tool change for welding multiple ICV variants
  • Automatic tank loading and unloading
  • Tank temperature sensors