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EPM 40th Anniversary

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Forty Years of Eastern Plastics Machinery

December 2017 sees Eastern Plastics reach forty years of being in business, established as a leading distributor of Japanese injection moulding machinery. Although times and technologies may have changed since our inception, EPM still remains true to its core ideals.

Remaining at the forefront of the industry, providing the highest calibre of machinery, hot runner systems and engineering solutions possible. Through our expertise and our well-established machinery partners, Seiki, JSW-Meiki, Sailor and Matsui.

Still priding ourselves on working closely with clients. This is in order to foster a good working rapport and ensure the best results for our customers. Which can be seen in our relationships with companies across the globe which have lasted decades.

Continuing to be a family operated business. Now with the third generation of the Siddall family working in the company.

We would like to thank everyone who worked with us and has been a part of our history as well as welcoming any newcomers into the fold. During this time of seasonal celebration, we have much to be thankful for and hope that you will join us in raising a glass to the successful years past and the many more to come.

Thank you,

The Team at Eastern Plastics

Eastern Plastics, 40th Anniversay

New 2017 Seiki Hot Runner Systems

The New Year sees three brand new models of the Seiki valve gate hot runner system, all incorporating Seiki’s independent gate heater technology. Previously only available on larger machinery; this change has been led by customer demand for these compact valve gates designed specifically for small multi-cavity tools.

This advancement gives these systems an edge helping businesses become more efficient and cost-effective. With a more uniform temperature profile through the melt channel helps eliminate hot spots and the associated material degradation. These hot runner systems will allow users to achieve the highest possible results, particularly when moulding difficult engineering plastics.

The new systems not only improve product quality and productivity, but compared to single valve gate hot runners are simply unparalleled in terms of R.O.I performance.  –  Christopher Siddall M.D, Eastern Plastics Machinery Ltd.

If you are interested in learning more about these hot runner systems, please contact us at info@easternplastics.co.uk

JSW in BP&R

 

 

 

JSW Article in British Plastics and Rubber

We are pleased to inform that we have another article in the September edition of British Plastics and Rubber. This time it details our launch of the latest JSW “JADS” range, a first for the European market.

If you have not signed up for a physical edition of the magazine, you can read the article here.

JSW – Meiki

Image of JSW Meiki J55AD injection moulding machine

 

 

 

EASTERN PLASTICS NEWS

 

Eastern Plastics is proud to announce a partnership with JSW – Meiki.

Injection moulding equipment UK - Eastern Plastics - JSW MeikiIf you would like to see a brochure for JSW – Meiki’s JADS series please click here, and if you would like to see our

complete range of JSW – Meiki please follow this link to their page on our site.

Eastern in BP&R

Eastern Plastics in BP&R

We are very proud to inform you that inside the April and May 2015 copy of British Plastics and Rubber magazine, we have an article announcing the European launch of the Seiki SMV valve gate system.

If you have not signed up for a physical edition of the magazine, you can read our article online here.

THE DEMANDS OF JIT MANUFACTURING SHAPES THE LATEST DRYER FROM MATSUI

MJ3 DRYER FROM MATSUI

Record sales of the latest MJ3 dryer Made by Matsui (more than 290 per month) have proven the re design has really hit the spot, Chris Siddall, Managing Director for Eastern Plastics Machinery writes about the challenges that JIT puts on suppliers, and how a simple approach can offer huge advantages.

The MJ3 dryer is self-contained and combines the loader

Most of us watch in awe as the F1 car rushes into the pit and in 3.5sec all the tyres are changed, so why do I have to wait an hour when I visit my local in Quick Fit tyre store you may ask? It all about what time is worth to you, the loss of time in Formula One can be worth millions, but the same can be said for losing a customer because you can’t deliver what he wants when he wants it, and just as important in a cost effective manner to you as the supplier. Car manufacturers today are looking for suppliers to deliver parts in ever smaller volumes and greater variety. If you think this is about the parts maker keeping them in stock with all the associated storage costs of warehousing business rates, double handling etc. then think again, it’s about creating a manufacturing process that can react to the customer needs to deliver within a few hours, what they want, when they want it!

To achieve this it is all about doing the timeconsuming parts of the operation “Off Line” the F1 car can’t wait for the tyres to be changed so they change the wheels with a new set of tyres on them, they can’t wait for one man to work from wheel to wheel so they have three on each wheel, the tyres are changed of course but off line from the critical part which stops the car winning the race. This is the same with your injection moulding process, machine up time can be destroyed if it takes too long to change from one product to another or one material to another.

The MJ3 dryer from Matsui tackles the problem from just this Philosophy, the unit is completely self-contained it incorporates the loader and the dryer in one compact unit, if you want to change two materials quickly have two dryers one with each material, the drying of the material is done “Off Line” while the machine is running with “Dryer A” the material change and pre drying of the next material is being done at the same time in“Dryer B” because the units are self-contained the material change can be carried out in just a few seconds!

Matsui

Sounds obvious but the material loss on change is also very important,  Matsui’s APH hopper and dryer work together to only load a small amount of material to the machine at any one time, little and often, with this system we can reduce the volume delivered  to the machine to just 2 shots if required, the smaller volume, the less material being wasted and less time it takes to clean out on the changeover.

This MJ3 dryer has become a best seller for us and Matsui globally it solves the challenges faced by the trends towards smaller batch production and at the same type makes complete sense saving time, material and resources .

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Background

Matsui manufacture a complete range of ancillary equipment and is Japans largest manufacturer in this field.

Chris Siddall has been working in the Plastics Industry for 35 years, Eastern Plastics Machinery Ltd is a supplier to many leading moulders in the UK and Europe but also as far afield as Poland, Russia, Mexico Columbia, India & China. He has both worked and lived in Japan during his career and his company represents Matsui in UK and Europe.

www.easternplastics.co.uk or chris@easternplastics.co.uk