Plastics News - Show Daily - October 19, 2022 - 5

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Magic brings new blow molding
equipment, automation to K
By Bridget Janis
Plastics News Staff
With an all-electric technology
focus, Magic MP SpA (Hall 13, C33)
has brought three new machines
to present at this year's K show.
The Besana, Italy-based company
has covered all the bases this
year in the world of blow molding
by bringing an extrusion blow
molding prototype, an electric injection
stretch blow molding and
a robotic automation machine.
" This year we are going to take
at the K Show three products that
cover all the categories of equipment
that Magic provides and
offers to customers, " said Pietro
Spiga, the North America sales
and marketing manager.
The first machine Magic
brought is a prototype extrusion
blow molding machine with
all-electric technology and artificial
intelligence. The new EBM
Model ME-T18-800-S with AI will
be a machine that will have real
time, automatic changes to the
production of bottles being produced
with the machine, the company
said. It will have features
such as the calibration being updated
automatically once the machine
is assigned a task.
" This show is not always something
that we always commercialize, "
Spiga said. " It's also a time
to expose our extreme research
and development, that in the
years we will maybe have small
advances in. "
The next machine Magic is
showcasing is an ISBM machine
with a packaging solution. The
ISBM Model MTM 170 will have
a liner packing system integrated
into the machine. Magic presented
this machine at the last K
show, but this year there are new
features added.
The last new thing being presented
at K is a robotic packaging
automation line for bottle picker
and palletizer. While this product
is not new, it will be Magic's first
time presenting it to the public
since it was developed during
COVID-19 in 2020. This product
is a part of Magic Robotica, a division
of their company that combines
blow molding and automation.
The equipment can detect
different types of bottles and be
able to sort them into different
boxes. It can differentiate between
bottle shapes or colors on
a single belt conveyor.
" First, customers trust Magic.
So, they want the full package, "
Spiga said. " Second, also because
now it is a challenge for customer
to find the people, so this is a
solution. "
Customers having a hard time
finding labor are interested in automated
systems, he said.
The company makes 70 percent
of its components internally
and sources the remaining 30
percent, mainly electrical and
pneumatic components. Internal
production helps keep costs
down, Spiga said. Magic produces
around 100 machines a year
worldwide, with 10-15 machines
per year being exported to North
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America. It has annual sales of
about $50 million to $60 million.
" The real advantage of having
an electric machine compared
to hydraulic is the energy consumption
is 50 percent less in full
production, " Spiga said. Electric
machines also have less maintenance
cost, he said.
Magic introduced electric machines
in 1997 and has not sold
any hydraulic machines for seven
years.
From left: Virginia Baravelli,
North America market
development and small parts
coordinator, Pietro Spiga, sales
and marketing manager for
Magic North America.
Plastics News photo by Bridget Janis
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