Strategic partnership for the advancement of PU flooding

The demand for high-quality PU-coated components is steadily increasing. Engel refers to this technology as clearmelt and has decades of experience with it, as well as a multitude of customers and references. With the clearmelt process, components are coated with PU directly in the machine after the injection moulding process. Now, Engel is strengthening its position through the partnership with Cannon – a cooperation between two experienced, family-owned companies that continuously invest in sustainable innovations. This combines long-standing expertise and leverages synergies to continue offering customers forward-looking solutions.

The collaboration between Engel and Cannon is particularly distinguished by a shared mindset based on long-term vision, quality, enthusiasm for innovation, and sustainable progress. Customers benefit from clearmelt with a coordinated technology that enables the efficient and economical integration of PU into industrial manufacturing processes.

Technologically, the partnership is based on combining the strengths of both companies: Engel contributes its extensive expertise in injection moulding technology, while Cannon, with its outstanding expertise in PU processing, optimises process reliability and efficiency. The clearmelt technology, which coats thermoplastic components with a durable PU surface, is further developed and optimised through Cannon’s know-how, built over two decades in this field.

A prime example of this collaboration is the world's largest injection moulding cell with a PU system for clearmelt, which has been commissioned at the Engel technical centre in Sankt Valentin. There, customers can conduct practical tests with various PU colour variants. The combination of the world's largest injection moulding machine in a technical centre, the Engel duo 5500 combi M, and the precise metering and mixing technology from Cannon ensures maximum process stability and flexibility. The PU system from Cannon, which provides precise and efficient material supply, is seamlessly integrated into the CC300 machine control system from Engel to ensure ease of use and maximum automation of the process. This not only speeds up the production chain but also improves the overall quality of the final products.

In addition to technological capability, the collaboration places particular emphasis on customer service. The global presence of Engel and Cannon ensures comprehensive support in all key markets, globally. Customers benefit from strong after-sales and application support, which, with extensive know-how, also assists in integrating this technology into existing production processes.

With this partnership, Engel and Cannon offer optimal production cells for combining injection moulding and polyurethane processing from innovative and family-owned market leaders. This provides customers with the opportunity to respond to the increasing demands of the industry and achieve sustainable competitive advantages.

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Picture: Marco Volpato (left), President & Chairman of The Cannon Group and Stefan Engleder (right), CEO of the Engel Group, in front of the world's largest injection moulding cell with a PU system in a technical centre.