World-Class Innovation Driving First-in-Class Performance
For more than 53 years, MPI has led the global wax-room industry with groundbreaking innovation. Each year brings new advancements, recent technologies, or substantive improvements to their current product line.
Our Most Versatile Injector Ever – the 5X Crossover
Our Most Versatile Injector Ever – the 5X CrossoverOne of the most exciting developments is the 5X Crossover Injector. The 5X has all the performance capabilities of our standard injector, including Smart Controls, but is the first one capable of injecting ceramic materials, pattern wax, runner wax, or soluble wax; all equally well. The 5X can be configured for MIM applications too. The 5X features rigid, direct in-line injection with Smart Purge. It is the first injector to truly allow for rapid and easy changeover from one ready-to-use material to another in a fraction of the time normally required. It utilizes a hot swappable reservoir system that allows for off-machine melting, preparation, and conditioning of materials. This means you can readily store full reservoirs keeping them mixed, homogenous, and at the proper temperature. The 5X comes in 25T, 50T and 100T sizes and includes the same impressive range of options as available on all other MPI injectors.
Automated Sticky Wax Assembly for Job-Shop Foundries
Automated Sticky Wax Assembly for Job-Shop FoundriesMPI is proud to introduce a sticky wax version of their 20-14 Automated Pattern Assembly System (APAS). This new unit, model 20-12, was designed for commercial foundries where there is low volume, high part diversity and those with high changeover demands. Previously, a unique hot knife and gripper were required for each part making it impractical for lower-volume, high-changeover jobs. This new adaptable system uses a hot air nozzle and universal gripper allowing the robot to dip each part in sticky wax and weld them to a warmed runner with the same degree of accuracy, orientation, and precision as our industry leading APAS. The flexibility of the gripper allows it to pick up many distinct types of parts. Parts can be changed with a simple recipe adjustment. There are many advantages to this new unit. It has a smaller profile and footprint than our standard APAS. Additionally, the unit is priced to meet the lower cost requirements of the commercial industry and does not require investment in additional custom tooling. Finally, you can now achieve the same high degree of precision, high-yield, and low-scrap levels with this fast, versatile, quick-changeover solution. Seeing is believing – to see this amazing machine in action, click here to watch our Automated Sticky Wax Assembly machine demo video.
An Industry First – Soluble Wax Melter
An Industry First – Soluble Wax MelterMPI’s new soluble wax-melter is unique to the industry. It is the first melter specifically designed to continuously melt soluble wax into a reservoir. Because of the unique properties of soluble wax, until now, there has not been an efficient way to prepare soluble wax in a traditional melter. MPI has devised a way to melt and deliver soluble wax into the reservoir using a precision melting methodology. On-injector melting of soluble wax has been a challenge for many years. MPI listened and has developed an effective, affordable solution.
Ready-to-Use Wax in a Matter of Minutes – Removable Reservoir/Docking Station
Ready-to-Use Wax in a Matter of Minutes – Removable Reservoir/Docking StationMPI’s removable reservoir was designed for wax rooms with more than one wax on the same injector and will instantly reduce downtime while dramatically improving productivity. This hot-swappable system allows you to condition multiple waxes simultaneously. No longer is there a need to drain, clean and refill the machine’s reservoir, taking hours just to change waxes. Simply remove the reservoir on the wax injection machine and replace it with another reservoir which has wax that is fully conditioned and ready to use from the docking station. The entire process takes a matter of minutes. The original wax will then be transferred and connected to the offline docking station where the wax will continue to be melted, stirred, conditioned, and maintained at the right temperature. This means that with only one injector, you can continuously melt and condition multiple waxes offline until that wax is needed. It also ensures you always have the right wax for the job within minutes. You can utilize as many reservoirs and docking stations as you require.
3-Robot Automated Pattern Assembly System for Large, Complex Assemblies
MPI recently introduced a 3-robot Automated Pattern Assembly System (APAS) designed for large, highly complex assemblies such as those required by the aerospace industry. The third robot can take the runner assembly and move it to whatever angle is required to make a perfect weld – even when assemblies are non-planar. The robot can rotate the runner so both vertical and horizontal welds can be made effortlessly. This is another major stride for MPI automation and their ability to address the customers’ wax-room demands.
