Reading an Engel name
An Engel name has two numbers, and the one after the slash follows the listed clamp tonnage. Two more examples from the record:
- Victory 1050/240: 240 tons
- TG 2750/550: 550 tons
The number before the slash does not give the shot size, so read it from the listing. The word in front tells you the type of machine.
Tiebarless, electric and vertical
Most of the Victory and VC machines on KD Machinery’s record are described as tiebarless, as are older ES models with TL in the name. On a tiebarless press there is no tie-bar spacing to go by, so check the platen size against your molds. The machines listed as electric are mostly e-mac, e-motion, e-max and e-speed models. Insert, IN and e-insert machines, and some ES machines with an H in the name, are vertical presses. The largest Engels on the record are Duo machines, from 500 to 3,200 tons. A few listings are rubber presses (Elast) or set up for liquid silicone, and several are two-shot or combi machines with two injection units.
CC100, CC200 or CC300
The control places an Engel in time. On KD Machinery’s record, the CC100 is on machines built from 1995 to 2008, the CC200 from 2005 to 2014, and the CC300 from 2012 to 2023. If you already run Engels, check which control your setters know.
What to check on a used Engel
On a tiebarless press, cycle the clamp and check that the platens stay parallel at full tonnage. On an electric press, ask about the servo drives and any alarm history. On a vertical press with a rotary or shuttle table, index it through every station. On all of them, check the screw and barrel, the heater zones, the hours and whether the machine has been running.
Engel pages and other molders
The Engel manufacturer page has every Engel KD Machinery lists. To compare makes, see used Arburg injection molding machines, used Van Dorn injection molding machines or every make under used injection molding machines.
