ENGEL Canada Donates e-motion to Ontario's St. Clair College

ENGEL Canada Inc. has donated an e-motion 200 / 110 all electric injection molding machine to the St. Clair College of Applied Arts and Technology, Windsor, Ontario, Canada. The e-motion will be used by students in the Schools of Engineering / Technology and Skilled Trades.

Students at Windsor, Ontario’s St. Clair College of Applied Arts & Technology began fall classes with a new, electric injection molding machine, compliments of ENGEL Canada, a world leader in the design and manufacture of injection molding machines and part-handling automation systems. The company donated an e-motion 200 / 110 all electric to the southern Ontario college that enrolls 6,800 full time and 14,000 part time students in diploma and certificate courses.

The e-motion will replace two 60-ton hydraulic injection molding machines currently in use. According to Bruce Gadal, FCEM supervisor with the college, the machine operates six to eight hours each week in classes serving up to 100 students. In addition, the college hosts on average one tour a month of high school students for “learn and do” programs.

“We operate a one of a kind center” at the college, explained Gadal. The 25,000 sq. ft. machine shop is home to engineering mold design classes and apprenticeship and post-secondary programs for the skilled trades. “Students design and build molds, but also have the opportunity to test them by producing parts,” Gadal said.

“ENGEL has participated in college donation programs for more than a decade, and we’re pleased to be able to participate in the St. Clair College program,” said Steve Elliott, sales manager with ENGEL Canada. “Many times businesses will donate older, used equipment for college programs. We were able to deliver a new e-motion for St. Clair College’s use, providing the students with access to state-of-the-art technology.”

The ENGEL e-motion offers consistency, precision and energy efficiency in an all-electric injection molding machine. The e-motion’s design features universal operation for the smallest shot weights, and for standard to high-speed parts. Its short cycle times and high efficiency combine for low energy consumption.

“I’ve been impressed with the e-motion thus far,” said Gadal. “We don’t have tie bar issues with the e-motion, and it’s much easier to program. It’s also much quieter than our old hydraulic machines.”