LEGOS Used To Build Injection Molding Machine

Which Roboshot machine is one-of-a-kind model?

Batavia, OH — A Milacron-FANUC Roboshot Model 110 Si-B electric injection molding machine (IMM) has been such a model performer for Gorman Rupp Industries, Bellville, Ohio, that Aaron Edwards, machine operator, was inspired to use his hobby skills to replicate the machine one-sixth scale in Lego blocks (left). Purchased early 2003, the real Roboshot (right) molds precision elastomer bellows, a crucial component in Gorman Rupp's line of Bellows Metering Pumps. The company purchased the all-electric press for its state-of-the art molding precision and repeatability, plus energy-efficiency that avoided need for a cooling tower. About six months after the machine was installed, it occurred to Edwards that he could recreate the machine from his collection of Lego blocks. A Lego modeler since age 8, Edwards has amassed over 40,000 blocks, including styles no longer available on the market. The one-sixth scale model took him about six months to build in his spare time.

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SOURCE: Milacron Inc.