Used Toshiba Injection Moulding Machines for Sale 12

Toshiba Machine — rebranded as Shibaura Machine in 2020 — holds a pioneering position in all-electric injection moulding, having been among the first manufacturers to commercialise fully electric IMM technology. This early commitment to electric drive produced decades of refinement that shows in the precision, reliability, and energy efficiency of used Toshiba machines available today.

The EC series all-electric machines use servo motors for all machine axes — clamp, injection, metering, and ejection. This eliminates hydraulic oil entirely, producing a cleaner operating environment essential for medical device moulding, optical component production, and cleanroom applications where particulate contamination must be controlled.

Injection precision on Toshiba machines is measured in hundredths of a millimetre for injection positioning and fractions of a percent for shot weight variation. This level of control matters for thin-wall moulding, micro-moulding, and multi-cavity tools where cavity-to-cavity consistency depends on precise pressure and velocity profiles throughout the injection and packing phases.

The V-series and newer IS-series machines extended Toshiba's reach into larger tonnage ranges while maintaining the precision focus. Hybrid configurations — combining electric clamp and metering with hydraulic injection — serve applications where injection pressure requirements exceed what cost-effective electric motors can deliver at the required speeds.

Toshiba's INJECTVISOR control system provides detailed process monitoring and statistical process control capability built directly into the machine controller. This integrated quality monitoring means used machines arrive with process data acquisition capability that would require aftermarket systems on many competing brands.

When browsing used Toshiba injection moulding machines on Exapro, verify servo motor condition and encoder accuracy on all axes, check toggle mechanism wear by measuring platen parallelism under clamp force, and test the injection unit's ability to hold position and pressure accurately during the packing phase. Machines with cleanroom operating history typically have less contamination-related wear than those from general industrial moulding environments.