Used Sandretto Injection Moulding Machines for Sale 53

The Sandretto proposition is legacy fleet economics: the Turin factory's decades of volume production left Europe full of its presses, and although the brand's ownership travelled a winding road after 2000, that installed base sustains exactly what a used buyer needs, with technicians who know the machines, standard hydraulic components, and prices at the accessible end of the European market. For a moulder adding capacity for commodity parts, with technical mouldings where cycle sophistication matters less than clamp force per euro, a used Serie Otto in sound condition is rational money.

The honest evaluation prices the era: these are predominantly hydraulic toggle machines with Sef controls of their generation, competent and repairable but without the servo-pump efficiency and process control of modern presses, so energy cost per part runs higher than on a used all-electric or servo-hydraulic machine, and that gap belongs in the calculation for high-utilisation duty. Against used Italian contemporaries (BMB, Negri Bossi of the same era) Sandretto trades similarly, and against surviving-brand equivalents it discounts for orphan-brand status, a discount that in-house maintenance capability converts into value.

Buying a used Sandretto injection moulding machines: what to check

Hydraulics tell the story: run the press through dry cycles watching pump noise and pressure stability, check cylinders and valves for leaks, and review oil condition and filtration history, since hydraulic health separates serviceable legacy presses from projects. Verify the toggle mechanism and tie-bar condition, measuring platen parallelism if possible.

Check the plasticising unit, with screw and barrel wear assessed via a purging test or inspection records, since screw refurbishment is the recurring cost on high-mileage presses. Test the Sef control through mould setup functions, confirm heater zones all reach temperature, and verify safety gates and interlocks function to current standards. Ask what the machine moulded, as glass-filled duty ages screws fast, and confirm spare-parts channels for the control generation.

On Exapro, used Sandretto listings show tonnage, shot weight, control, photos, and location. Compare available presses and submit an enquiry through the listing page on Exapro to request cycle demonstrations and inspection.