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Nexcell Orbit RX Industry Product by King Steel Machinery Co., Ltd. Is Granted the Silver A' Design Award in Manufacturing and Processing Machinery Design
King Steel Machinery Co., Ltd. honored for manufacturing and processing machinery design by the international grand jury of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 20, 2023 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Nexcell Orbit RX Industry Product by King Steel Machinery Co., Ltd., designed for King Steel Machinery CO., LTD, has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Manufacturing and Processing Machinery Design category. The recognition forms part of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition and was reached through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who evaluated anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
The Silver A' Design Award Explained
The Silver A' Design Award celebrates top-tier designs that embody excellence and innovation. This award acknowledges creations that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly functional, reflecting the designer's deep understanding and skill. Silver A' Design Award recipients are recognized for their contribution to raising industry standards and advancing the practice of design. Their work often incorporates original innovations and elicits a strong emotional response, making a notable impact on the improvement of everyday life.
About Nexcell Orbit RX Industry Product
Nexcell Orbit RX is a physical foaming elastomer injection molding machine developed for footwear midsole production. The machine mixes supercritical gas with plastic and forms parts by injection molding, so chemical foaming is avoided and the material can be fully recycled. Two trays and twin guns allow several production modes within a limited factory area. The enclosure uses coated sheet metal in white and blue with an integrated warning light. Side and rear entrances ease mold changes, cleaning and routine maintenance.
About King Steel Machinery Co., Ltd.
King Steel Machinery Co., Ltd. was founded in 1978 with the ideal of “Transcendence and Innovation”, and the goals to pursue “the Top-grade Quality and the Lead of Technology” seeking for highly efficient and quality professional automatic shoe making machinery. King Steel has dedicated to comprehensive quality advancement and management policy improvement with international prospects and innovative technologies. King Steel continues to grow into the role model in the shoe making machinery industry.
Award Record
With this recognition, King Steel Machinery Co., Ltd. is a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Manufacturing and Processing Machinery Design Award
The A' Machinery Design Award is an international product design competition recognizing good machinery designs by leading designers and brands worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to machinery designers, industrial designers, machinery manufacturing brands and machinery manufacturers from all countries. Typical entries include conveyors, robotics, injection molds, 3D printers, CNC machines and packaging systems. The awarded machinery designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/machinery
About A' Design Award & Competition
Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is to advance society through good design, by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, uploading a work and receiving a preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/142188
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/142188
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!142188
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/333870
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Nexcell Orbit RX Industry Product
- Function
- Industry Product
- Category
- Manufacturing and Processing Machinery Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Manufacturing
- Colors
- Dark Slate Blue, Midnight Blue, Silver, Black and Slate Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- King Steel Machinery CO., LTD
The Recognition
- Laureate
- King Steel Machinery Co., Ltd.
- Country
- Taiwan (China)
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2022 - 2023
- Design ID
- #142188
Credits
- Image Credits
- King Steel Machinery Co., Ltd.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- At present, most of the footwear industry uses EVA foam as the material for the midsole. However, its chemical foaming will bring problems such as harmful gas generated during decomposition, materials that cannot be recycled, complicated manufacturing processes, and the size of the finished product that is not easy to control. NexCell was successfully developed to make lighter shoes that could solve environmental pollution and meet consumers psychological expectations at the same time.
- Inspiration
- NexCell Orbit RX is one of the few physical foaming elastomer injectors in the market that can be introduced into mass production, and it is a brand new model based on the previously developed NexCell machine. With the development of the physical foaming elastomer injector, Orbit RX can effectively reduce the production cost and provide the best stability, performance, and productivity. By linking different processes through two trays, it provides multiple production modes to meet the different needs of the product. Combined with the physical foaming system, it provides the best physical foaming elastomer injector mass production option.
- Research
- The shoe industry currently uses EVA for the midsole, but the raw material is not strong enough and can only be achieved by other materials or chemical foaming. However, the greenhouse gases generated during the process are the main environmental damage. For this reason, Orbit RX physical foam injection system uses supercritical gas to mix with plastic and then produce the product by injection molding. It has three main features: environmental protection, recyclable products, and high automation, and the material can be 100% recycled for sustainable use.
- Challenge
- It can also achieve low power consumption and time-saving in the process. The design team has introduced the exclusive AI KS-GATEWAY to provide the most impartial data on machine operation and remote operation, which is the perfect solution for production needs. In the future, Orbit RX will not only be used in the footwear industry. but also in sports protective equipment, IC packaging, transportation, and other fields that require foaming elastomer.
- Realization and Technology
- Precision machines require rugged enclosures and shock and impact resistance for durability. Orbit RX internal ejector unit and mixer continue the generation of NexCell linear shield design to prevent dust. Meanwhile, the side and rear entrances of the machine are convenient for staff to enter the machine for material/mold replacement, routine maintenance, and cleaning. Furthermore, the machine is protected by black sheet metal coating, which conveys a sense of stability and reliability while avoiding damage to the exterior from scratches and bumps.
- Operation and Interaction
- Orbit RX can reduce the amount of equipment investment and increase the use of factory space through a new process with two twin guns and a multi-mode multi-station with trays for the same process and the same output.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project was exhibited in Taiwan in September 2020.
- Specifications
- Orbit RX color continues to use comfortable and stable white as the base, with the brand spirit of blue, presenting a sense of technology and integrating the warning light function to show precision, reliability, professionalism, technology, and vitality. The rear side of the machine adopts a modular enclosure design with a laser-cut mesh window design of the brand logo to enhance brand recognition and facilitate heat dissipation, monitoring, and safety protection functions, further enhancing competitiveness.
- Keywords
- Flexible, Multi-station, Multi-mode, Dual-tray, Multi-tray
