Community Masks from FRÖBEL Manufactured with WITTMANN BATTENFELD Injection Molding Technology

FRÖBEL, a family-owned company in the second and third generation, was founded in 1949. With the production of thermometers, the company entered the plastics processing industry in 1960. Today, it supplies its products to virtually all non-automotive sectors of industry. Its portfolio of goods and services ranges from the development and production of individual parts and complete assemblies to finished products. 

Of the 40 injection molding machines installed at Fröbel, ranging from 150 to 6,000 kN in clamping force, 36 are from WITTMANN BATTENFELD, among them large machines from the MacroPower series, all-electric machines from the EcoPower series, as well as machines from the servo-hydraulic SmartPower series.

The latest product from FRÖBEL is a high-quality community mask, which FRÖBEL has developed jointly with its partner company AKO. For Tobias Fröbel, the company’s junior managing partner, the main consideration in this project apart from the desire to help with the fight against COVID-19 was the aspect of sustainability. Therefore it was important to him to develop a reusable product with the filter fleece being the only disposable part.

The mask created in cooperation with AKO consists of a base with a top piece, on which flexibly adjustable elastic bands are fastened. The base is produced from a supple, elastic grade of TPE, which provides a high degree of protection together with excellent wearing comfort. In addition to serving as the fixture for the elastic bands, the top piece holds the disposable PP filter fleeces in place, of which a package of ten is automatically included in the delivery of the mask to the end customer.

The masks can be cleaned with standard disinfectants or with hot water. When people put them on or take them off, they do not come into direct contact with the disposable fleece. Basically, the masks can be upgraded with a great variety of filter media. Apart from the high wearing comfort due to the soft, elastic base, the mask offers lightweight and good speech attributes.

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