Hot-Runner System Has Screw-In Nozzle for Leak Protection
Hasco’s H4016/ hot-runner system has a screw-in nozzle that ensures leak-free operation.

Special Seals Give Cooling System Durable High-Temperature Stability
The Hasco HT cooling system uses connecting couplings with a shut-off valve to resist higher temperatures.

Hot Runner Technologies Aim to Simplify Moldmakers’ Approaches
Hot runner suppliers are developing solutions that remove complexities from the way that moldmakers and molders design, control and maintain their processes.

Cylindrical Head Surface on Ejector Pin Enables Secure Mold Mounting Position
Hasco Z410 ejector pins enable precise centering of individually contoured ejector or core pins.

2017: Gone but Not Forgotten
I wish to thank everyone I’ve worked with to write features that have appeared each month in MMT. Plus, a look at a series of features about one of my favorite topics: Workforce development.

TBT: Setting A Standard in Hot Runner Design
Keeping hot runner system costs down is key to efficient injection mold design.

Collaborative Hot Runner Design to Improve Mold Performance
Improving injection mold performance requires understanding hot runner needs and options.

Flat Ejectors Have Tight Dimensional Tolerances for Flash-Free Production
Flat ejectors Z4656 and Z4655 from Hasco have either two or four corner radii over the full length of the ejector blade.

Shot Nozzle Eases Mounting and Removal from Molds
Hasco to display a variety of products and accessories at Fakuma 2017, including the latest in shot nozzles.

Technology Tuesday: Products Featured at Fakuma 2017
More than 1700 exhibitors will showcase products at the 25th anniversary of Fakuma, an international trade show for industrial plastics processing. This slideshow highlights some of the products that will be on display.

Supplier-Based Training Programs Fuel Mold Industry Needs
Moldmaking industry supplier companies establish workforce development programs to increase the flow of new talent for themselves and for the industry. 

SLIDESHOW: Technology Tuesday, From 3D Printing to Mold Cleaning
MMT offers technical content in a variety of formats, including webinars. Here is a quick overview of some archived webinars that cover mold engineering, building and maintenance.

Amerimold 2017: Plastics Exhibitors Promoted Products, Too
Amerimold had it all this year—or should I say it had MORE than ever before. While metalworking tools, materials and systems reigned supreme, the plastics side of the equation was also well represented.

Amerimold 2017: Multitudes of Metalworking Materials and Machines
Amerimold proved once again that it is THE event for moldmaking.

Modular Nozzle Design Suits Variety of Applications
In addition to the new Z14 self-lubricating guide bushing, Z1897 smart lock and H1248 hot runner controller, Hasco will debut its H6000 hot runner nozzle, which offers compact mounting dimensions, optimum temperature control and ease of servicing.

Technology Tuesday: Hot Runners and Mold Components
This week’s Tech Tuesday blog brings readers a review of several products announced during the last few weeks, namely hot runner and mold componentry.

Shoulderless Guide Bush Can be Axially Secured
Hasco’s Z11 guide bush has no shoulder, making is suitable for use when there is no supplementary mold plate for axially securing the bush or if the plate in which the bush sits makes an additional demolding movement, as in the case of molds with stripper plates, for example.