Hot Runners
Multiple Impact
Incorporating multiple-gate nozzles means smaller molds, small presses, a balanced fill rate, reduced residence time, temperature control and design flexibility.
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Setting a Standard in Hot Runner Design
Keeping hot runner system costs down is key to efficient injection mold design.
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Direct Side Gating
Mold builders and molders should carefully consider hot runner selection, as it dramatically impacts an injection molding system’s speed, quality and uptime.
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Controlling Your Hot Runner Manifold System
Moldmakers and molders need to better understand modern hot runner controller technology to solve processing problems.
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The Designer's Edge: More on Venting
Randy shares how his views on venting specs have changed since moving from the tool shop to the molding side of the business.
Read MoreThe Designer's Edge: Venting
Randy shares a real-world perspective on venting and exposes the true value of tool standards.
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Mold Water System Basics
Molder to moldmaker: “If you want the project, you need to hit the targeted tooling costs.” Then oftentimes the moldmaker builds a tool that fits the budget, but does not have the best performance with regards to water. Here are some basics about the impact of mold's water system.
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Mold Project Teaches Criticality of Design Phase Collab
Prestige Mold, Eastman Chemical Company, Mold-Masters (owned by Milacron LLC) and Pres-Tek Plastics joined forces on a project to solve customer challenges with producing small medical device parts made of Tritan™ copolyester with a multi-cavity hot runner mold. I spoke with Eastman's market development manager for medical devices to learn more about the Eastman-Prestige collaboration.
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Common Sense Innovation and Moldmaker Collaboration
As I walked the aisles of NPE last month, taking in all the plastics-related technologies and solutions on display, two obvious trends emerged: logical innovation and moldmaker collaboration.
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Combining cavity sensors with hot runner valve gate control yields new applications and greater process gains.
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