Filters, shown here in cross section, should be purged of foreign debris if elevated injection pressures appear. Nozzles have been threaded into the manifold in this two-shot system with air-actuated, ...

The company has developed integrated hot-runner technology, combining a unitized design with a simple mold-design modification. Injection molders benefit from the integrated approach in several ways: ...

Hot runner technology will probably never take over the moldmaking business altogether, but, increasingly, molders are willing to pay the premium up front to have the benefits during the molding ...

Cycle time is the primary cost measure of the molding process, and cooling represents about 80% of the molding cycle (see Figure 1). The thicker the part, the longer the cycle time. However, the ...