Injection molding gate design Considerations: 1.A small opening between the runner and the mold cavity, of which the location, quantity, shape and size, etc. have a direct influence on product appearance, dimensional accuracy, physical characteristics and injection molding efficiency. 2.The size of an injection molding gate is dependent on product weight, material properties and gate … Read more
How the Hot Runner Systems Works The cold runner of a plastic injection mold refers to the section between the mold inlet and the gate. The molten plastic maintains its fluidity inside the runner by virtue of the injection pressure and its own heat. However, as a part of the molding material, the runner is … Read more
The Purpose of Injection Mold Cooling Systems The injection mold cooling system purpose is to ensure uniform cooling of the molded product and then eject the product out within a short period of time. The layout of the cooling channel plays an important role in the injection molding quality as well as the production cycle (cost) of … Read more
During the plastic injection mold trial process, defects like short-filling, trapped air burns, high internal stress, flow marks and weld lines often occur. For those problems, the first solution would be adjustment of the plastic injection molding process, and another consideration would be the reasonable design of the mold gate. Once both of these problems … Read more
Plastic Injection Mold Steel Selection for Molding Components Molding components refer to the mold parts or components which have a direct contact with the plastic materials to form a product, such as mold cavities, mold cores, sliders, inserts and lifters, etc. The steel quality of the molding components has a direct influence on mold quality … Read more
Type of Injection mold parting line 1.Horizontal parting line 2.Oblique parting line 3.Curve parting line 4.Injection mold parting line on shut off holes 5.Injection mold parting line on side holes General Principles for Selection of Main Parting line Protect the Inserts Usually, product disassembly needs to be considered before selecting the main parting surface, i.e. … Read more
As an elastic component, the spring plays a very important role in a plastic injection mold, because a properly located spring is able to provide the necessary driving force that the mold needs. For example, when the ejection mechanism completes the ejection action of a plastic part, a spring can be applied to force the … Read more
The Runner Design Concept The runner refers to the melt flow passageway between the end of the main runner and the gate, which is used to change melt flow direction and allocate it to each cavity in a stable and balanced way. The basic design principle of the branch runner is little pressure/heat loss, with … Read more
Mold sprue bush,AKA.The main runner refers to the melt flow passageway from the joint between the injection molding machine nozzle and the mold sprue bushing to the starting point of the branch runner. –The design has to minimize melt temperature drop/pressure loss. –Adopt the cone shape design, to facilitate removal of the condensed material Forms … Read more
What is the O-ring used for? In a mold structure, the cooling channel tends to leak at the joints between mold plates as well as those between the mold plate and the core insert due to the existence of joint gaps. To prevent this from happening, O-rings are often applied to seal the joints. Mold … Read more