Custom Core Pins Advance Long, Thin-Walled Part Molding
NPE2024: Proprietary CraftAlloy pins highlighted by Crafts Technology offer molders high thermal conductivity and high hardness for lightweighting and reduced wall thickness of parts.
Source | Crafts Technology
Custom CraftAlloy core pins by Crafts Technology are designed for molding long, thin-walled parts, enabling lightweighting and reduced wall thicknesses. This lightweighting reduces the use of plastics and can reduce the amount of plastics that potentially end up in landfills. Moreover, Crafts’ core pins are said to allow for the thinnest wall sections possible and should be deployed when looking to reduce plastics, reduce core deflection, maximize process control (CPK) and improve cycle times.
Crafts Technology’s proprietary tungsten carbide material, CraftAlloy, offers high thermal conductivity and high hardness. Its use in core pins is said to enable it to outperforms other core pins in core deflection (reduced by 65% compared to other commonly used materials) and tool life for most molding applications experiencing premature wear. Crafts Technology provides completed core pins including polishing, as well as custom CraftAlloy hot runner tips, gate bushings and tip bushings for automotive, glass-filled and abrasive plastics.
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