Next-Generation Advanced Hot Runner Technology for Precision Molds

Westfall Technik’s MHS Hot Runner systems are designed for reliability and longevity in order to mass produce billions of precision-molded parts. Westfall says its hot runner solutions are designed to withstand a wide range of pressure and temperatures, and are capable of running materials from polypropylene (PP) to polyetheretherketone (PEEK), and polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) to bio-absorbable resins, with shot sizes that range from 1 mg to 400 Ibs.

Westfall’s team of hot runner experts are passionate about minimizing cold runners in injection molding applications and have developed several solutions to direct gate complex parts, such as angled valve gate nozzles, internal side gate nozzles, internal valve gate nozzles and dual and multi-tip nozzles. Westfall’s team also developed hot runner manifolds that move during the cycle to gate through slides. The final frontier was direct gating micro parts, which Westfall says it achieved by developing a new Isokor molding process and M3 hot runner technology.

Westfall’s team of hot runner experts, designers and technical support staff collaborate with OEMs, toolmakers and molders to deliver high-performing, innovative molding solutions available in the industry. According to the company’s chief commercial officer, Westfall enables its customers to push boundaries of injection molding, while simultaneously improving part quality and reducing productions costs.