Hot Runners

Hot Runners 13 Dec 2019

How Electric Actuation Benefits the Mold Supply Chain

Hot runner valve gating has always offered pneumatic and hydraulic actuation, but today electric is an alternative to consider.

Hot Runners 26 Dec 2019

Partnership Advances Process Control Using In-Mold Sensors

RJG and HRSflow have partnered up to provide an advanced process control solution, specifically for servo valve gate technology or independent cavity control.

Mold Components 1 Nov 2019

MMT Readers Top-Viewed Content for October 2019

Looking at all the content MoldMaking Technology has presented in October 2019, here are the top 10 most-viewed features, blogs and videos.

Hot Runners 31 Oct 2019

Throwback Thursday: Hot Runner Supplement 2017

This Throwback Thursday is all hot runner focused, with features from our special supplement issue geared toward helping readers with common challenges.

Mold Components 30 Oct 2019

K Show Report: Next-Level Efficiency and Control

With a show as big as K 2019 with more than 3,000 exhibitors from 63 nations, you may think that identifying a theme among all the technology would be difficult, but after all is said and done, two words come to mind: efficiency and control.

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Hot Runners 28 Oct 2019

Combining Injection Molding and Extrusion Technology for High-Speed Injection

A new nozzle design developed by an Austrian-based mold builder abandons the usual round opening for a wide slit to allow for up to 25% faster cycle times, lower shear and injection pressure.

Education 16 Oct 2019

Getting Hot and Heavy during a Little Hot Runner Training

If a mold is the heart of a molding system, then the hot runner system is the heart of a hot runner mold, and I recently learned that there is a lot to know when it comes to designing and maintaining these systems to ensure optimal mold and part quality and performance.

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