Hot Runners
Controlling Your Hot Runner Manifold System
Moldmakers and molders need to better understand modern hot runner controller technology to solve processing problems.
Read More
The Designer's Edge: More on Venting
Randy shares how his views on venting specs have changed since moving from the tool shop to the molding side of the business.
Read MoreThe Designer's Edge: Venting
Randy shares a real-world perspective on venting and exposes the true value of tool standards.
Read More
Mold Water System Basics
Molder to moldmaker: “If you want the project, you need to hit the targeted tooling costs.” Then oftentimes the moldmaker builds a tool that fits the budget, but does not have the best performance with regards to water. Here are some basics about the impact of mold's water system.
Watch
Mold Project Teaches Criticality of Design Phase Collab
Prestige Mold, Eastman Chemical Company, Mold-Masters (owned by Milacron LLC) and Pres-Tek Plastics joined forces on a project to solve customer challenges with producing small medical device parts made of Tritan™ copolyester with a multi-cavity hot runner mold. I spoke with Eastman's market development manager for medical devices to learn more about the Eastman-Prestige collaboration.
Read More
Common Sense Innovation and Moldmaker Collaboration
As I walked the aisles of NPE last month, taking in all the plastics-related technologies and solutions on display, two obvious trends emerged: logical innovation and moldmaker collaboration.
Read More
Smart Tooling
Combining cavity sensors with hot runner valve gate control yields new applications and greater process gains.
Read More
Reduce Part Failure with Melt Delivery Science
The best way to determine when naturally balanced, rheological managed and thermally balanced hot runner solutions are required as a single solution is to examine the science behind each approach.
Read More
Controlling the Melt Delivery System Heat Source
Understanding the heating systems along the melt delivery path is critical to setting up a robust process and properly diagnosing problems.
Read More
Hot Manifold Repair: What’s so Tough about it?
Maintaining a typical hot runner system takes mold maintenance skills to the next level.
Watch
