The concept of lean manufacturing is generally reserved for the molding process, but Tradesco Mold Ltd. is working to extend these concepts of waste reduction to the tool. "Increased flexibility in ...

StackTeck announced an unconventional application for a big stack mold with Quick Product Change (QPC) features. This mold runs 2000 tons of production in a 1000-ton injection molding machine, in a ...

At the upcoming Fakuma show in Germany, Netstal will present what company officials are calling a world's first: injection-compression molding on stack molds. Fakuma is set for Oct. 13-17 in ...

Rotating stack molds give designers a variety of options for not only molding multicomponent parts but also doing secondary assembly operations inside the injection molding machine. ''What will it ...

SAN POLO DI PIAVE, Italy—HRSflow has developed a special low-height actuator for hot runner valve gate systems, specifically for the construction of stack molds. The firm said the advantage of its ...

A German company, Injection Moulding Innovations Ltd., has introduced Simplex TandemMoulds, which replace complicated stack molds with two standard hot-runner molds by shooting the melt right through ...

Because of their compactness, such molds can be run in smaller presses. For example, a 48+48 stack mold for lightweight bottle caps measures only 285 mm face to face, so it can run in a 200-ton press.

It mounts two standard single-component molds on a turning stack with a common hot-runner adapter plate and ejector plate. It can mold two parts and assemble them outside the mold—either above or ...

Structural-foam molding can produce hollow, multilayered parts that are often bigger, stronger, lighter, and cost less than injection-molded equivalents. Multinozzle structural-foam technology is ...

Holbrook hardmills more intricate mold features with its HSM 400 high-speed machine. RICHARD LOCKWOOD IS HAPPY TO tell you what the key to his moldmaking shop's success is. It's no big secret and is ...