Tooling
Cell Automates Overmolding, Inspection of Hypodermic Needles
Moldworx designed a mold, end-of-arm-tooling and automation cell to automate production of hypodermic needles, replacing manual post-mold gluing.
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Tooling: Compact Identification Stamps
Stamps are available for the standard international food, recycling and CE symbols
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Tooling: Locking Cylinder Features Compact Design
By eliminating the need for side locking of the slides, a new cylinder’s simplified design features fewer components, which saves space and installation/repair time.
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Hot Runners: Range of Ready-to-Install Single Needle Valves Extended
Ready-to-connect system—including nozzle; all the hot runner and connection components; the clamping, frame and nozzle retainer plate; and also the standard parts—can be directly assembled to the fixed mold plate.
Read MoreFast-Growing Westfall Technik Acquires Two More Molders & a Moldmaker
Three purchases in the first quarter of 2019 add to the group’s focuses on medical and micromolding.
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Injection Molding & 3D Printing Combine to Make ‘Impossible’ Parts
Stereolithography cavity inserts can be injected with thermoplastic, then removed from the mold and dissolved away to leave a complex-shaped part.
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Hot Runners: Control Features Adjustable Touch Screen
Hasco's H1280 series of controllers come in three sizes, including table top units, operating from 6 to 36 zones.
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See the Mold Filling on Your Press Control Panel
Arburg embeds flow simulation in its Gestica controller.
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Tooling: Components Target Clean Room Molds
Date plugs and support pillars feature clean-room specific adaptations.
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Mold-Clamping Details for Profit
Taking time to sweat the details of clamping is not much fun, but they do make a difference in a company’s bottom line.
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