Tooling

New valve gate hot runner molding technology precisely controls each valve pin's position, acceleration, velocity, and stroke, offering potential benefits to multimaterial applications, sequential/cascading molding, and premium cosmetic surfaces.

Quick-Coupler-type water jumpers from DME Molding Supplies (Madison Heights, MI) can plumb a mold for cooling using significantly less mold space, according to DME. They can either be embedded in the mold itself or run on top of the mold.

What's reported to be one of the smallest manually configurable temperature control and water distribution devices with electronic monitoring on the market has debuted from injection machine builder Engel ( Schwertberg/Austria).

Wabash MPI (Wabash, IN ) has debuted an upper tilting platens for easy mold access on its range of compression molding presses. The tilting platen allows for the mold to be cleaned as needed, in some cases between each cycle, dependent upon the application. Applications needing frequent cleaning may include silicone molding or other molding applications requiring access to intricate mold cavities.

A new surface pressure indicating sheet from Sensor Products Inc. (Madison, NJ) is said to improve yields and reduces defects in the injection molding process by minimizing flash, shorts, and burns, among other defects. The primary purpose of Mold-Align is to indicate mold face planarity. When placed between mold halves that are compressed together, the material instantaneously changes color revealing how pressure is being distributed between the mold faces.

New for the Moldex3D computer assisted engineering software is an interface with Siemens' NX software, that company's flagship digital product development software. Called eDesignSYNC for NX, the new interface serves as the bridge allowing NX users to access Moldex3D/eDesign from within the NX environment.

Why invest in an expensive forklift for handling lifting tasks on the shop floor when the Shop Lift from A&H Engineering and Manufacturing, Inc. (Cerritos, CA) can raise tools weighing up to 600 lbs. for an upfront investment of $3350?

A new mechanical design for increased rigidity and reduced thermal distortion is one improvement built into the new EDAF Series of ram EDM equipment from Makino (Auburn Hills, MI).

Dry ice is the medium employed in the Aero 40 HP compact, high-pressure blast cleaning system offered by Cold Jet (Cincinnati, OH).

The Aero system is said to provide advanced economical dry-ice blast cleaning in an environmentally friendly format with optimum best pellet integrity, maximum cleaning aggression, and the most reliable blast stream on the market. In addition, the Aero 40 HP uses Cold Jet's SureFlow system to prevent clogging and pellet sublimation, ensuring uninterrupted cleaning performance.

DME Company announced the newly expanded line of mold components with the addition of Black and Gold Interlocks in metric sizes, due to customer demand. The Black and Gold interlocks ensure accurate alignment and guidance of the mold halves during mold setup and throughout mold operation.