OFTERING, Austria—Elmet, a manufacturer of equipment for silicone and rubber parts, has released a new, all-electric cold runner for liquid silicone rubber injection molding. The Smartshot E cold ...

Known for its biocompatibility, range of flexibility and hardness, high temperature tolerance, and ability to be processed with minor machine modifications, silicone, or liquid silicone rubber (LSR), ...

Wittmann Battenfeld molded blue medical fittings on an all-electric EcoPower 160/350 machine equipped with a 16-cavity cold runner mold tool from Nexus with Timeshot valve gate control so that amounts ...

Quick Shot systems include a manifold with an insulating plate, hot runner nozzles in 50- or 80-mm lengths, and wiring. A compromise between a complete hot half and an unwired system, the moldmaker ...

Lossburg, Germany — Arburg GmbH + Co. KG featured three liquid silicone rubber demonstrations at its annual Technology Days open house. All involved two-component molding, with two LSR/LSR ...

Cycle time is the primary cost measure of the molding process, and cooling represents about 80% of the molding cycle (see Figure 1). The thicker the part, the longer the cycle time. However, the ...

Mold-Masters said the cycle could be trimmed to 4.2 sec, of which only 0.2 sec is the coinjection time, and IRIS technology can accommodate 48 cavities. The tool was built by F&S Tool Inc.

This article concludes the Troubleshooter’s Rules of Thumb series. Bob Hatch is manager of technical service and customer support for Prime Alliance, the Des Moines-based resin distributor. Before ...