Tooling

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Hot Runners: Family Mold Friendly Systems, Cylinders, Nozzles and Cooling Tech Featured

At K 2019, HRS’ FLEXflow will power a pair of family molds and the company will showcase new cylinders, hot runner nozzles and cooling technology.

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Tooling: Expanded Mold Base Range, New Hot Runner Brand

Hasco will feature and expanded range of mold bases at K 2019, as well as launch its own hot runner brand with new Single-Shot individual nozzle.

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Molds & Tooling

Tooling: New Flat Die Nozzle and Cloud-Powered Mold Monitoring

Haidlmair Group will launch two new companies and two new products at K 2019, including a new iteration of its flat die unit (FDU) and a mold monitoring technology.

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Wittmann Battenfeld Partners with Moldex 3D on LSR Injection Molding Simulation

Wittmann Battenfeld is exploring integration of Moldex 3D LSR molding simulation with its injection machine controls.

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Heating/Cooling: ‘World’s Smallest’ Cartridge Heater

Just 2 mm wide, this Turk+Hillinger cartridge is suited to small hot-runner nozzles.

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best practices

Part 1: The Basics of Tapered Interlocks

Various types of interlocks are available to molders. Here, we discuss the oldest and most common types of interlocks—those with a tapered or angular shutoff.

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Speed and Flexibility Help Molder, Moldmaker Fill a Niche in Product Development

Quotes in hours, parts and molds in days—Xcentric Mold & Engineering brings prototype speed to production molding and moldmaking.

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Hot Runners

K 2019 Preview: Molds and More at the Messe

Here’s news to look for in molds, mold components, hot runners and controls at the giant K fair in October.

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Tooling: Self-Locking Wedge Clamps

Spring force wedge clamps allow clamping without permanent hydraulics.

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Packaging

Hot Runners: System Targets Dust Reduction in PET Preform Molds

MHT and university researchers developed a new hot runner specifically for PET preforms that is said to greatly reduce dust formation and will launch at K 2019.

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