We look behind the cavity walls and along the data cable at what hot runner technology now offers in terms of mechanical, electronic and digital expertise.

The smart Control monitoring unit permits integrated monitoring of the injection molding production cell, including the mold, hot runner system and all ancillary components. The “Luer connector” application case was on show at K 2022.

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State-of-the-Art Injection Molding Solutions at K 2022: Hot Runner Technology

Spritzgießen

Kunststoffverarbeitung: Verfahren

Doriat, Clemens, Dr.

Mikrospritzgießen

Digitale Transformation

Wirtschaft

Innovationen und neue Technologie

Spritzgießwerkzeuge

Kunststoffverarbeitung: Maschinen und Komponenten

Werkzeuge für die Kunststoffverarbeitung

Normalien und Heißkanaltechnik

Komponenten für die Kunststoffverarbeitung

Mess-, Steuer- und Regelgeräte

Qualitätssicherung

Qualitätssicherung Kunststoff

Temperaturregler

Messtechnik

Sensoren / Messwertaufnehmer

Heißkanalsysteme

Additive Fertigung

Everything under Control

Witosa is replacing titanium with 3D-printed steel elements in its hot runner systems. Its long-term goal is carbon neutrality.

Reducing the CCF through Titanium-Free Mold Constructions

Hot Runner, Carbon Neutral

Hot runner specialist Oerlikon HRSflow has expanded its portfolio to include components for injection molding of demanding parts with small shot weights in stable and reliable processes. The manufacturer now offers complete systems for this market segment, which requires tight nozzle pitch solutions.

The new Xp nozzle series from Oerlikon HRSflow permits face-to-face installation in compact stack molds. 

Messe K-Kunststoffmesse

kunststoffe-international.com

kunststoffe.de

Heißkanaltechnik

Messung von Umgebung (Klima)

More Injection Molding Flexibility

Anyone seeking to master quality in injection molding production must focus on the hot runner system. Unwanted process variability can be avoided by combining geometrically, thermally balanced systems with high-performance temperature controllers and reliable needle-stem control. 

Steuern, Regeln

Multi-Cavity Molds: Hot Runner Technology for Optimal Part-to-Part Consistency 

At this year's Moulding Expo in Stuttgart, Germany, Italian hot runner specialist HRSflow, San Polo di Piave, presented a new family of hot runner solutions for multi-cavity molds. The multicavity series is suitable for the large-scale production of injection molded products wherever short cycle times and high surface quality are specified, for example in medical applications, cosmetic articles, caps and closures, and packaging. 

New Family of Hot Runner Solutions for Multi-Cavity Molds  

Reinforced Hot Runner Nozzle Range 

The fully assembled and wired hot runner systems H4016 complete the range of ready-to-install systems and hot halves from Hasco Hasenclever GmbH + Co KG, Lüdenscheid, Germany. They constitute an attractive solution, specially tailored to the market, with all the system components screwed together already. 

Fully Screwed together and Wired 

New Hot Runner Systems Complete the Program 

In cooperation with two new subsidiaries, the Haidlmair Group, Nussbach, Austria, is showing several innovations in the field of hot-runner technology, mold monitoring and lifetime management. FDU Hotrunner GmbH, Frankenthal, Germany, markets the FDU (flat die unit) launched by Haidlmair in 2016, which, according to the manufacturer, is particularly characterized by the fact that, in comparison to circular nozzles, it introduces less shear-induced heat into the melt, shortens the cycle time and reduces the required injection pressure and energy consumption. 

A mold with FDU SLS and sword lock produces containers with wrinkle design (© FDU Hotrunner) 

Haidlmair at K 2019 

Keeping the Nozzle Flat 

Hot-runner manufacturer Incoe International Europe, Rödermark, Germany, is introducing its new Hot Halves (type: SealFit) to the European market. A Hot Half comprises a complete, ready-to-go system with SealFIt hot runner nozzles. 

SealFit Hot Halves 

Efficiency for Mold Makers and Injection Molders 

We know what we are talking about – for over 40 years we have been successfully developing, manufacturing and marketing industrial electronics for the measurement, control and automation fields.

FERCHAU Engineering GmbH  

https://www.fellereng.de

Bedienterminals

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Messdatenerfassung und -verarbeitung

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Messdatenerfassung, Software

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Spritzgieß-Zubehör und Einzelteile

Spritzgießmaschinen

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Steuerungen, sonstige elektr.

HASCO Hasenclever GmbH + Co KG was founded in 1924 in Lüdenscheid, Germany.

HASCO Hasenclever GmbH + Co KG  

https://www.hasco.com

Angießeinsätze

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Zähler

Mechanische Messtechnik

Jessica Poliner has been appointed President of Barnes Molding Solutions. She replaces Norbert Scheid, who retired from Barnes Group in December 2020.

Jessica Poliner has been appointed President of Barnes Molding Solutions

New Management to Head Barnes Molding Solutions

According to the company, the UltraShot Injection System provides part design freedom, while improving part quality and speed of mold qualification.

The UltraShot Injection System filled the entire part where a conventional injection molding process at 2758 bar could not

Husky introduces the UltraShot Injection System

Kunststoffverarbeitung allgemein

Kunststoffverarbeitung

Spritzgießmaschinen, allgemein

Kunststoffverarbeitungsmaschinen

Next Generation Melt Delivery and Control System

The completion of the transaction is subject to customary regulatory approvals and is expected by the second quarter of 2021.

Oerlikon acquires Italian company INglass S.p.A. and its market-leading HRSflow business unit for hot runner system technologies

Oerlikon Signs Agreement to Purchase INglass

For the further development of the Streamrunner and also for customer demonstration purposes, Hasco hot runner has developed an innovative 32 cavity injection mold tool.

The special feature of the mold is the 32-cavity Hasco Streamrunner

New Design Possibilities in Moldmaking

Products intended for use in building services must meet very high quality requirements in terms of both their constituent materials and functionality. A single-cavity mold for a floor grate made by Barku, which appears to be a simple part at first glance, called for a certain level of technical sophistication. This was provided by a moldmaker with the necessary technical understanding and hot-runner manufacturer Witosa who, between them, devised the right solution for what proved nevertheless to be a complex mold.

Sebastian Lotzin, CEO of Barku’s U. S. subsidiary, with floor grate (3250 g) in the 10,000-kN injection molding machine that makes the part

Sequential Injection with a 6-Fold Valve Gate System for a Floor Grate

A Simple Cascade

Additively Manufactured Hot Runner Manifolds with Needle Valve

With the Streamrunner from Hasco, the first additively manufactured hot runner, now completely new and space-saving options are also available for valve gate systems.

Multiple hot runner applications with very narrow nozzle pitch dimensions are, especially when using valve gate technology, a major challenge for designers.

A needle drive needs space, which means that the distribution of the melt in the manifold is usually associated with restrictions when using a valve gating system. This basically leads to a greater space requirement and consequently also to larger mold sizes and injection molding machines.

With the Streamrunner from Hasco hot runner, the first additively manufactured hot runner on the market, now completely new and space-saving options are also available for valve gate systems, according to the company. 

Since the market launch in 2019, several customer projects have been carried out, demonstrating the advantages of the system. With the addition of a subsequent version with needle valve technology, Hasco has gone one step further. At Fakuma 2021 the company’s hot runner division presented a fully balanced 20-cavity system with needle valve technology in which the outside dimensions of the hot runner are just 124 x 124  mm.

Thanks to the additive manufacturing technology, the flow channels can be optimally designed rheologically by completely avoiding sharp edges and areas with poor flow characteristics. This gentle passage of the melt results in considerably lower shear stress in the melt and consequently better quality of the injection-molded parts.

As absolutely no plugs are needed, this compact design of the hot runner enables in some cases a pitch of only 18 mm. The system is equipped with individually controlled, screw-in nozzles, which can also be used for engineering plastics. The stroke motion of the needle takes place via a circular plate package that is driven by four pneumatic cylinders.

As with all other hot runner systems from Hasco, the Streamrunner with needle valve technology is individually designed and adjusted exactly to the respective application.

Fully balanced 20-cavity system with valve gate technology with an outer dimension of the 3D-printed manifold of just 124 x 124 mm. 

2022-03-08 Hasco

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