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 ...

Hot runners are even being applied to micromolding. Runnerless system suppliers are coming up with long-wear systems for the cost-saving, runner-free molding of highly filled, high-temperature, ...

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 ...

PLACENTIA, Calif.—Kipe Molds Inc. has had to overcome an identity crisis of sorts in recent years. In surveying customers, the Placentia-based maker of molds, cold-runner technology and other ...

Introducing the Mold-Masters ThinPAK-Series hot runner, the most advanced hot runner system specifically engineered for producing exceptionally high-quality thin wall packaging products.