The Advantages of Hot Runner

The runner is a channel machined into the mould plate to connect the sprue with the entrance to the impression. Generally speaking, there are two kinds of runner: one is cold runner, another one is hot runner. But in this text we just talk about the advantages of hot runner.

There are several common types of hot runner, like pin point gate, direct gate, valve gate, special gate, horn gate, timer valve gate and so on. Each of them has its advantages:

1. Pin point gate

1.1 There just has a spot in the plastic parts appearance

1.2 The temperature around gate basin is low

1.3 It suitable for crystalline and amorphous material

2. Direct gate

2.1 Compare with pin point gate, direct gate has a open and direct runner

2.2 Its injection quantity is bigger and injection pressure is smaller

2.3 It is suitable for long flow length and the thicker wall thickness injection parts

3. Valve gate

3.1 Compare with pin point gate and direct gate, the spot in the plastic parts appearance is really small and nice

3.2 Valve gate is automatic opening and closing through valve needle

4. Timer valve gate

4.1 Relative to valve gate, timer valve gate can control the gate inject in turn to keep injection balance.

All in all, hot runner can save material, gate trace is nice, reduce cycle time and improve product quality.

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The Function of Sprue Puller

Sprue puller is very common design in cold runner plastic injection moulds, but different companies have different desing. But there are two basic designs of sprue puller, in one the undercut is produced within the cold slug well region, and is situated below the parting surface. In the other design, the undercut portion of the sprue pulling device is situated above the parting surface. To differentiate between these two basic types, we designate them type A and type B respectivity.

                                                                                

It is very important that sprue is pulled absolutely from the sprue bush when the mould opens. For single-cavity moulds, the sprue feeds directly into the base of the component. The sprue is pulled at the same time as the moulding is pulled from the cavity.

For multi-cavity moulds which using a basic feed system the sprue would probably be left in the sprue bush each time the mould was opened. This would be waste time since it needs worker to remove the unwanted sprue, then continue production. To avoid this disgusting problem and save labor cost, an arrangement for pulling the sprue should always be adopted in the design.

About common sprue pulling methods, it adopts an undercut pin or an undercut recess situated directly opposite the sprue entry. The plastics material which flows into the undercut, upon solidifying, it will provide sufficient adhesion to pull the sprue as the mould is opened. This is the most common design among mould industry.

In a word, in order to help customer save labor cost, material usage and improve the production efficiency, the best sprue design should be as short as possible. What’s more, the bushing should have a smooth, tapered internal finish that has been polished in the direction of the draw in order to ensure clean separation of the sprue and the bushing.

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