Mold plate cooling arrangement

A fluid cooled mold plate comprising

• a front side, a rear side, and a perimeter extending between the front side and the rear side;
• a cooling chamber formed within the mold plate, the cooling chamber having a front wall, a rear wall, and a perimeter wall extending between the front wall and the rear wall;
• an inlet fluid duct extending from a first side of the perimeter of the mold plate to a first end of the cooling chamber;
• an outlet fluid duct extending from a second side of the perimeter of the mold plate to a second end of the cooling chamber that is opposite to the first end of the cooling chamber;
• and
• the cooling chamber being occupied by a dispersion mesh secured between the front wall and the rear wall of the cooling chamber,
• wherein the mold plate includes a front plate portion and a rear plate portion, the front plate portion and the rear plate portion being secured together to define the cooling chamber therebetween,
• wherein the front plate portion includes a first thickness portion and a second thickness portion thicker than the first thickness portion, and a conductive insert extending into the second thickness portion from the cooling chamber.