Nozzle tip for injection molding

Abstract

A nozzle tip for guiding a valve pin of a nozzle for injecting molten material into a mold during injection molding is described. The nozzle tip consists of an outer member, provided with an axial pass-through cavity, which at one end comprises a central pass-through conduit for the exit of the molten material, an inner member, having an axial pass-through cavity, which is coaxially mounted within the outer member and comprises a tapered tip with a hole to direct the molten material to the central conduit, and an annular-shape insert made of wear-resistant material, with a central pass-through cavity into which the valve pin can slide and mounted in correspondence with the central pass-through conduit. To prevent or mitigate wear, the central pass-through cavity of the insert is constituted of the juxtaposition of a cylindrical-shape cavity portion and a conical-shape cavity portion, and the insert is a separate piece and directly interposed between the tapered tip of the inner member and an inner surface of the outer member so that said tapered tip abuts against the inlet of the conical-shape cavity portion at a zone of mutual contact.

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