Injection Mold Having a Simplified Cooling System
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsGene Michael ALTONEN, Ralph Edwin NEUFARTH, John Boyet STEVENS, Robert Lawrence PROSISE, James Edward POLAND, John Moncrief LAYMAN, Danny David LUMPKIN
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Abstract
An injection mold assembly for a high output consumer product injection molding machine, the injection mold assembly having a simplified cooling system. The simplified cooling system has a cooling complexity factor of less than three, preferably less than two, more preferably less than one.
Claims20
A mold assembly for a high productivity injection molding machine, the mold assembly comprising:
- a first mold side, defining at least a portion of each of a plurality of mold cavities;
- a first support plate connected to the first mold side;
- and
- one or more first cooling lines configured to remove heat from the first mold side, during an injection molding process;
- wherein all of the one or more first cooling lines for the first mold side are contained within the first support plate.
A mold assembly for a high productivity injection molding machine, the mold assembly comprising:
- a first mold side, defining at least a portion of each of a plurality of mold cavities;
- a first support plate connected to the first mold side;
- and
- one or more first cooling lines configured to remove heat from the first mold side, during an injection molding process;
- wherein all of the one or more first cooling lines for the first mold side are contained within the first support plate and the first mold side;
- and
- wherein at least one of the one or more first cooling lines has a terminal end disposed in the first mold side.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.