Feed System for an Injection Molding Machine
AssigneeImflux Inc.
InventorsChow-chi HUANG, Gene Michael ALTONEN, Ralph Edwin NEUFARTH, Matthew Lloyd NEWMAN, Michael Thomas DODD, John Philip BEAUMONT
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Abstract
A feed system for an injection molding method and machine includes a first part including a first channel, and a second part including a second channel, the first channel and the second channel forming a molten plastic feed conduit when the first part is located adjacent to the second part. A joint is formed between the first part and the second part along the first channel and the second channel and the joint is one of a sintered joint, a welded joint, and a brazed joint.
Claims20
A multi-part feed system for an injection mold system including a plurality of mold cavities, an injection system for pressurizing molten plastic prior to injection through said feed system, through a nozzle, and through at least one gate into at least one of the plurality of the mold cavities, and a controller for controlling the injection system to maintain the molten plastic at a substantially constant pressure that is less than 10,000 psi measured at the nozzle, the feed system being located between the nozzle and the at least one gate, the feed system comprising:
- a first part including a first feed channel;
- and
- a second part including a second feed channel, the first feed channel and the second feed channel forming a molten plastic feed conduit when the first part is located adjacent to the second part,
- wherein a metal-connecting joint is formed between the first part and the second part and between the first feed channel and the second feed channel.
A feed system for an injection mold system, the feed system comprising:
- a first part including a first feed channel;
- and
- a second part including a second feed channel, the first feed channel and the feed second channel forming a molten plastic feed conduit when the first part is located adjacent to the second part,
- the molten plastic feed conduit including at least one turn having a radius that is between 0 and 2 times a diameter of the molten plastic feed conduit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.