Split mold insert for a molding system

A split mold assembly for use with an injection molding system for producing a preform capable of being blow-molded into a container, the split mold assembly comprising:

• a slide bar for attachment, in use, to an actuating bar of the injection molding system, the slide bar defining a face slide portion;
• a split mold insert comprising:
• a top portion and a bottom portion;
• said top portion for abutting, in use, a cavity plate assembly and the bottom portion being at an opposite extreme relative to said top portion;
• a back portion and a face portion opposite each other, extending between said top and bottom portions, said face portion defining a molding surface defining portion for forming, in use, at least a portion of the neck portion of the preform, the back portion including a back wall located on an opposite extreme of the first split mold insert relative to the face portion;
• said back portion comprising a connecting interface for connecting, in use, to the face slide portion of the slide bar,
• wherein said connecting interface comprises an alignment interface for positioning the split mold insert relative to the slide bar and a coupling interface defined at least partially through the back wall for securing the split mold insert, in use, to the slide bar.

A connecting interface positioned between (i) a back portion of a split mold insert, the back portion being at an opposite extreme relative to a face portion of the split mold insert, the face portion defining a molding surface defining portion for forming, at least in part, a neck region of a preform capable of being blow-molded into a container and (ii) a face slide portion of a slide bar;

• the back portion including a back wall located at the opposite extreme, the connecting interface comprising:
• an alignment interface for positioning the split mold insert relative to the slide bar;
• and
• a coupling interface for securing the split mold insert, in use, to the slide bar, the coupling interface defined at least in part through the back wall.

A split mold assembly for use with an injection molding system for producing a preform capable of being blow-molded into a container, the split mold assembly comprising:

• a slide bar for attachment, in use, to an actuating bar of the injection molding system;
• a split mold insert comprising:
• a connecting interface disposed on a back portion thereof for connection, in use, to said slide bar, the back portion including a back wall located on an opposite extreme of the first split mold insert relative to the face portion,
• wherein said connecting interface comprises an alignment interface for positioning the split mold insert, in use, relative to the slide bar and a coupling interface defined at least partially through the back wall for securing the split mold insert, in use, to the slide bar.