In order to increase the degree of automation, an overmolding device for processing profiles, having a turntable with a worktable device that is movable in rotation about an axis of rotation in a rotation plane and has at least two processing areas, is proposed, wherein the processing areas each comprise a central plate, wherein the central plate is attached to and/or mounted on the worktable via a central-plate receptacle, wherein the turntable comprises an upper and a lower mold, which are decoupled from the rotation of the worktable device and which are arranged opposite one another with regard to the rotation plane, and wherein the upper and lower mold are movable such that, together with the central plate, they form a mold receiving the profile, and the central-plate receptacle (5) forms the fixed closing side and the upper and lower molds form the movable closing side.

This disclosure includes injection molds for reducing cycle times and related methods. Some molds include first and second mold portions movable relative to one another from an open position to a closed position in which each of one or more recesses of the first mold portion cooperates with a respective one of one or more recesses of the second mold portion to define a chamber. Each of the chamber(s) includes a first cooling body coupled to the first mold portion, a second cooling body coupled to the second mold portion, and first and second inserts removably coupled, respectively, to the first and second cooling bodies such that the inserts cooperate to define a mold cavity within the chamber that is configured to receive a thermoplastic material. Each of the cooling bodies has an inlet, an outlet, and a fluid cavity in fluid communication with the inlet and the outlet.

An injection molding apparatus according to an embodiment is configured to mold a thermoplastic resin into a thick-walled component by injection molding. The injection molding apparatus includes a mold having a cavity and a core; and a controller configured to control an operation of the mold. The controller is capable of performing a filling and pressure holding process of filling the thermoplastic resin between the cavity and the core in a state in which a distance between the cavity and the core is increased, and a cooling and solidifying process of cooling and solidifying the filled thermoplastic resin while pressurizing the filled thermoplastic resin by decreasing the distance between the cavity and the core. The controller stacks the thermoplastic resin by performing an operation set including the filling and pressure holding process and the cooling and solidifying process a plurality of times.

An injection molding apparatus is provided for use with a mold unit having a water line. The apparatus includes a mold base plate. The plate has a compartment configured to contain the mold unit, and further has a water line passage with an open inner end at the compartment. A first section of the water line passage includes the open inner end. A second section of the water line passage reaches away from the first section. The plate has a slot along which the first section of the water line passage is open for insertion of the water line transversely into the first section. The plate covers the second section of the water line passage such that the second section is closed to insertion of the water line transversely into the second section.

The invention relates to a nozzle for use in a device for administering a liquid medical formulation, to a method for producing the nozzle in the form of a microfluidic component and to a tool for producing microstructures of the microfluidic component. The nozzle is formed by a plastics plate with groove-like microstructures which are covered by a plastics cover on the longitudinal side in a fixed manner. The production method includes a moulding process in which a moulding tool is used, which moulding tool has complementary metal microstructures which have been produced from a semiconductor material in an electrodeposition process by means of a master component.

A mold conveyance guide apparatus includes: a linear guide that is attached along a conveyance direction of a mold to a mold attachment surface of at least one of a fixed platen or a movable platen to which the mold is fixed; a slider that is movably attached to the linear guide; and a coupling arm that is swingably attached to the slider in a direction coming closer to or separating from the mold attachment surface and is coupled to the mold in an engageable and disengageable manner.

A method for creating optical articles includes moving first and second mold portions relative to one another. This disclosure includes injection molds for reducing cycle times and related methods. Some molds include first and second mold portions movable relative to one another from open to closed positions in which each recess of the first mold portion cooperates with a respective recess of the second mold portion to define a chamber. Each chambers includes a first cooling body coupled to the first mold portion, a second cooling body coupled to the second mold portion, and first and second inserts removably coupled, respectively, to the first and second cooling bodies. The inserts cooperate to define a mold cavity within the chamber configured to receive a thermoplastic material. Each of the cooling bodies has an inlet, an outlet, and a fluid cavity in fluid communication with the inlet and the outlet.

A mold manufacturing method used in an injection molding apparatus has a first step of shaping a laminated body that becomes a part of the mold by discharging molding material and stacking layers on a base plate having a first member with a first opening and a second member assembled into the first opening, a second step of removing the second member from the base plate on which at least a part of the laminated body has been shaped, and performing at least one of a cutting process and an insertion of a nesting member on the laminated body, which is at least partially shaped, and a third step, performed after the second step, of assembling the base plate with the laminated body is shaped, or a base plate with the laminated body is shaped and all the second members are removed, into the second opening in a mold base.

A toothbrush comprised at least one unitary brush head having a base and at least one filament and extending therefrom and having a free end terminating with a tip, wherein the filament has a length of from 6.0 mm to 20.0 mm between the base and the free end, and wherein the unitary brush head is made from a plastic material that has a melt flow rate of not greater than about 30 g/10 min measured in accordance with ISO 1133.

A cover device according to an embodiment of the present invention, may include a first plate including a first surface and a second surface facing away from the first surface, and being substantially rectangular, the first plate including a first edge having a first length and extending in a first direction, a second edge having a second length longer than the first length and extending in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, a third edge parallel to the first edge, having the first length, and extending in the first direction from the second edge, and a fourth edge parallel to the second edge, having the second length, and extending from the first edge in the second direction, a first sidewall perpendicular to the first surface and extending from the first edge, a second sidewall perpendicular to the first surface and the first sidewall and extending from the second edge, a third sidewall perpendicular to the first surface and the second sidewall and extending from the third edge, and a fourth sidewall perpendicular to the first surface and the third sidewall and extending from the fourth edge, wherein the first surface, the first sidewall, the second sidewall, the third sidewall and the fourth sidewall together may form a recess for receiving and holding the electronic device, and the first surface may include at least one parting line having a third length longer than the first length and shorter than the second length and extending in the second direction.