A reagent vessel, an apparatus and a method for manufacturing a lower part of a reagent vessel for an analytical instrument are disclosed. The reagent vessel is configured to store a liquid reagent. The reagent vessel comprises a cover and a lower part. The lower part comprises a bottom wall, a front wall, a rear wall, two opposing side walls and at least one connection wall. The cover, bottom wall, front wall, rear wall and two opposing side walls define at least one internal volume for storing at least one liquid reagent. The two opposing side walls are at least partially connected to one another by the at least one connection wall located within the at least one internal volume. The connection wall is spaced apart from the bottom wall. The connection wall and at least the two opposing side walls can be injection-molded and are monolithically formed.

A vehicle component, and a method and tool for forming the component are provided. First and second tools with first and second surfaces, respectively, are provided. The first tool is translated along a first axis towards the second tool such that the first and second surfaces cooperate to define a mold cavity configured to form an accessory mount feature with an aperture. The second surface is configured to form an integrated rib extending outwardly from an upper surface of the mount feature to a planar bearing surface surrounding the aperture with the planar bearing surface oriented at an acute angle relative to the upper surface. The first axis is substantially parallel to the upper surface.

A vehicle component, and a method and tool for forming the component are provided. First and second tools with first and second surfaces, respectively, are provided. The first tool is translated along a first axis towards the second tool such that the first and second surfaces cooperate to define a mold cavity configured to form an accessory mount feature with an aperture. The second surface is configured to form an integrated rib extending outwardly from an upper surface of the mount feature to a planar bearing surface surrounding the aperture with the planar bearing surface oriented at an acute angle relative to the upper surface. The first axis is substantially parallel to the upper surface.

An injection molding mold apparatus including: a first mold and a second mold forming a cavity into which thermoplastic resin is configured to be injected; a slide mold provided on at least one of the first and second molds, capable of moving back and forth in a direction intersecting a mold opening and closing direction, and forming a part of the cavity while being in pressure contact with an insert member during molding; and a pressing member provided at a portion where the slide mold is not provided among portions of the first and second molds that face each other and at a position corresponding to a tip end portion of the slide mold, being movable in the mold opening and closing direction, and pressing and moving the tip end portion in the mold opening and closing direction when the first and second molds are closed.

A plastic faucet body and a die for molding the same are disclosed in present invention. The plastic faucet body comprises a left water inlet pipe and a right water inlet pipe, where a connecting cross-beam is disposed between the left water inlet pipe and the right water inlet pipe, the left water inlet pipe and the right water inlet pipe are embedded with a threaded copper pipe, respectively, the copper pipes are formed integrally with the plastic faucet body by means of a single stage process and are in communication with the corresponding left water inlet pipe and the right water inlet pipe, respectively.

An apparatus and a method for manufacturing a reactor capable of both absorbing a dimensional variation of a core and preventing deformation due to a resin pressure during molding are provided. An apparatus for manufacturing a reactor is provided with a core. The apparatus includes a mold including a cavity for housing the core. The mold includes a plurality of pins protruding into the cavity. When the core is disposed in the cavity, at least one of the plurality of pins is not fixed, and each of the pins functions as a positioning pin. When a molded article is molded, the pin is fixed, and each pin functions as a core support pin for supporting the core against a resin pressure during molding.

An apparatus and a method for manufacturing a reactor capable of preventing a core from being cracked due to a resin pressure during molding are provided. An apparatus for manufacturing a reactor provided with a core includes a mold with a cavity for housing the core. The mold includes a core support pin brought into contact with the core and configured to support the core against a resin pressure during molding. Resin flow paths during molding includes an inner flow path passing through inside the core and an outer flow path passing through outside the core. The core support pin is disposed at a position where a width of the inner flow path is greater than a width of the outer flow path.

A plug connector housing for a plug connector, having a main body and a latching installation. The latching installation has a first connection portion integrally connecting the latching mechanism to the main body. A void extends along a longitudinal axis on the main body and is at least in portions formed between the latching installation and the main body. The plug connector housing furthermore has first and second protective elements which extend in each case integrally from the main body. The latching installation is disposed between the protective elements, wherein each of the protective elements in at least one covered region covers the void in a transverse direction. Each of the protective elements moreover configures at least one access region in which the void is accessible along the transverse direction. Each of the covered regions faces a respective access region of the respective other protective element along the transverse direction.

An injection mold (1) for the manufacturing of at least one tubular plastic part comprising a first mold half (2) comprising a first mold plate (3) and a second mold half (4) comprising a second mold plate (5) being arranged displaceable with respect to each other in an axial direction (Z) between an open position and a closed position. The injection mold further comprises at least one core (6) protruding from the first mold plate (3) and the second mold plate (4) comprising at least one cavity (7) suitable to receive the core (6) of the first mold half (2) to form a molding cavity (8) in the closed position of the injection mold (1) for receiving molten plastic material therein to form the tubular plastic part. A bushing (9) is advantageously arranged in the second mold half (4) adjacent to a dorsal end (10) of the cavity (7) at least partially displaceable with respect to the second mold plate (4), said bushing (9) comprising a bore (11) in a closed position of the injection mold (1) suitable to receive a tip (12) of the core (6).

A plastic molding system comprises: dispensing, pre-shaping and shaping cells and a transport subsystem. The dispensing cell has a station for dispensing a dose of plastic feedstock. The pre-shaping and shaping cells each comprise a plurality of stations for shaping the workpiece into a preform shape and into a final shape, respectively. The transport subsystem advances a workpiece along a selected one of a plurality of process paths to form a molded article. Each of the plurality of process paths is defined by a combination of stations of the dispensing cell, the pre-shaping cell and the shaping cell.