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.

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A method of making an electrically conductive and weatherproof enclosure includes mixing and melting an electrically conductive material, a latex rubber material, and a polycarbonate material to produce a weatherproof material mixture, blending carbon black with polyethylene to produce an electrically conductive additive, positioning an injection mold of the enclosure in fluid communication with an exit end of a heating barrel, injecting the weatherproof material mixture into an entry end of the heating barrel, introducing the electrically conductive additive through a lateral port of the heating barrel proximate to the exit end to partially mix with the weatherproof material mixture to produce an injection mixture, and injecting the injection mixture into the injection mold to produce the electrically conductive and weatherproof enclosure.

There is provided a mold including a movable side mold, a fixed side mold and a sprue bush, the sprue bush including a flow path for a cooling fluid of the fixed side mold, wherein inlet and outlet ports of the flow path for the cooling fluid are in a direct connection with a cooling tube, respectively, the cooling tube being located along a space portion provided in the fixed side mold, and wherein the space portion is in a form of an opening provided in at least one of opposed surfaces of the fixed side mold.

Embodiments of the innovation relate to a seal plug which includes a plug body having a first sealing portion and a second sealing portion, an o-ring disposed about an outer periphery of the first sealing portion, and a set of threads disposed about an outer periphery of the second sealing portion. The second sealing portion defines a tool engagement portion.

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.

Disclosed is a conformal cooling channel design method using a topology optimization design. The conformal cooling channel design method using a topology optimization design according to an embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of: classifying a molded product as a thin structure or a bulk structure, and determining a cooling target area; decomposing the cooling target area into cooling target surfaces of two-dimensional shape; forming cooling channels independent from each other using a topology optimization design for each of the cooling target surfaces; and forming a conformal cooling channel by combining the cooling channels. According to the present embodiment, there is provided a method of designing a conformal cooling channel inside a mold after determining a cooling target surface by classifying the shape of a molded product as a bulk structure or a thin structure and forming an independent cooling channel for each cooling target surface using a topology optimization design.

The invention provides a method for producing a component (100) having a cooling channel system, the method comprising: building a first portion (10) of the component (100) by means of the additive, integrally bonded application of a build material; and—introducing a first cavity (11) having an opening into the first portion (10) of the component (100). The method is characterized in that it also comprises: covering the opening of the first cavity (11) in the first portion (10) by means of a covering part (13);—building a second portion (20) of the component (100) by means of the additive, integrally bonded application of the build material, the build material being applied to the first portion (10) and to the covering part (13); introducing a second cavity (21) having an opening into the second portion (20) of the component (100); and—introducing a connecting channel (90), (90a) into the component (100) by means of material-removing machining in order to form the cooling channel system, the connecting channel (90), (90a) connecting the second cavity (21) of the second portion (20) to the first cavity (11) of the first portion (10) of the component (100).

A mold for injection molding, the mold including two or more cavity rows, each cavity row having a plurality of cavities, and a cooling flow path, the cooling flow path including: at least one supply port, a distribution conduit, a supply conduit, a cavity cooling portion, a discharge conduit, a collecting conduit, and at least one discharge port. The supply conduit and the discharge conduit are parallel to the cavity rows, and at least one supply conduit and at least one discharge conduit are provided for each cavity row. The distribution conduit and the collecting conduit have larger diameters than the supply conduit and discharge conduit. The distribution conduit and the collecting conduit are arranged below the supply conduit and the discharge conduit such that the distribution conduit and the collecting conduit are provided at different heights from the supply conduit and the discharge conduit.

An injection mold for a high-aspect-ratio double-layer cylindrical plastic part and a molding method using the same. The injection mold includes a support base plate. A movable mold fixing frame and a movable mold base plate are arranged at the middle of a lower surface of the support base plate through positioning screws. A lower core mold is matchingly provided at a center of an upper surface of the support base plate, and is provided with a lower semicircular cavity for accommodating an outer die barrel. One side of the lower semicircular cavity is open, and the other side is provided with a first end wall which is provided with a lower semicircular notch for an inner die rod to pass through. An upper surface of the lower core mold is provided with a positioning protrusion, a lower feeding groove, and a remaining groove.

An injection molding apparatus includes: a first fixed mold attachment and detachment unit configured to attach and detach a first fixed mold; a second fixed mold attachment and detachment unit configured to attach and detach a second fixed mold; a first movable mold attachment and detachment unit configured to attach and detach a first movable mold; a first injection unit configured to inject a first molding material through a first gate opening of the first fixed mold; a second injection unit configured to inject a second molding material through a second gate opening of the second fixed mold; and a position changing unit configured to change a position of the first movable mold attachment and detachment unit such that the first movable mold is located at a position facing the first fixed mold or the second fixed mold. The position changing unit includes: a driving unit, a rotation shaft member configured to rotate by the driving unit, and a rotation disk coupled to the rotation shaft member and provided with the first movable mold attachment and detachment unit. The rotation disk is configured to rotate about a rotation axis of the rotation shaft member, and a flow path that communicates with the first movable mold and through which a medium flows is formed in the rotation shaft member.