A hot runner nozzle for the lateral gating of plastic components has a nozzle body and a pressure lid. Tip elements are arranged between the nozzle body and the pressure lid, which are each inserted into a recess of the nozzle body and are each penetrated by a movable closure needle having a tip, which in at least one operating position protrudes in each case over an outer circumferential edge of the nozzle body. The closure needles each include, on their ends facing away from the tip, a coupling means, which is coupled to a drive means for moving the closure needles. The tip elements are supported on their side facing away from the respective tip of the closure needles on a buttress element inserted between the nozzle body and the pressure lid.

An aspect of mold for producing an end plate of a planetary gear carrier includes a mold body and a cylindrical protrusion extending from a front surface of the mold body. The cylindrical protrusion defines a cylindrical interior space fluidly linked to an interior space of the mold body. The mold also includes an injection gate disposed on a rear surface of the mold body and aligned with a longitudinal axis of the cylindrical protrusion, wherein the injection gate is configured to allow an injection nozzle to inject a molding material into the interior space from an exterior of the mold body. In some aspects, the molding material includes additives that can improve the properties of the resulting molded part. Other aspects of the present disclosure include molded carriers for planetary gear devices, and related processes or methods for making similar molded parts.

The invention relates to nozzle tips including a nozzle body and a tip portion, configured to minimize the accumulation of a resin on the nozzle tip as it is dispensed through the nozzle tip. The nozzle tip can contain a central flow channel and an internal portion that branches and guides the resin into multiple exiting flow channels that define tangential pathways to the outer surface of the nozzle tip. The nozzle tip can include grooves that define extended, sharply angled flow paths for the resin. Nozzle tips can have a neck portion separating a nozzle body and a tip end of the nozzle tip; here, a doughnut-shaped space located around the neck portion can be defined by the base of the nozzle, the crown of the nozzle, and the neck portion, for encouraging turbulent flow of the resin to scour the nozzle tip during dispensing.

A component for a nozzle for injecting molten plastic into a molding cavity of a container, in particular of a test tube or a bottle preform, the component comprising a first body in which a shutter can slide along an axis; wherein the first body has a wall which extends about said axis; wherein said wall is provided with a first zone adapted to guide the sliding of the shutter along the axis, and a second zone which delimits a first stretch of a channel for the molten plastic; wherein said first body is provided with at least one through hole which crosses said wall, in particular transversely to the axis, which allows the molten plastic to pass through, in particular to enter, said first stretch of the channel.

A nozzle tip for guiding a valve pin of a nozzle for injecting molten material into a mold during injection molding is described.

The nozzle tip consists of an outer member, provided with an axial pass-through cavity, which at one end comprises a central pass-through conduit for the exit of the molten material, an inner member, having an axial pass-through cavity, which is coaxially mounted within the outer member and comprises a tapered tip with a hole to direct the molten material to the central conduit, and an annular-shape insert made of wear-resistant material, with a central pass-through cavity into which the valve pin can slide and mounted in correspondence with the central pass-through conduit.

To prevent or mitigate wear, the central pass-through cavity of the insert is constituted of the juxtaposition of a cylindrical-shape cavity portion and a conical-shape cavity portion, and the insert is a separate piece and directly interposed between the tapered tip of the inner member and an inner surface of the outer member so that said tapered tip abuts against the inlet of the conical-shape cavity portion at a zone of mutual contact.

An injection molding apparatus comprising: an injection molding machine, a heated manifold, a nozzle, the downstream end of the nozzle comprising an inner tubular member having a central flow channel and an outer circumferential surface and an outer tubular member having an inner tubular surface, the outer tubular member forming a seal surrounding the gate, the inner and outer tubular members being adapted to form a sealed circumferential gap, the inner tubular member including one or apertures extending radially through the inner tubular member to route flow radially from the fluid flow channel into the circumferential gap.

A modular barrel and screw assembly for use in injection molding including a barrel having a barrel body, a separate barrel injection portion and a separate barrel end cap, with the barrel end cap being removably connected to the barrel injection portion and the barrel injection portion being removably connected to the barrel body, and a screw assembly having a screw tip assembly removably connected to a screw portion, wherein an injection chamber having a shot volume is defined by the barrel injection portion, the barrel end cap and the screw tip assembly. The modular barrel and screw assembly enables servicing of the barrel injection portion, barrel end cap and/or screw tip assembly without requiring removal of the barrel body, and enables use of a plurality of alternative corresponding separate barrel injection portions, separate barrel end caps and tip assemblies that provide a plurality of different shot volumes.

A co-injection hot runner nozzle comprises an inner melt flow channel and an annular outer melt flow channel that surrounds the inner melt flow channel. The inner and outer melt flow channels have a first common source. The nozzle further comprises an annular intermediate melt flow channel disposed between the inner and outer melt flow channels. The annular intermediate melt flow channel is at least partly defined by a plurality of spiral grooves, each spiral groove having a respective inlet and defining a helical flow path. Lands between adjacent spiral grooves increase in clearance in a downstream direction. An annular axial flow path is defined over the lands. A plurality of feeder channels having a second common source is configured to supply melt to the plurality of inlets of the spiral grooves. The relationship of feeder channels to spiral grooves may be one-to-one. The inlets may be longitudinal channels.

An injection molding apparatus and hot runner system are disclosed. The injection molding apparatus includes a plurality of mold plates in which the hot runner system is received. A manifold receives molding material and has a manifold channel that extends between an inlet and an outlet. A nozzle delivers moldable material to a mold cavity. The nozzle has a nozzle channel in fluid communication between the manifold channel and the mold cavity. A valve pin seal is located at the upstream end of the nozzle, and a valve pin that is connected to an actuator extends through the manifold and nozzle is slidably received in the valve pin seal. The hot runner system further includes a thermal bridge that is in conductive thermal communication with the valve pin seal and a cooled one of the plurality of mold plates.

An injection molding hot runner system adapted for leak detection during injection molding includes a manifold and a housing surrounding the manifold, wherein the manifold and the housing are spaced apart defining one or more pockets, the manifold comprises at least one junction point establishing a connection to a component attached to the manifold, wherein at the at least one junction point a sensor is located in the pocket, wherein the sensor is configured to indicate a leak when getting in contact with the molten plastic due to a leak at the junction point.