In this blog you will learn thermal properties of polymers.
Intro to mechanical properties
More properties explained in this blog. Tensile, Flex and Impact properties of plastics.
intro to physical properties
Introducing material physical properties in this blog!
Viscoelastic intro
Why plastics stress strain curves are different and what are the variables affect them. Do you know what a creep is? Here you go!
Stress-strain basics
Mechanical properties are important and most of the applications involve some loading, deflection and stress. In this blog you will learn basics of stress strain to determine mechanical properties. More to come specific to plastics
Standard Systems
Do you want to save money buying hotrunners? Here is the blog about standard hotrunner systems for your project!
Valve Gate – Air kit
Pneumatic valve gates need an air kit to perform efficiently. Here in this blog you will learn about the function of an air kit.
Drawing requirements from mold designer
To design a hotrunner, mold designer should provide some important dimensions to hotrunner supplier. Here are the eight details needed in the drawing to design a hotrunner. You can download reference sheet below.
Valve Gate Actuation – servo
This blog is a continuation of the pneumatic and hydraulic actuation. Here is the explanation on the latest technology!
Valve Gate Actuation
This blog explains the methods of actuating valve gate pin in the hotrunner system, mainly Pneumatic and Hydraulic. More to come!
hOT TIP CONFIGURATIONS – SPECIAL TIPS
There are hot tip special tips for special gating requirements. You will learn what are the options in this blog.
5 steps to hot runner nozzle selection
How do you pick a hotrunner nozzle for your application? Here are the 5 steps!
Hot tip thermodynamics
Why it is hard to maintain good gate vestige in a hot tip systems. This blog explains the thermodynamics in the gate area which will give an idea of the variables for good gate vestige.
Valve gate variables
In this blog, you can learn what affects the valve gate quality? Variables that influence the gate vestige.
why valve gate?
Here in this blog you will learn the advantages and disadvantages of a valve gate system. VG system are expensive compared to hot tip but does it payback?