Because of their compactness, such molds can be run in smaller presses. For example, a 48+48 stack mold for lightweight bottle caps measures only 285 mm face to face, so it can run in a 200-ton press.

Orlando, Fla. — You've heard about stack molds, but Athena Automation Ltd., Robert Schad's injection molding press company, has developed a stack machine: two injection units feeding two single-face ...

Most mold manufacturers are innovative, creative people and often develop products that prove to be a better "mouse trap" for solving complex molding solutions. Wade Clark, president and CEO of ...

Mold maker StackTeck Systems Ltd. managed to deliver a stack mold for medical applications ahead of a very tight schedule to packaging manufacturer Novolex so it could supply protective equipment. The ...

Rotating stack molds give designers a variety of options for not only molding multicomponent parts but also doing secondary assembly operations inside the injection molding machine. ''What will it ...

SAN POLO DI PIAVE, Italy—HRSflow has developed a special low-height actuator for hot runner valve gate systems, specifically for the construction of stack molds. The firm said the advantage of its ...

It mounts two standard single-component molds on a turning stack with a common hot-runner adapter plate and ejector plate. It can mold two parts and assemble them outside the mold—either above or ...

StackTeck Systems Ltd. (Brampton, ON, Canada), a global manufacturer of multi-cavity, high-volume production molds for thin-wall packaging and closures, is displaying a first at NPE2018: The company’s ...

Structural-foam molding can produce hollow, multilayered parts that are often bigger, stronger, lighter, and cost less than injection-molded equivalents. Multinozzle structural-foam technology is ...