Since 2015, Moulding Expo has been a popular meeting place for the plastic industry.
The fair takes place every two years for four days in Stuttgart, Germany.
Tool, model and mold makers present themselves.
Additionally, systems and services for the plastic industry and metal processing are displayed.
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To fix the injection mold on the machine platens mounting clutches can be used. One of the two ends of the clutch stays on the mold. The other one rests on the platen of the machine. A screw applies the force to hold each side of the mold securely. It is screwed into one of the holes of the platens. It should be noted, that ejection side and injection side of the mold need to be clamped.
A mold is usually divided into two sides according to their function.
The side which is moved for mold opening is called movable side.
This side contains the ejector pins, therefore another common name is “ejection side”.
If several parts are produced in one cycle (one shot), the mold is called a multi-cavity mold.
For the production of e.g. four identical parts, the short term is a 4 cavity mold.
If mirrored parts are produced in one mold, for example, two left and two right side parts, the common name for the mold is 2+2 cavity mold.
In the case of different parts produced in one mold, the technical term is family mold.
(4 different cavities = 4 cavity family mold).
In multi-cavity molds, the balancing of the runner is vital to get a homogeneous filling of the parts.
This is important to avoid overpacking of single cavities and this ensures the same quality of all parts that will be produced.
To be able to communicate and exchange data with other devices a special component is required.
This component in the PC is called a network card.
The information is usually sent and received via a cable by means of voltage.
For stable transmission while connecting different devices so called Ethernet cables are used.
The transmission rate depends on the performance of the network card as well as on the quality of the transmission cable used.
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