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What is a mold shut-off surface?
The shut-off surface feature inside SOLIDWORKS mold tools is quite useful when dealing with holes in mold cavities. The shut-off surface feature helps seal these holes when creating the mold cavities of parts with holes.
What is land in injection molding?
The total land area of the mold is equal to the total area of the cavity seal, plus all the other areas or faces that contact with one another when the mold is closed.
What are shut-off surfaces?
A shut-off surface closes up a through hole by creating a surface patch along a parting line or edges that form a continuous loop. You can create shut-off surfaces before or after you create parting lines in a model.
What is side action in injection molding?
The purpose of side actions is to enable undercut geometry; in other words, to mold parts that could not otherwise be made in a straight-pull mold. In straight-pull injection molding, the A-side and B-side of the mold open and the completed part can be removed by pulling it straight out of either side.
What is runner in Mould?
A runner is a channel cut into the mold that allows plastic material to flow from the nozzle to the cavity. A change in pressure is expected whenever the viscosity changes or the flow channel thickness (or diameter) changes. Pressure will increase when you have a reduced thickness.
What is submarine gate?
[¦səb·mə′rēn ′gāt] (engineering) An edge gate with the opening from the runner into the mold positioned below the printing line or mold surface.
How are thermoplastics molded?
Thermoplastic molding is a reversible molding process by which pellets of plastic are melted, forced into a mold to assume their final shape and then quickly cooled to harden. Thermoset material is injected into a hot mold and then cooled to maintain the final shape of the part.
What is the minimum pressure required in a compression molding process?
What is the minimum pressure required in a compression molding process? Explanation: Processing of thermosetting plastics is classified as, compression molding and transfer molding. The minimum pressure that is required for the complete operation of compression molding is 0.5 MPa.
What is free flow nozzle?
MKI 1″ The secondary barrier for rig cooling / heat suppression for well test operations is rig side cover. The One Inch or Half Inch variations have been designed to improve transmissivity and reliability against thermal radiations while also reducing water on the decks.