What is Flow Mark?
Flow marks refer to the obvious flow cracks of melt that can be found near the gate. […]
Introduction to Ejection Flow Mark
It is a snake-shaped squirt flow formed upon the melt’s entering the cavity with thick walls and large section with excessively high injection rate. […]
Introduction To Wheel Wave Flow Mark
When melt with unsteady flow is injected into the mold cavity through the runner and gate in semi-solidified state, […]
introduction to Turbulence Flow Mark
When the melt flows from a runner with narrow section into a cavity with large section or when the runner is very narrow and the surface roughness is rather poor, turbulence flow will form within the runner (including the cavity), thereby resulting in the turbulence flow mark on the surface of plastic parts. [...]
Introduction to Nebulous Flow Mark
The volatile gas produced from the resin in the melt and the lubricating agent under processing temperature is stored in between the melt flow and surface wall of cavity and interferes the flow of melt, […]
Mold and die steels should be considered before welding
With every weld repair comes challenges with EDM recast layers, platings, coatings, steel types and filler rod choices. we’ll break down these problems and recommend repair procedures that welders should consider for mold and die steels. […]
Make sure your mold repair procedure is correct
In most welding shops, there is a certain procedure for handling a mold from when it arrives for repair to when it is ready for a customer. At my company, it is a seven-step process that may require adjustments depending on whether we are using micro-TIG or laser welding. […]
Shrink Mark, Depression and Shrinkage Porosity
Both the shrink mark and shrinkage porosity are defects of injection products due to the molding shrinkage at thick walls where no sufficient follow-up compensation is made. During the injection molding process, the surface layer of products often condenses first, followed by the center layer, which will cause sinking on the surface of parts with [...]
Optimize the structural design of injection products
The injection products should not be too thick and when necessary the stiffening rib can be added to reduce wall thickness; the wall thickness must be kept as uniform as possible and the shape and structure should be simple and symmetric; […]
Optimize prescription of plastics
Optimize prescription of plastics and preferably use resins with low shrinkage; […]