Lateral injection molding is significantly advantageous for tube shape components such as pipettes, syringes, caps and technical components.
Side Gating
User Friendly Thermal Hot Runner for Direct Side Injection
Experience has shown: Side gating can be simple too. The open side gate nozzle, THS, from Molding Solutions proves with demanding series products that cosmetic gate points, easy assembly, and consistent reliability can be elegantly combined. Even in high-cavity molds.
Learn more about the successful use of the THS Side Gate in Medical, Packaging and Electronics Applications:
The Difference at a glance:
The best thermal separation:
Less Energy Consumption.
A circular seal between the nozzle tip and the mold ensures thermal separation. The resulting low heat transfer into the cavity leads to reduced energy consumption and enables shorter cycle times.
For cosmetic gates:
Barely Visible Injection Point.
The cylindrical seal is not only responsible for thermal separation but also for creating gate points that are hardly visible, with diameters in fractions of millimeters. The injection point can be placed in the visible area.
For technical resins:
Loves Demanding Plastics.
The THS Side Gate can do more than just processing standard materials. Even with highly glass fiber-reinforced and mineral-filled plastics or materials with narrow process windows, the nozzle impresses with a homogeneous temperature profile.
Easy Maintenance:
Tip Change in 8 Minutes.
Since side gate nozzles protrude into the mold insert, it is crucial for the user to know how challenging the disassembly is during maintenance or when a fault occurs. Eight minutes—that's how quick the time is to change a nozzle insert, with the mold remaining on the machine. And if necessary, a cavity can be shut down just as quickly and easily to keep production interruptions as short as possible.
Patented Heaters:
Homogeneous Temperature.
The homogeneous temperature profile in the nozzle is crucial, especially when processing technical or sensitive materials.
The focus during the development of the nozzle was therefore on the heating design. The THS is equipped with patented heating elements from Thermoplay, which have already proven their efficiency in countless applications.
Perfect Filled Cavities:
Individual Tip Control.
The best option for the ideal balance of fill in multicavity applications.
At the same time, precise temperature control allows for the processing of a wide range of materials, including highly glass fiber-reinforced and mineral-filled plastics with narrow process windows.
Fits Perfectly Into Your Mold Design.
The Side Gate nozzle THS is available in various sizes to accommodate different part volumes. This allows for adaptation to various part geometries and shot weights.
Radial Version (THS-Radial):
1, 2, 4 or 8 nozzle tips.
Linear Version (THS-Linear):
2+2 or 4+4 parallel nozzle tips.
Minimal gate point spacing of 16 mm.
Particularly suitable for applications requiring multiple injection points in a row.
Widely used in all multi-cavity injection molding fields:
Medical
Personal Care
Packaging
Electronic
Easy Maintenance.
Since side gate nozzles protrude into the mold insert, it is crucial for the user to know how challenging the disassembly is during maintenance or when a fault occurs. Eight minutes—that's how quick the time is to change a nozzle insert, with the mold remaining on the machine. And if ever necessary, a cavity can be shut down just as quickly and easily to keep production interruptions as short as possible.
Side Gate Solutions Overview
Cylindrical tip/cavity sealing. No thrust from nozzle to cavity, lowest power consumption, no heating sequence required, sealing guaranteed also in cold conditions.
Individual tip temperature control.
Naturally
balanced
Barely visible
gate vestige
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Space for
effective cavity
cooling
Can process nearly all the resins (even with glass/mineral fillers)
Naturallybalanced
Barely visible gate vestige
Space for effective cavity cooling
Are you interested in further information about the THS Side Gate?
Contact the Barnes Molding Solutions Team to get further information about the THS Side Gate.
