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If you are concerned about the height of the gate, I assume that you are gating directly onto the part. Some things to consider:

1) Many hot runner suppliers will expect to see a gate diameter...

I agree, you should consider if there is a potential to lose your hot runner warranty before moving ahead.

I always told my customers that purging through our hot runners were fine under normal...

Thanks, we will check them out!

We are reorganizing our plant and one of the areas being looked at is the storage of our resin colorant. This is supplied in cartons holding 25kg each. We have roughly 75 different colors on hand and...

Some parts can be stripped off of undercuts provided that the part is free on the cavity side to flex outwards. Ofcourse, this depends on the amount of undercut, molding material, process conditions...

If you have a flow analysis performed on the part, you should have an idea of the pressures needed to fill the part, where to place gates, and if the required pressures are feasible with your current...

In my experience, a flow analysis is necessary for proper balancing. That being said, I've been involved with many hot runner systems built for family tooling and heard few complaints regarding...

I was an application engineer at a major hot runner company. Part geometry will be a factor - do you have the real estate to direct gate with the appropriate hot runner gating style?

For small...