PSG’s hot runner systems came in handy when molding 13 separate exterior parts for Daimler’s Smart fortwo city car. Among the systems supplied was one with a 1200-mm-long nozzle, one of the longest in ...
Cycle time is the primary cost measure of the molding process, and cooling represents about 80% of the molding cycle (see Figure 1). The thicker the part, the longer the cycle time. However, the ...