How DME Supports Your Cycle Time Reduction Efforts

Increasing Coolant Flow – Turbulent Flow Plastic Baffles

Still using traditional brass baffles for mold cooling? DME Turbulent Flow Plastic Baffles offer faster mold cooling and reduced cycle times.

Made entirely with an engineering-grade thermoplastic, the blades of DME Turbulent Flow Plastic Baffles are sealed within the cooling channel, which eliminates coolant blow-by and ensures uniform cooling. It's an innovative design that also creates turbulence within the cooling liquid, increasing heat transfer, cooling parts more quickly and improving cycle times by 20 percent or better.

• Order Turbulent Flow Plastic Baffles.
• Review the full specs in the Turbulent Flow Plastic Baffles brochure.
• Watch how Turbulent Flow Plastic Baffles work here.

Simplifying Mold Design – Hydraulic Locking Core Pull Cylinders

The Hydraulic Locking Core Pull Cylinder enables smaller molds, simpler assemblies, faster cycles and, ultimately, lower overall costs.

Its mechanical lock incorporates a segmented ring that's pushed outward and held by the tapered piston in a cylinder groove. The result is that, unlike traditional cylinders, our core pull doesn't require heel blocks to withstand injection pressure loads up to 3,625 PSI.

• Order Hydraulic Locking Core Pull Cylinders.
• Review the specs in the Hydraulic Locking Core Pull brochure.
• Hydraulic Locking Core Pull Cylinder Animation.

Enabling Runnerless Molding – Hot Runner Systems

DME has been a leader in bringing you the material and cycle time savings of hot runner technology for nearly 40 years. Today, we're advancing a new generation of hot runner systems to give you new power to compete.

• The Stellar Hot Runner System. Small parts? High cavitation? That's where DME's Stellar micromolding hot runner system delivers unprecedented precision, speed and flexibility.
  
  Stellar gives you a choice of pre-engineered manifolds with as little as 17 mm between centers, saving time and money in a variety of applications—including electrical, electronics, medical and cosmetics packaging, and more.
• Unitized Hot Runner Systems. Want better part quality – right away? Simply drop in a Unitized Hot Runner System from DME, now available in both our Stellar micromolding and Galaxy high cavitation lines.
  
  Everything comes plumbed, threaded, assembled, compression fit, pre-heated and tested in our factory before shipment. Just drop in your fully unitized open gate or valve gate system, and you're on your way to faster cycles today.

Improving Mold Plumbing – Quick-Coupler Type Water Jumpers

With Quick-Couplers, you can plumb a mold for cooling using significantly less mold space: they can either be embedded in the mold or run on top. The results include less hose needed, a cleaner look and lower risk of setup errors, enabling faster cooling every step of the way.

Additional benefits:

• Swivel bodies to fit into tight spaces and prevent water lines from crimping.
• Oversized and unrestricted flow path that maintains full flow rate.
• Compact design that neatly and safely holds cooling lines close to the mold surface.
• Exclusive Locking Sleeves that prevent accidental disconnection and ensures proper installation.
• Unlimited installation options to fit around obstacles and install in compact spaces.
• All brass and stainless-steel construction for maximum durability.
• Viton Seals that provide for temperatures up to 400º F.
• Compatibility with all major mold connection systems and hoses with inner diameters from 0.25-0.75".

Learn more about Quick-Couplers and other DME cooling products.

Perfecting the Shot – Mini-Shut™ Automatic Shutoff Nozzle Tips

Low-cost Mini-Shut™ Automatic Nozzle Tips shut off the flow of plastics into a mold to prevent drooling and stringing without mold decompression – at 90% lower costs than other methods.

The simplicity of the Mini-Shut's patented design eliminates variables and helps you produce consistent shots without drooling, every time. After you shoot the part, the nozzle doesn't have enough pressure to continue drooling plastic. There is no need to retract the screw, but there is plastic waiting at the tip to shoot the next part.

Get all the specs about the Mini-Shut and other DME shutoff nozzles.

Streamlining the Stack – Helical Gear Stack Mold Centering Devices

The only off-the-shelf package of its kind in the industry, the Helical Gear Stack Mold Centering Device reduces production costs with interchangeable housings and assemblies that simplify the design, installation, adjustment and maintenance of stack molds.

The Helical Gear Stack Mold Centering Device includes anti-rotation straps and alignment rods lead to simplified, faster installation. Combine these essential features with the air craft aluminum construction and installation is a snap.

• Order Helical Gear and other stack mold components.
• Review the Helical Gear installation guide.
• Helical Gear Stack Mold Centering Device Animation.

Overcoming Undercuts – Collapsible Cores

Unmoldable? There is no such thing with DME Collapsible Cores. With this proven, space-saving technology, you can mold internal threads, undercuts, dimples, protrusions, cut-outs, etc. cost-effectively – and at any volume.

We've been bringing you the Collapsible Core for over three decades. And now, you can also take advantage of the patent-pending DoveTail Collapsible Core, featuring a quick-lock system for installation and removal while in the press that further simplifies mold design and helps reduce cycle times.

• Collapsible Core Animation
• Collapsible Core Design & Assembly Guide
• Collapsible Core Brochure
• Order Collapsible Cores

Eliminating Slide Action – Expandable Cavities

In molding external profiles on circular plastic parts, DME Expandable Cavities save money at every step – from initial tooling to processing to maintenance.

This standardized, proven technology simplifies tooling design and can be retrofitted into existing molds. Intelligent engineering eliminates the need for traditional slide action assemblies, reducing the related complex design details, core slides and required mechanical components, added maintenance and replacement of high-wear items.

• Expandable Cavity A-Side Striker Animation
• Expandable Cavity B-Side Striker Animation
• Expandable Cavities Brochure
• Standard Expandable Cavities Brochure

Enhancing Analytics – CVe Digital Mold Monitor

Introducing the CVe Monitor™ – a powerful new mold maintenance tool that brings you greater flexibility in gathering and analyzing tooling information including cycle times.

Expanding the line of CounterView® mold monitor products (and in the same size and shape for easy upgrade), the CVe Monitor displays data on mold activity including cycle time over the life of the tool, cycle time over the last 25,000 cycles, percentage of activity vs. downtime and more.

View data in real time or download it via the integrated USB port to develop your reports. As with the analog CounterView Mold Counter, you can also synch with www.moldmonitor.com to store information on all your molds in one place.

Maximizing Heat Transfer – Performance Sprue Bushings & Core Pins

Made of a high-conductivity, copper-based alloy, Performance Sprue Bushings and Core Pins help speed cooling to reduce cycle times.

The copper-based alloy bushing body comes with a hardened 420 stainless steel nozzle seat insert that provides wear resistance and insulates to reduce transference of heat from machine nozzle to the sprue area.

Order Performance sprue bushings and core pins.

Learn more about Performance Sprue Bushings here.

Mastering the Ejection Sequence –
2-Stage Ejectors

For undercut molding and other challenging applications, you'll quickly appreciate the time and money you save with 2-Stage Ejectors.

This standardized solution gives you exact control of the ejection sequence and stroke parameters. First and second stages are set independently. After an easy set-up and installations, there are no adjustments that can be accidentally changed. The result: part after perfect part – even for the most complex features.

• Watch animations of top-last and bottom-last 2-Stage Ejectors.
• Learn more in the 2-Stage Ejectors brochure.
• Order 2-Stage Ejectors.

Ensuring Precise Plate Positioning – Internal Latch Locks

Internal Latch Locks provide for precision control of the mold plate latching operation, ultimately saving time and costs while increasing speed and efficiency.

The lock mechanism enables one plate, or group of plates, to be latched together while the first parting line opening occurs. Then, after a predetermined amount of travel, the latch lock releases the latched plate or group of plates for the remaining parting line (or lines) to open. Once installed, the settings can't be changed accidentally – meaning that the mold plate will always maintain the precise position.

• Watch an Internal Latch Lock 3D animation.
• Learn more in the Internal Latch Lock brochure.
• Order DME Internal Latch Locks.