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The Sprue Bushing provides a seat at the spherical radius for the nozzle of the molding machine and conveys the material from the machine nozzle to the runner system.

Sprue Bushing Style
D-M-E provides a "B" Series sprue bushing (or "U" Series in the case of 88 mold bases with an "A" side plate stack up of less than 4.25"). However, All D-M-E sprue bushing styles are available for SelectBase. These include:

• B Series
• Performance B Series
• U Series
• Performance U Series
• A Series
• AR Series
• L Series
• LN Series
• UV Series
• UR Series

If desired, the Sprue Bushing and/or machining for the sprue bushing may be omitted.

Sprue Bushing Length
Sprue bushing stem length ("A" dimension) is provided as the thickness of the "A" plate plus 1/32" for fitting. Alternatively, any stem length, provided in our catalog of sprue bushings, may be provided with your SelectBase.