San Polo di Piave/Italy, June 2023 - Designed to withstand high filling pressures, the new compact stack mold, engineered by the hot runner manufacturer Oerlikon HRSflow for thin wall packaging applications, is equipped with the new Xd nozzle series.

The innovative patent-pending solution, soon available on the market, enables fast injection and cycle times in a stable process with high part weight consistency. Moreover, assembly and maintenance are simplified and highly efficient thanks to a plug-and-play installation thus avoiding long and costly down-time. The system, which enables the use of smaller injection molding machines, fits a maximum plate thickness of 220 mm and a minimum distance of 260 mm from gate to gate of coaxial nozzles.

A demo tool equipped with this new technology is available in the Oerlikon HRSflow Test Lab. Customers can run product trials with their most challenging polymers. The Test Lab is equipped with six injection molding machines – from 50 to 1000 tons – to offer customers the possibility to de-fine the best hot runner configuration for their specific applications. The new Stack Mold has also been developed to process PCR resins and sustainable compounds according to future needs which are increasingly connected to Circular Economy.

The tool has been designed to produce a 210 ml single-serving cup in R-PP with a weight of 6.3 g and a thickness of 0.3 mm. The mosaic frame on the part walls - patented by Collomb – allows a robust structure despite the part weight reduction. The new Xd nozzle series ensures a stable injection pro-cess and the maximum productivity at a lower cost per unit. The production process of this challeng-ing application is explained clearly in this video: https://youtu.be/0u-gyFP_sT8.

About Oerlikon Polymer Processing Solutions Division
Oerlikon is a leading provider of comprehensive polymer processing plant solutions and high-precision flow control component equipment. The division provides polycondensation and extrusion lines, manmade fiber filament spinning solutions, texturing machines, BCF and staple fiber lines as well as nonwoven production systems. It also develops and produces advanced and innovative hot runner systems and multi-cavity solutions for the injection molding industry. Its hot runner solutions serve business sectors, including automotive, logistics, environmental, industrial applications, consumer goods, beauty and personal care and medical. Moreover, Oerlikon offers customized gear metering pumps for the textile, automotive, chemical, dyes and lacquers industries. Its engineering competence leads to sustainable and energy-efficient solutions for the entire polymer processing value chain with a circular economy approach.
Oerlikon Polymer Processing Solutions Division serves customers through its technology brands – Oerlikon Barmag, Oerlikon Neumag, Oerlikon Nonwoven and Oerlikon HRSflow – in around 120 coun-tries with production, sales, distribution and service organizations.
The division is part of the publicly listed Oerlikon Group, headquartered in Switzerland, which has more than 12 100 employees and generated CHF 2.9 billion sales in 2022.
For further information: www.hrsflow.com

For further information, please contact:
Chiara Montagner
Marketing & Communication Manager 
Oerlikon HRSflow
Tel: +39 0422 750 127
Fax: +39 0422 750 303
chiara.montagner@oerlikon.com
www.oerlikon.com/hrsflow

Erica Gaggiato
Marketing & Communication Specialist
Oerlikon HRSflow
Tel: +39 0422 750 120
Fax: +39 0422 750 303
erica.gaggiato@oerlikon.com
www.oerlikon.com/hrsflow

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