MOLDING SYSTEM HAVING A RESIDUE CLEANING FEATURE AND AN ADJUSTABLE MOLD SHUT HEIGHT

摘要

A method is provided of cleaning of a portion of a mold component, the portion of the mold component including a passage configured, in use, to allow passage of fluid and to prevent passage of melt, the method comprising: entering the mold component into a cleaning configuration, whereby a portion of the passage becomes part of a molding surface; performing a molding cycle to fill in at least the portion of the passage with molding material for incorporation and removal of a residue there from. Also provided is a mold having a first mold half and a second mold half, the halves being movable relative to each other. A mold shut height adjustment apparatus can provide for a change in the mold shut height

主权项

1. An injection mold comprising:
(a) a first mold half; (b) a second mold half, said first and second mold halves being supported and movable relative to each other, said first and second mold halves having a mold shut height when said mold is an operational configuration; (c) a mold shut height adjustment apparatus operable to provide for a change in the mold shut height wherein said mold shut height adjustment apparatus is operable to vary the mold shut height to facilitate the reconfiguration of said mold between said first operational configuration and a second operational configuration and wherein said first operational configuration is a standard molding configuration and said second operational configuration is a vent cleaning configuration.