INJECTION MOLDING COMPONENT WITH HEATING ELEMENT AND METHOD OF MAKING

摘要

The present invention provides improved heated manifolds, heaters and nozzle s for injection molding, having a high strength metal skeleton infiltrated wit h a second phase metal having higher thermal conductivity. Also disclosed is method of forming a manifold, heater or nozzle preform and infiltrating the preform with a highly thermally conductive material. The invention also provides a method of simultaneously infiltrating and brazing injection moldi ng components of similar or dissimilar materials together.