WATER JACKET APPARATUS FOR INJECTION MOLDING SYSTEMS

摘要

A water jacket assembly for use in injection mold systems (10), and particularly with heterocavity injection mold systems. The water jacket assembly comprises a sleeve (20) construction of material with high heat-transfer properties. A conduit (40) is beveled into the outside perimeter of the sleeve (20) forming a circulation channel. The inside perimeter of the sleeve is fashioned to receive an individual injection mold (30). A mold base (50) slideably receives the water jacket and cooling fluid is circulated from the mold base (50) through circulation channel in the water jacket, and then back to the mold base (50). A fluid input plug (60a) and fluid output plug (60b) extend from the mold base (50) and are received by the apparatus in the individual mold (30) for additional cooling.