Flowerpot
Introduction
Momexx Mould Making Experts is a well experienced thin wall molds manufacturer that develops and produces injection moulds for the market of thinwall packaging.
Thinwall packaging are mostly used in the consumer market, like margarine cups, drinking glasses, cheese packages, ice packages, forks, knives, spoons and flower pots.
Problem Statement
Thinwall packages are rather complex products to produce due to required accuracy in factors like cooling, stability and cavity pressure. However, Momexxx is a thin wall molds manufacturer with years of experience in the development and production of moulds , capable of finding the right balance in these factors with the right combination of techniques . For a producer of flowerpots, this was the reason to approach Momexx for the production of a twofold mould for a flowerpot of 14 cm wide.
Designing a solution
Thinwall packages are mainly in partnership with Momexx developed. In close cooperation the wishes and demands of the customer are translated into a product drawing that is also suitable for the production procedure. Important components or procedures like staple functions are directly incorporated in the drawings.
The factors cooling and stability are essential for the production of thinwall packages and determine the product quality and cycle time. Momexx has constructed and delivered many moulds with short cycle times and has therefore experience in the appliance of different cooling technologies.
Momexx applies the following cooling technologies:
• Use of vacuum soldered steal parts
• Connecting of highly conductive copper alloys to steal mould parts
• Use of copper cool pens on different locations
• Splitting of parts in order to optimally lengthen the cooling
• Lasercusing of form division
The moulds
The most critical part while thin wall molds manufacturing is the interrelation between the thickness of the wall and the end of the flow-path. The thinness of the product is accomplished by high cavity pressure. Dependent on the used materials, this cavity pressure is often very high and that causes weariness to occur earlier at the end of flow-path.
The weariness that occurs already after a few million shots at the end of the flow path needs to be moderated by the way the mould is constructed. Momexx has developed a method with different techniques to expand the lifetime of the flow-path.
End-product
The proven expertise of Momexx as thin wall moulds manufacturer contributed to an effective and efficient production of thinwall packages like flowerpots.