Visualization analysis of injection molding phenomena in hot-runner system

Various unsolved defects are known to occur in hot-runner molds, such as stagnation of resins in the manifold channel, asymmetrical cavity filling behavior, flow marks, gate marks, etc. We have been clarifying the causes of various molding defects specifically using visualization technologies inside mold cavity and manifold. This report introduces and discusses the following topics, particularly focusing on clarifying the behavior of resins; (1) Comparison of the imbalanced cavity filling phenomena in between side-fed and center-fed types of valve-gate hot-runner systems, (2) Visualization analysis of the melt flow behaviors and stagnation phenomena inside hot-runner manifolds, (3) Behavior of each stagnant melt around the valve-pin and inner hot-nozzle surfaces, (4) Void generation phenomena remaining on the surface of the valve-pin tip, (5) Melt temperature distribution on the cavity surface during the filling process, (6) Melt temperature profile inside the flowing melt injected from the valve gate, etc.