Formation of Flow Interface of Resin around Spear Implemented in Hot-Runner Varied by Heating Densities

Abstract

The SPEAR-SYSTEM, one of the Hot-Runner molding, is rational and economical thermal valve-gate system. A resin around the SPEAR which is heating object like a spear, sorts into the solidification-layer and flow-layer. The former takes important role of insulator, then prevents a resin leak at molding. Though location of the interface of solidification varies due to flow and thermal condition, quantitative treatment is not applied yet. Engineers have just depended on their experiences for thermal design as to Hot-Runner System. In this paper we have measured temperature field inside the Runner-bush and location of the interface, on the other hand established a numerical code and compared both values. As a result, we have confirmed agreements between the experiment and the numerical. Therefore we could forecast what happens in flow and temperature field around Spear under a variety of conditions.