Abstract: In an embodiment, a method for the manufacture of an injection molded article in an injection mold comprises at least one flow length of at least 50 cm, the flow length being defined as the shortest distance between a point of injection in the mold and an inner mold wall, the method comprising injection molding a polycarbonate composition comprising an aromatic polycarbonate, from 0.01 wt. % to 0.30 wt. % based on the weight of the polycarbonate composition of an epoxy additive having at least two epoxy groups per molecule, and from 0.01 wt. % to 0.30 wt. % based on the weight of the polycarbonate composition of a phenolic diphosphite derived from pentaerythritol.

Abstract: To produce sealing plates (1) consisting of a plurality of sealing rings (3) connected by radial webs (2) by injection molding, wall-type guide elements (5) are arranged obliquely to the direction of flow in the mold channel (6) which is therefore initially largely constricted in the region of weld lines (15) formed by the convergence of the fronts of the divided plastic melt streams, said guide elements being moved out of the mold channel (6) during the further filling of same so that the strength is significantly improved in the region of the weld lines (15).

Abstract: A resin injection molding method uses a mold having a cavity and a hole-forming columnar body. The hole-forming columnar body is movable in an axial direction while extending through the cavity, and includes a first diameter portion having a first diameter, a second diameter portion having a diameter greater than the first diameter, and a tapered portion having a diameter gradually increasing from the first diameter portion toward the second diameter portion. The method includes moving the hole-forming columnar body in the axial direction such that at least one of the first diameter portion or the tapered portion is positioned in the cavity, injecting the molten resin to fill the cavity, maintaining an inside of the cavity under pressure, moving the hole-forming columnar body in the axial direction such that the second diameter portion is positioned in the cavity, and solidifying the injected filling molten resin.

Abstract: A resin molded product (10) includes a resin molded product main body (11), and a protrusion (12) integrally formed with the resin molded product main body (11) and protruding from the resin molded product main body (11). At injection molding of the resin molded product (10), molten resin flows through a portion (C-1) corresponding to the protrusion (12) in a cavity (C) defined by a pair of molds (20, 30). A concave portion (14) is formed on a rear side of the protrusion (12), and a bulging portion (12a) having a hollow bag shape is formed on a front side of the protrusion (12).

Abstract: Providing an outer cover body for electrical wires that can improve the degree of freedom of design while preventing anisotropy in mechanical properties and also make it possible to form even a compact outer cover body for electrical wires. An outer cover body for electrical wires that is to be attached to the outer periphery of an electrical wire, the outer cover body for electrical wires being formed of a bent thermoplastic resin foam sheet having a density of not less than 200 Kg/m3 and not more than 700 Kg/m3.

Abstract: An article of footwear is provided having a pressurized fluid-filled chamber in the sole structure having a continuous perimeter weld and lacking an inflation channel. The chamber may be formed from opposing polymer sheets, a continuous perimeter weld lacking a weld channel bonding the sheets and forming an interior void between the sheets, and a fluid disposed within the interior void exerting outward pressure on the sheets. A method for making the chamber can include placing a pair of polymer sheets in an opposing arrangement, pressing opposing perimeter weld portions of the sheets against each other to form an airtight seal along a perimeter region of an interior void, supplying a flow of pressurized air between the opposing sheets into the interior void, and, while maintaining a desired fluid pressure, welding the perimeter weld portions of the sheets to each other. A high-frequency welder for forming chamber is also provided.

Abstract: The invention relates to a system for controlling a shutter arranged to slide in a plastic material injection nozzle, comprising: a hydraulic or pneumatic actuating cylinder (1) coupled to said shutter to make it slide between a shutting off position of the nozzle and a maximum opening position of the nozzle, a device (2) for controlling the actuating cylinder (1), comprising at least two elements among: an element adapted to regulate the stroke of the actuating cylinder to a first constant speed, an element adapted to regulate the stroke of the actuating cylinder to a second constant speed, greater than the first speed, an element adapted to selectively block the stroke of the actuating cylinder, a sequential control unit comprising at least two control paths (30, 31, 32) configured to send selectively an electrical control signal to the device (2) via one and/or the other of said control paths (30,31,32) such that: under the effect of a first signal sent via the first control path (30), one of the elemen

Abstract: The invention relates to a thermoplastic article having a continuous polymeric phase and a discontinuous discrete phase distributed within the continuous phase. The discontinuous phase may be inorganic materials or an organic phase. The volume fraction of the discrete phase at the surface of the article is plus or minus 15% of the concentration of the additive as compared to the concentration of the additive in the bulk of the material (>20 micrometers). The invention also relates an article where the discrete additive forms domains in the surface region—potentially beneficial for gloss reduction or electrical conductivity. The invention finally relates to a process for forming a thermoplastic article with surface additive enhancement, with inclusion of inductive heating of one or more surfaces of the mold to induce the unique distribution.

Abstract: The present invention effects a reduction in production cost and increases yield of a transparent resin molded article and prevents the generation of defects such as bubbles, weld lines, and sink marks. This injection molding device (2A) for a transparent resin molded article is equipped with: a die (3) for injection molding the transparent resin molded article; and a gate (5) that is provided to the peripheral edge of the die (3) and that is the inlet through which a resin material (R) is injected into the die (3). The thickness dimensions (Ta) of the die (3) are in the range of 15-25 mm, and the ratio of the diameter dimensions (D) of the gate (5) to the thickness dimensions (Ta) of the die (3) is set in the range of 1:6 to 1:3.

Abstract: An insulating body and a connector with the insulating body are provided. A first gate and a second gate with different areas are disposed in one end of the insulating body. Further, an insulating body of a connector is provided. The insulating body is symmetrically disposed about a center line thereof, and a first gate and a second gate located on two opposite sides of the center line are asymmetrically disposed in one end of the insulating body. By providing the first and second gates with different areas, the areas of the two injection gates that allow molten plastic to enter a cavity in the mold for molding the insulating body will be changed. Alternatively, by providing the first and second gates asymmetrically about the center line, the lengths of the flow channel paths from the two injection gates to each part of the insulating body are different.

Abstract: A resin reservoir capable of storing the melted resin is provided in the pillar radially facing the pillar provided with the resin injection gate having a cross-sectional area larger than those of the other resin injection gates among a plurality of the pillars not provided with the resin injection gate or the pillar in the vicinity of the pillar facing the pillar provided with the resin injection gate having a cross-sectional area larger than those of the other resin injection gates among the plurality of the pillars not provided with the resin injection gate. A cross-sectional area of a communicating portion of the resin reservoir which communicates with the pillar is smaller than the smallest of cross-sectional areas of a plurality of the resin injection gates.

Abstract: A core mold component defining a lower surface of the injection mold set corresponding to the lower surface of the annular component is heated to a base temperature. A cavity mold component defining the upper surface of the injection mold set corresponding to the Class A surface of the annular component is heated to a higher temperature than the base temperature. Faces of two streams of metallic resin, including the metallic resin flakes, injected into the mold set are caused to come together at the knit line. Metallic resin flakes are caused to flow into inboard and outboard overflow cavity through respective inboard and outboard gates positioned adjacent the knit line.

Abstract: An injection-molded preform for manufacturing plastic containers, for example plastic bottles, in a stretch blow molding process is disclosed. The preform can have an essentially elongated preform body, whose one longitudinal end is formed closed. On an opposite longitudinal end, the preform body is connected to a neck section that is provided with a pour opening and whose outer wall has a connector to make an interlocking connection with a closure that is equipped with corresponding engagement. The neck section has at least one constriction that extends all the way around and has a wall thickness of between 0.4 mm and 0.8 mm. The injection-molded plastic material exists at least on the at least one constriction in a state that is highly oriented and at least partially crystalline, due to an injection-molding process.

Abstract: To solve a problem associated with formation of a transparent window portion in a biaxially stretch blow molded container by a nozzle structure of an injection molding apparatus, provided is a biaxially stretch blow molded container that is formed with a clearly transparent window portion in a longitudinal strip shape by effectively preventing mixture and cut-in of a colored resin to the window portion. In a predetermined range extending from an upstream end to a predetermined downstream position of a flow path including a cylindrical flow path and a reduced-diameter flow path formed in a nozzle portion, a pair of guiding ribs in the form of longitudinal ridges is arranged in line to partition the flow path in a circumferential direction, and a longitudinal groove flow path is formed between the pair of guiding ribs. A molten B resin is supplied to the longitudinal groove flow path, and a molten A resin is supplied to the cylindrical flow path excluding the longitudinal groove flow path.

Abstract: To solve a problem associated with formation of a transparent window portion in a biaxially stretch blow molded container by a nozzle structure of an injection molding apparatus, provided is a biaxially stretch blow molded container formed with a clearly transparent window portion in longitudinal strip shape by effectively preventing mixture of colored resin to window portion. Injection molding apparatus includes in nozzle portion a longitudinal groove flow path, wherein a transparent B resin flows. By, for example, reducing and increasing, respectively, the width and depth of the longitudinal groove flow path on the downstream side, and engraving slits in an inner mandrel and even in a front end portion of a stopper pin, flowability of the B resin in a horizontal direction is enhanced.

Abstract: A melt distributor has an orifice for receiving molten plastic. A plurality of melt distributor channels are in fluid communication with the orifice and each of the plurality of melt distributor channels have substantially the same length and cross-sectional volume. A plurality of injection tips terminates each of the melt distributor channels. A channel passes through each of the injection tips, a first end which is in fluid communication with a corresponding one of the melt distributor channels and a second end of which is for connecting to a corresponding injection port of a corresponding mold. Molten plastic flows at substantially equal flow rates and timing through each of the melt distributor channels and through each of the injection tips, entering each of the two injection ports of each mold at substantially the same timing, flow rate, and temperature.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for performing an injection molding cycle in an injection molding apparatus where the apparatus comprises: a manifold, an actuator associated with a respective gate, each gate having a downstream sensor generating a response signal upon sensing a selected condition of the injection fluid material, each gate having an upstream sensor generating a response signal upon sensing the selected condition of the injection fluid material, the upstream and downstream sensors sending response signals to a controller on performance of each successive injection cycle by the apparatus, the controller comparing a standard amount of elapsed time with a calculated amount of elapsed time and adjusting the velocity or position of each of the actuators such that the amount of time elapsed approaches or matches the standard amount of elapsed time.

Abstract: A system or method of forming an oral care implement and an oral care implement formed thereby comprising a base structure having a handle portion and a head portion. The method may comprise providing a first mold that defines a first mold cavity having a first portion that corresponds to the handle portion and a second portion that corresponds to the head portion; injecting a first material into the first portion of the first mold cavity via a first injection orifice with a first hot runner sub-system; and injecting a second material into the first portion of the first mold cavity via a second injection orifice with a second hot runner sub-system, the second material being injected into the first material thereby forming the base structure, the second material forming a core component and the first material forming a shell component of the base structure that surrounds the core component.

Abstract: A method of injection molding of plastic materials into a cavity of a mold with a molding apparatus including a distributor of the pressurized fluid plastic material connected to at least one injector having a pin valve displaceable between a fully closed position and an open position. The method includes a filling step following displacement of the pin valve from the fully closed position to the open position, a packing step of the pressurized plastic material keeping the pin valve in the open position, and a step of displacement and maintenance of the pin valve in at least one partially closed intermediate position prior to its complete closure.

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling the rate of flow of fluid mold material from an injection molding machine to a mold cavity, the apparatus comprising: a manifold having a delivery channel that delivers fluid material to a first gate; an actuator interconnected to a valve pin having a tip end drivable along a drive path, the actuator and the valve pin being translationally driven at a controllable rate of travel by a valve system comprised of a source of valve drive fluid that pumps the drive fluid at a maximum drive rate, a first valve interconnected to the source that is selectively adjustable to adjust rate of flow of the drive fluid from the source to a selected less than maximum drive rate and a second valve controllably movable between a first position and a second position.

Abstract: A co-injected molded multi-layer article has inner and outer layers, an interior layer contained within the inner and outer layers and a surface portion to which a closure or other component may be heat-sealed. The article is molded by co-injecting the inner, outer and interior layer materials into a mold cavity of a mold. The interior layer material is caused to flow along a steam line offset from the zero velocity gradient of the combined material flow and biased toward a material flow for forming an outer wall of the multi-layer article. The resultant molded multi-layer article contains an interior layer located in a heat sealable region that avoids a breach or failure during a heat seal operation to seal an opening of the molded article.

Abstract: Apparatus for performing an injection molding cycle, comprising: a manifold routing injection fluid to two or more gates, an actuator associated with each gate, each gate having a downstream sensor that senses a selected condition of the injection fluid material, a controller, the downstream sensors establishing a standard elapsed time, the controller including instructions that compares the standard elapsed time with a calculated amount of elapsed time associated with each of the gates and that adjust the velocity or position of each of the actuators.

Abstract: An injection molded polymeric household bottle cap made of a polypropylene composition comprising: particulate CaCO3; additive; and polypropylene; wherein the polypropylene composition in its solid form and with average wall thickness T has a flexural modulus, measured according to ASTM D790-07, being at least 95% of the flexural modulus measured on a reference polypropylene composition being substantially free of CaCO3 and having average wall thickness of at least T+10%.

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling the rate of flow of mold material to a mold cavity, including a valve system in fluid communication with an actuator to drive the actuator at one or more rates of travel, the valve system having a start position, one or more intermediate drive rate positions and a high drive rate position, the start position holding the valve pin in a gate closed position; a controller that instructs the valve system to move from the start position to the one or more intermediate drive rate positions and to remain in the one or more intermediate drive rate positions for one or more corresponding predetermined amounts of time and further drives the valve system to move from the one or more intermediate drive rate positions to the high drive rate position on expiration of the one or more predetermined amounts of time.

Abstract: A method of injection molding a polymeric resin to form an article that is suitable for strain orientation. A thermoplastic polyester elastomer polymeric resin is provided. The resin is heated to form a molten resin at a temperature of at least about 240° C. The molten resin is injected into a mold (22) to substantially fill the mold and form an article. At least part of the article is a sheet part with a plurality of members that are integrally formed into the sheet part, with apertures provided between at least some of the members of the sheet part of the article to form a mesh. At least the sheet part of the article is suitable for strain orientation.

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling the rate of flow of mold material to a mold cavity, the apparatus comprising: an injection molding machine and a manifold; an actuator interconnected to a valve pin having a tip end; a valve system in fluid communication with the actuator to drive the actuator at one or more rates of travel, the valve system having a start position, one or more intermediate drive rate positions and a high drive rate position, the start position holding the valve pin in a gate closed position; a controller that instructs the valve system to move from the start position to the one or more intermediate drive rate positions and to remain in the one or more intermediate drive rate positions for one or more corresponding predetermined amounts of time and further drives the valve system to move from the one or more intermediate drive rate positions to the high drive rate position on expiration of the one or more predetermined amounts of time.

Abstract: In an injection process in which a screw or a plunger is advanced to inject a molten resin into a mold, the advance of the screw or the plunger is stopped and held just before a leading flow end of the resin reaches a gate portion, and the advance of the screw or the plunger is resumed for an injection operation after the passage of a predetermined period.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a wheel and a tire comprising the steps of providing a wheel and molding a tire to the wheel. A mold may be placed over the wheel, such that a cavity is formed between an inner surface of the mold and a rim of the wheel, for receiving material to form the tire, which may be in a liquid form and allowed to solidify in the mold to form a tire attached to the wheel.

Abstract: A can of a drive motor is provided for a pump assembly, wherein the can (22) is manufactured at least partly of plastic (52). At least in a part of the can (22) the plastic (52) is reinforced by individual fibers (32) distributed in the plastic (52). The fibers (32) in at least one layer (35) of the can (32) are aligned in a defined manner in the peripheral direction with respect to the longitudinal axis (Z) of the can (22). A method for manufacturing such a can is also provided.

Abstract: A resin molded article of the present invention includes at least a resin and an inorganic filler that is in a plate form, a spheroidal form, or a fiber form, in a region of 50% or more of a volume of the resin molded article, the resin having resin molecular chains oriented in a thickness direction of the resin molded article and the inorganic filler having a long axis oriented in an in-plane direction of the resin molded article, the resin molecular chains having an orientation degree ? in a range of 0.6 or more and less than 1.0, the orientation degree being calculated by the following Formula (1), from a half-value width W obtained by wide-angle X-ray scattering measurement: orientation degree ?=(360°??W)/360°??(1), wherein W is a half-value width of a scattering peak between the resin molecular chains, in an intensity distribution in directions of azimuth angles in a range of 0° to 360° in the wide-angle X-ray scattering measurement.

Abstract: The resin injection molding method of the present invention is a method for molding resins inside a cavity formed within a mold. The method comprises injecting resins into the cavity through a plurality of paths installed so as to be openable and closable and optionally maintaining the resin inside the cavity at a pressure; closing each of the plurality of paths such that the resins injected from each path converge, there being a time difference between when a first path and a second path of the plurality of paths are closed; and solidifying at least the resin which is injected from the path closed earliest with a crystallinity greater than or equal to a predetermined crystallinity degree.

Abstract: A resin gear has a concave portion formed on a gear body at a position radially inward of a boundary region between a toothed portion and a non-toothed portion. During a molding process, a welded portion is formed at the non-toothed portion by merger of flow of the molten resin along a first path and flow of the molten resin along a second path. The first path detours the concave portion and passes through the side of the toothed portion, and the second path detours the concave portion and passes through the side of the non-toothed portion.

Abstract: A method of injection moulding a plastics component includes providing a first mould member with a mould cavity, which is defined by an internal surface, and a second mould member with an external surface whose shape is complementary to the shape of the mould cavity. Either the internal surface or the external surface carry an elongate formation with an elongate apex. The method includes advancing the second mould member into the mould cavity such that the apex is spaced from the opposed one of the internal surface and the external surface by a predetermined distance and the internal surface of the first mould member and the external surface of the second mould member together define a mould space. Molten polyolefin material is then injected into the mould space to substantially fill it. The predetermined distance is so dimensioned that the polyolefin material does not completely fill the space between the apex and the opposed surface and the slit is thus formed.

Abstract: A mold apparatus, an injection molding apparatus, and an injection molding method, which can satisfactorily form a preform having a bottom thicker than a body, are provided. The mold apparatus comprises a neck mold, an injection cavity mold, and an injection core mold having an inside core mold and an outside core mold, and further comprises a regulation means, such as an urging member, for regulating the movement of the inside core mold toward the outside of the injection cavity mold.

Abstract: A rotator may be configured to be accommodated in a casing of a pump for sucking a fluid into the casing and discharging the fluid outside of the casing. The rotator may comprise an insert portion configured to insert a rotating shaft and one or more communicating openings. The one or more communicating openings may be disposed in a vicinity of the insert portion, and pierce the rotator in a direction along the rotating shaft. The rotator may be made of resin. A flow direction of the resin located around the insert portion and the one or more communicating openings may extend at least in the direction along the rotating shaft.

Abstract: Method of injection molding a plastics component includes providing a first mold member with a mold cavity, defined by an internal surface, and a second mold member with an external surface complementary to the mold cavity shape. Either the internal or external surface carry an elongate formation with an elongate apex. Then, the second mold member is advanced into the mold cavity such that the apex is spaced from the opposed one of the internal surface and the external surface by a predetermined distance and the internal surface of the first mold member and the external surface of the second mold member together define a mold space. Molten polyolefin material is then injected into the mold space to substantially fill it. The predetermined distance is so dimensioned that the polyolefin material does not completely fill the space between the apex and the opposed surface and the slit is thus formed.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for feeding a polyurethane mixture suitable to form a thermally insulating layer inside hollow bodies, such as hollow walls of a refrigerator cabinet, freezer, display counter or insulating panel. A polyurethane mixture resulting from chemically reactive components, supplied by a high-pressure mixing device, is injected into a cavity of a hollow body extending in a horizontal plain. The mixture is injected at a first flow-rate and a first injection speed, to be poured into a first deposition zone farthest from the injection point. Subsequently, the flow-rate and the injection speed of the polyurethane mixture are gradually reduced in a controlled manner, to be poured in successive deposition zones towards the injection point of the polyurethane mixture, along a distribution strip, allowing the injected mixture to spread out throughout the cavity of the hollow body along isometric expansion lines.

Abstract: The technical problem to be solved is to change the thickness of the colored resin layer of the preform gradually in the upward or downward direction, by utilizing a tendency of gradual decrease in the thickness of the colored resin layer caused by the flow of the main resin inside the preform mold when the main resin and the colored resin are injected into the mold. This involves adjusting the injection pattern including the time of starting and ending the supply of the main resin and the colored resin, and pressure or velocity profiles, reducing the thickness of the colored resin layer gradually upstream or downstream, injection-molding the preform in which a color-gradated portion associated with the thickness of the colored resin layer has been formed, and biaxially drawing and blow molding this preform into a bottle having a color-gradated portion.

Abstract: Flow gates 5 capable of protruding and retracting are provided in a cavity 9 of a die 2 to control a resin filling path. The generation of welds or orientation lines in a resin flow pattern is allowed only in an area containing uneven portions outside a design surface but is not allowed in other areas. The area containing welds or orientation lines in a resin flow pattern is covered with a separate component having a design surface, thereby achieving a desired metallic appearance.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods for injection molding intraocular lenses includes an embodiment having first and second runners extending into first and second optic cavities of a mold configured to make a dual optic lens device.

Abstract: An injection moulding device for injection moulding a flexible sleeve body for a squeezable tube, comprises a male mould part and a female mould part, which in combination with the male mould part forms a sleeve body cavity for forming the flexible sleeve body between them. The sleeve body cavity extends from a top end to an opposite bottom end in a longitudinal direction. The moulding device further comprises a runner end part, which in combination with the female mould part and the male mould part forms a runner cavity at the top end of the sleeve body cavity. The runner cavity comprises a passage constituted by one or more openings connecting the annular shaped distribution channel with the sleeve body cavity for guiding the molten plastics material from a runner distribution channel into the sleeve body cavity.

Abstract: A resin transfer molding (RTM) molding device is designed to mold a fiber-reinforced plastic (FRP) molded body by injecting a resin composition into a mold and by impregnating the molded body therewith. The resin composition is a chain curing polymer (CCP). A CCP accommodating layer is disposed adjacent to an outer side of the molded body. The layer contains the CCP. The layer is provided with a Vf limit value, the value defined by the curing characteristics of the CCP and the characteristics of dissipation of heat from the CCP to the exterior. An element for separating the molded body is disposed between the body and the layer.

Abstract: An apparatus for injection molding includes at least one mold part having at least one surface. The mold part has at least one shaped portion. At least one substantially closed cavity region is disposed within the at least one surface. The one cavity region is designed for molding at least part of an interstitial mass. The apparatus further includes at least one gate disposed on the at least one surface for providing fluid communication to the at least one cavity region and at least one flow restrictor positioned on the mold part for initially directing flow of the interstitial mass to the at least one shaped portion. In one embodiment, flow restrictors initially direct the interstitial mass to an upper portion of the shaped portion.

Abstract: Signage is presented comprising an in-mold plastic plate portion having a slot. The signage has a flexible tongue having a neck portion that extends outwardly from the plate portion and has a locking tip extending from the neck portion and the locking tip is formed to be received by the slot. The plastic plate portion is made of a filler material and a detectable additive such that the signage is easily detected by a metal detecting machine.

Abstract: There is provided a method for manufacturing a metallic decorative member without a weld line at low cost including: starting injections of molten molding material into a cavity formed by a set of dies from a plurality of gates provided at the cavity; and stopping respectively the injections of the molten molding material from the plurality of gates at different times so as to make dynamic pressure of the molten molding material injected from one gate smaller than dynamic pressure of the molten molding material injected from the other gate at a position on which heads of flows of the molten molding material injected from the one and the other gates contact each other.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a bonded metal assembly having a form and a powdered metal-filled plastic member with a cylindrical surface generally surrounding the form includes providing a mold having a cylindrical interior surface corresponding to the cylindrical surface of the resulting powdered metal-filled plastic member and providing a gate to the mold. The gate extends at least partially along a radius of the cylindrical interior surface of the mold. With the form positioned in the mold, a powdered metal-filled plastic material is injected through the gate to the mold and flowed around the form. A resulting bonded metal assembly includes a form and a powdered metal-filled plastic member having a cylindrical surface generally surrounding the form. The powdered metal-filled plastic member includes an injection-molding gate line extending at least partially along a radius of the cylindrical surface.

Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a gear wheel, the method including: preparing an insertion unit formed of a steel material having a hollow pipe shape; injection-molding an outer side unit including teeth on an outer circumference; and molding a connection unit having a wheel shape by injecting resin into at least three points between the insertion unit and the outer side unit so as to connect the insertion unit and the outer side unit after arranging the insertion unit on the inner center of the outer side unit. According to the method, removing of an unnecessarily injected portion may be omitted since the resin is injected between the insertion unit and the outer side unit while injection-molding the connection unit. Also, productivity is increased by decreasing a number of defective products generated due to cracks.

Abstract: A microtitration plate has a frame (2) made of a first stiff plastic and having a plate (4) with multiplicity of holes (2?), and a multiplicity of vessels (3) made of a second plastic suited for the PCR and/or exhibiting permeability to oxygen, which are fixedly connected to the plate (4) by directly molding them to the holes (6), which have a receiving portion (9, 10, 11) protruding from an underside (8) of the plate (4), and which are accessible from an upper surface (7) of the plate through apertures (15).

Abstract: An apparatus for molding a thermoplastic package part(s) to an end portion of a container body includes inner and outer mold elements between which a mold cavity per package part is formed. At least one of these mold elements is at least partly freely suspended. When one package part is molded with the mold elements, plastic melt is injected in a first number ?1 of points in the cavity, an island of plastic melt for each point is formed inside the cavity, and the distribution of the points causes a force center to pass through a surface defined by a parallel projection of each first number of islands on a plane orthogonal to a direction of the compression force, and when the first number >1, a second number of imaginary straight lines interconnecting a third number of parallel projections such that the surface is at its maximum.

Abstract: A method produces a plastic cylinder head cover having an oil control valve holder as an integral part thereof by insert molding. The method includes a step of setting the oil control valve holder in one of a pair of molds that can approach and separate from each other; and a step of clamping the pair of molds and injecting plastic material. In the step of injecting plastic material, the oil control valve holder is set in the one mold with an insert pin being inserted in a hole thereof. Another a method produces a plastic cylinder head cover having an oil control valve holder as an integral part thereof by insert molding. The oil control valve holder includes a mounting surface on which it is mounted to a cylinder head, a hole oriented along an axis inclined to a plane direction of the mounting surface, and two faces containing open ends of the hole.