By Karen Hanna
DME’s efforts to meet demand for modular hot-runner nozzles have resulted in a new portfolio of offerings: the SmartOne nozzles, which can be used in DME’s existing manifolds and hot halves. According to the company, they offer cost-efficiency, easy availability and quick turnarounds.
DME can provide versions of the SmartOne nozzles for a wide range of applications, and for use with nearly all commodity and engineering resins, both filled and unfilled.
The nozzles can work with systems with from two to 32 cavities.
The nozzles are available in six different flow paths, with a wide range of standard nozzle diameters, lengths and tip styles, including bodiless, full-body, full-body with extended sprue and sprue gate.
The nozzles are designed to deliver a consistent and efficient heat profile. They offer stable heating, accurate temperature control and melt distribution, optimized melt flow, and an ideal balance of temperature and pressure.
Built for durability and cavity-to-cavity reliability, the SmartOne nozzles are designed for quick color changes. They can handle melt pressures of up to 20,000 psi.
With them, users can achieve superior gate cosmetics, the company said. Because they eliminate the need for sprues, the nozzles save users the cost and time of secondary operations, such as trimming.
According to DME, the SmartOne nozzles are low-maintenance and easy to install.
Karen Hanna, senior staff reporter
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Contact:
DME Co. LLC, Madison Heights, Mich., 248-398-6000, www.dme.net
