Injection unit of an injection system

• Main Authors: ANDREAS UJMA, PIERRE GLAESENER
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 06.05.2002
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; TRANSPORTING; WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL

A injection unit (10) of an injection system, including a shooting pot (12) having a shooting pot head (13) at one end, defining a melt chamber (14) therein; a melt inlet channel (16) for laterally bringing melt into the melt chamber (14); a plunger (26) arranged in the melt chamber (14), the plunger (26) being linearly moveable from a retracted position into an extended position, so as to force melt accumulated in the melt chamber (14) through a melt outlet channel (20) arranged in said shooting pot head (13) into an injection mold; an annular melt passage (28) provided between the melt chamber (14) and the plunger (26), for allowing the melt to flow from the melt inlet channel (16) to an outlet end (18) of the melt chamber (14); and a melt distribution channel (30) for distributing the melt from the melt inlet channel (16) to the annular melt passage (28). An important aspect of the invention is that the melt distribution channel (30) be distal from the melt inlet channel (16) so as to ensure even distribution of the melt to the annular melt passage (28).