METHOD OF MANUFACTURING HOT-RUNNER COMPONENT AND HOT-RUNNER COMPONENTS THEREOF

• Main Author: FEICK, MURRAY
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 08.09.2010
• Subjects: AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING; CASTING; CASTING OF METALS; CASTING OF OTHER SUBSTANCES BY THE SAME PROCESSES OR DEVICES; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; POWDER METALLURGY; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; TRANSPORTING; WELDING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM; WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL

A method of manufacturing a hot-runner component includes providing a laser assembly, manufacturing a hot-runner component portion of a metallic material, introducing a property enhancing material to the hot-runner component portion, melting the property enhancing material onto the hot-runner component portion using a laser beam emitted from the laser assembly, and solidifying the melted property enhancing material on the hot-runner component portion.