CHANNEL GEOMETRY FOR PROMOTING AT LEAST ONE OF A UNIFORM VELOCITY PROFILE AND A UNIFORM TEMPERATURE PROFILE FOR AN ANNULAR OR PART-ANNULAR MELT FLOW

• Main Authors: ULEMEK, Adam Christopher, GROVE, Wesley, FERENC, Stephen Daniel, BRELSKI, Maciej
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 16.08.2023
• 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 hot runner nozzle includes a nozzle body, an annular outlet channel in the nozzle body, a source channel upstream of the annular outlet channel in the nozzle body, and a flow transition channel in the nozzle body. The flow transition channel interconnects the source channel with a part-annular segment of the annular outlet channel. The flow transition channel widens in a downstream direction and has a non-uniform cross-sectional channel thickness in either or both of the longitudinal (downstream) and transverse directions. The geometry of the flow transition channel may promote at least one of a uniform velocity profile and a uniform temperature profile in a generated annular or part-annular melt flow.