Plastics offer many advantages, especially in combination with metal since low weight and high strength are combined. The innovative IMTEC® molded inserts are particularly suitable for thermoset and thermoplastic materials as well as CFRP composites.
IMTEC® offers wear-free, resilient metal threads in high-quality plastic components. Before the part is produced, the IMTEC® molded inserts are placed into the mold manually or by means of a handling system. Then, the metal inserts are injection-molded with plastic. Only the core pins of the injection mould have to be geometrically adapted to the IMTEC® molded inserts.
The IMTEC® molded inserts can be used in many different areas, including medical technology, the automotive industry, plastics engineering and fluid technology.
There are many good reasons for using our products.
Strength and options.
Point by point.
Corrosion and acid resistant due to the use of stainless steel 1.4301/10. Therefore, no potential difference to carbon fibers exists for instance.
Keeping it clean. The high surface quality reduces residual dirt to a minimum.
IMTEC® is used for forming, particularly in injection molding (here in-molding technology). For the manufacture of plastics-metal components (hybrid parts), a system composed of injection molding machine, injection mold and optionally automation technology is required. The injection mould preferably made of steel consists of several components and different single parts. Only the core pins of the injection moulds have to be geometrically adapted to the IMTEC® molded inserts to achieve great accuracy and reproducibility.
The thread inserts are placed into the mold manually or by means of a handling system (figure 1, example of a plastic handle). Due to the forming process, the thread inserts are also sufficiently magnetized and can therefore be securely placed on magnetic core pins.
In the next step, the mould is closed (figure 2) and a precisely measured amount of the plasticized plastic material is injected into the cavities of the injection mould under high pressure and at high speed (figure 3). Until the liquid core of the molding material has cooled down and become solid, the component remains in the mold. After the end of the residual cooling time, the clamping unit opens the mold and the component is ejected (figure 4).
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