A practical guide to sizing hydraulic cylinders for locking injection-mold slides, including thrust force, traction force, injection pressure, cylinder selection...
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Hydraulic Cylinder Failure in Injection Molds: How Misalignment Can Cause Rod and Cartridge Fatigue
A technical guide explaining how misalignment between a hydraulic cylinder and mold slide can cause rod bending, cartridge stress, fatigue...
How to Size a Hydraulic Unscrewing System for Injection Molds
A practical guide to sizing hydraulic unscrewing systems for injection molds, covering force, torque, number of cavities, racks, pinions, transmission...
How to Calculate the Required Hydraulic Cylinder Force for an Injection Mold
Learn how to calculate the hydraulic cylinder force required in plastic injection molds by considering cavity pressure, effective surface area,...
Premature Piston Seal Wear in Hydraulic Cylinders: Causes, Tolerances and Troubleshooting
Premature piston seal wear can indicate more than a defective seal. This technical guide explains how seal compression, tolerances, cylinder...
Mechanical Switch Operating Range in Hydraulic Cylinders: How to Check the Correct Activation Position
Learn how to correctly design the operating range of a mechanical switch on a hydraulic cylinder, including contact-pin position, activation...
How Much Space Is Needed Around a Hydraulic Cylinder Mechanical Switch?
How much space is needed around a hydraulic cylinder switch? A real Vega technical case explains cable bending clearance and...
When Injection Pressure Pushes a Punch Back: How to Size a Hydraulic Locking Cylinder
A real injection-mold application shows how injection pressure, punch area, holding force, preload and mechanical locking influence hydraulic cylinder selection....
Monitoring Hydraulic Cylinder Position Sensors on Injection Molds
Learn how Vega's SIM08 manages hydraulic-cylinder position sensors on injection molds, providing individual LED diagnostics and protection against contradictory sensor...
Oil Leakage in Hydraulic Cylinders: Why Changing an NPT Port to BSP Is Not Always Possible
A real Vega technical application shows why changing an NPT hydraulic port to BSP is not always possible. Learn how...