Hybrid hot runner system

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The proposed equipment is a highly customized hybrid hot runner system that will be mounted on our industry-scale injection molding machine to produce novel microcellular foams. It will be a key component in several research programs, such as (i) the Network for Innovative Plastic Materials and Manufacturing Processes (NIPMMP) of the NSERC Strategic Network Grant (SNG), (ii) the Centre for Industrial Applications of Microcellular Plastics (CIAMP) that was funded by the Canada Foundation for Innovation's Leading Edge Fund (CFI-LEF), and (iii) the Consortium for Cellular and Micro-Cellular Plastics (CCMCP) with its 20+ industrial sponsors. Microcellular plastics are advanced polymer foams consisting of very fine bubbles (smaller than 10 microns and with a cell number density larger than 1 E+9 cells/cc). Compared with their unfoamed counterparts, microcellular plastics typically exhibit substantially superior mechanical properties that include impact strength, toughness, and fatigue features. And they maintain the desired functionality and/or structural properties that characterize standard plastics. They also offer exceptional heat insulation, sound dampening, thermal stability, optical properties, and surface quality. Successful completion of the research programs will result in significant economic and environmental contributions to Canada. In addition to the noted advantages provided by its superior properties, microcellular plastics technology, with its environmentally-friendly blowing agents, can reduce material consumption and product weight. This will give our Canadian manufacturing base a tremendous competitive advantage in the international marketplace, which will lead to sustainable job creation, the reduction of automobile fuel consumption, and the replacement of hazardous blowing agents.