Inorderfortheliquidinjectionmoldingprocesstofullyoccur,severalmechanicalcomponentsmustbeinplace.Typically,amoldingmachinerequiresameteredpumpingdeviceinconjunctionwithaninjectionunit—adynamicorstaticmixerisattached.Anintegratedsystemcanaidinprecisionandprocessefficiency.Thecriticalcomponentsofaliquidinjectionmoldingmachineinclude:Injectors. Aninjectingdeviceisresponsibleforpressurizingtheliquidsiliconetoaidintheinjectionofthematerialintothepumpingsectionofthemachine.Pressureandinjectionratecanbeadjustedattheoperator’sdiscretion.MeteringUnits. Meteringunitspumpthetwoprimaryliquidmaterials,thecatalystandthebaseformingsilicone,ensuringthatthetwomaterialsmaintainaconstantratiowhilebeingsimultaneouslyreleased.SupplyDrums. Supplydrums,alsocalledplungers,serveastheprimarycontainersformixingmaterials.Boththesupplydrumsandacontainerofpigmentconnecttothemainpumpingsystem.Mixers. Astaticordynamicmixercombinesmaterialsaftertheyexitthemeteringunits.Oncecombined,pressureisusedtodrivethemixtureintoadesignatedmold.Nozzle. Tofacilitatethedepositionofthemixtureintothemold,anozzleisused.Often,thenozzlefeaturesanautomaticshut-offvalvetohelppreventleakingandoverfillingthemold.MoldClamp. Amoldclampsecuresthemoldduringtheinjectionmoldingprocess,andopensthemolduponcompletion.