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Product Focus Gate Actuator MHS Mold Hotrunner Solutions has introduced the Rheo-Pro® VA4010 Black Box™ pneumatic valve actuator. The valve gate cylinder performs even under the most extreme operating conditions by doing away with elastomeric seals, lubricants and cooling, according to the company. This technology is ideal for both high temperature and cleanroom applications. Increasingly, automotive, medical and electronics manufacturers rely on high temperature plastics such as PEEK, LCP, PSU, PEI and PPS for their special properties. Processing these materials requires high melt temperatures of up to 450°C in the hot runner and mold temperatures of over 200°C. The VA4010 delivers precision performance in these hot conditions, without cooling or wear. This technology is characterized by its durability and ease of maintenance. No more production outages to replace seals. This feature makes the cylinder especially attractive for 24/7 continuous operation in high endurance tools running mass production. Without the VA4010, cylinder maintenance is very complicated in high temperature environments, especially for stack and tandem molds. The Black Box™ is the first economic alternative to electric valve gates in cleanroom manufacturing environments (e.g. for medical plastic parts). It is especially well suited for sterile high cavity molds, because there is no abrasion of sealing material or contamination from lubricants. The instantaneous switching accuracy of the cylinder is in the millisecond range. Synchronicity across all mold cavities ensures that each part fills with absolute consistency. Its speed and reliability make the Rheo-Pro® VA4010 ideal for cascade injection and sequential valve gating. The height of the valve pin (or valve stem) can be adjusted accurately using the easily accessible, 1mm fine thread in the piston. This makes fine tuning quicker than with conventional valve gate hot runner systems and contributes to improved surface quality on the gates. For more information from MHS - Mold Hotrunner Solutions of Georgetown, ON, phone 905-873-1954 or visit mhshotrunners.com Manufacturing Suite Post Processor DMG/MORI SEIKI will release a Mori-APT toolpath-based post processor in September. The new post processor is a part of its simple, integrated and powerful suite of applications called Manufacturing Suite, the company states. This universal post processor will be available for all MORI SEIKI machines and will work with any CAM software that outputs toolpaths in Mori-APT standardized format. The Manufacturing Suite Post Processor software comes with proven post templates to output NC code for all MORI SEIKI machines. The post processor can be a bottleneck for customers who may struggle to successfully leverage their machine tool investment. DMG/MORI SEIKI invested time and money to proactively enhance user experience by working with all major CAM vendors and to develop a template-based post processor for MAPPS. The result, Mori-Post, was released in 2007. Mori-Post features a generic input interface (and the Mori-APT formatted toolpath); CAM vendors can now use the generic Mori-APT input interface in their software. The Mori-APT toolpath format is an extension of APT CLDATA standard (based on ANSI NCITS 37-1999 and ISO 4343:2000). The Manufacturing Suite Post Processor can import the standardized toolpath from any CAM software and generate NC code using the proven DMG/MORI SEIKI post templates. For the process to work, customers need to acquire the Mori-APT CLDATA interfaceenabled version of the CAM software from their respective CAM vendors and acquire the Manufacturing Suite Post Processor software from DMG/MORI SEIKI. Traditionally, customers are required to purchase machine tools and CAM/ post processing software from different vendors, leading to discrepancies in quality, thoroughness and timely delivery. Furthermore, without quality post 50 MoldMaking Technology August 2013 processors, the CAM-generated program may not run successfully on the machine tool. Now, DMG/MORI SEIKI delivers the machine tool and the corresponding Manufacturing Suite Post Processor software, allowing customers to hit the ground running as soon as a machine lands on their shop floor. Customers can continue to use multiple CAM software solutions in conjunction with Manufacturing Suite Post Processor to generate NC code, now avoiding the need to procure post processors for individual CAM software and with the added benefit of a single support contact. The Post Processor that is a part of Manufacturing Suite also includes additional software application modules such as, "NC Simulation" for virtual machine NC code and collision detection verification, and "Program Manager" for sending and receiving NC programs and parameters between PC and machine tools. CAM software vendors Autodesk, Cimatron, FeatureCAM, Geometric, GibbsCAM, PartMaker and TopSolid have expressed an interest in working with DMG/MORI SEIKI to develop interfaces to output Mori-APT CLDATA, the company adds. For more information from DMG / Mori Seiki USA, Inc. of Hoffman Estates, IL, phone 847-593-5400 or visit dmgmoriseikiusa.com