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42 MoldMaking Technology —— OCTOBER 2017 INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE CONTRIBUTOR Barbara Schulz is Gardner Business Media's European correspondent. She can be reached at bschulz@gardnerweb.com. a space-saving alternative to turning stack, double cube, rotary- table or indexing platen concepts that are used to produce multi-material parts. "This opens up the possibilities to add value by molding a part, adding an insert and then over-molding the insert within an integrated system." The concept, unveiled a few years ago, arranges each molding process step in a vertical, linear arrangement. Molten polymer from each injection unit in the molding cell serves a specific set of cavities in the mold. Therefore, each mold segment features its own cavity geometry and is served by its own hot runner system. SCPS features a patented, movable and interlocking cavity or core insert indexing system that transfers the insert out of the mold base and away from a set of cavities, repositioning the insert upward, where it is transferred into the next cavity section. A servo-actuated spindle moves the insert sets with the finished parts from cavity section to cavity section on the ejector-side of the mold. The multi-material part is created as the set of inserts moves to the next cavity set. Finally, the finished part is indexed vertically to a position above the tool for demolding. After the parts are removed, the insert set is detached from the spindle and attached to a second spindle system that is installed on the other mold half. The spindle then transfers the empty insert set down to the bottom-end of the spindle (and the bottom of the mold), where it is handed off automatically to the first spindle system. Tooling concepts like the ones described here contribute to Zahoransky's global prosperity, in no small part because Schmidt and his team realized that they cannot compete on price. Innovative solutions that save customers money and manufac- turing time are key to success. INSIDER E N G I N E E R B U I L D M A I N T A I N KEEP CURRENT AND CUTTING EDGE! Sign up for the MMT Insider at: moldmakingtechnology.com/newsletter Insight delivered direct to your inbox! Delivered monthly direct to your inbox, the MMT Insider includes application stories, video highlights, technology reviews, featured archived content, and industry news and events from MoldMaking Technology staff and industry experts. Each issue builds upon the magazine's mission of providing extra insight into the technology and business side s of mold manufacturing. The TIM cube tool with rotating assembly plates relocates the assembly operation to external moving plates, which creates new possibilities for in-mold assembly. This makes it possible to execute assembly operations independently from the injection molding process. If there is a product change, the user only has to change the mold cavity inserts.