Z80953 This Hasco parking plate has a locking mechanism for positioning on the injection molding machine (IMM). Molding machine operators using molds that have multi-coupling assembly can use the device to provide connections and disconnections for cooling lines between the IMM and mold. They can install the parking plate onto the IMM, or a cart nearby, to hold the machine side of the multi-couplers when not in use with a running mold.
What’s new? The parking plate, released in July.
Benefits Reliable and separate safekeeping of machine-side multi-couplers. Compatible with all Hasco systems and conventional multi-couplers, the parking plate is flexible, too. With the multi-coupling, cooling circuit connections can be made quickly and easily in a single step.
Hasco America Inc., Fletcher, N.C., 828-650-2600, www.hasco.com
Karen Hanna | Senior Staff Reporter
Senior Staff Reporter Karen Hanna covers injection molding, molds and tooling, processors, workforce and other topics, and writes features including In Other Words and Problem Solved for Plastics Machinery & Manufacturing, Plastics Recycling and The Journal of Blow Molding. She has more than 15 years of experience in daily and magazine journalism.