Sintered Vents

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Plastic Injection Mold Applications

Gravity and Low Pressure Die-Casting or Vacuum Casting

• Vents save both time and money in design, production and in maintenance
• Vents reduces occurrence of short-shots and burned parts
• Vents available for both die-cast and plastic injection applications
• KIC Sintered Vents are very cost effective

Sintered vents are composed of several straight and uniform pores made through a unique process. These pores allow air or gas which, get trapped inside the mold cavity during the injection or die casting process to escape freely. The vent acts like a release window for the air or gas to exit, while keeping in the molten material from escaping out.

The objective to a good mold design is to specify as many strategically placed insertion points on the prints to hold the vents, in order to reduce the possibility of creating defective parts.