IMM Almanac: Hot Runner, Moldmaking, Rapid Tooling Equipment, and Mold Materials

Hot Runner Equipment

• Controls (72 companies)
• Drops (52 companies)
• Manifolds (55 companies)
• Nozzles and bushings (67 companies)
• Valve gates (53 companies)

Mold Materials

• Aluminum plate (14 companies)
• Copper (10 companies)
• Graphite for EDM (4 companies)
• Hardened steel (20 companies)
• Mild steel (14 companies)
• Mold insulation materials (13 companies)
• Other metallic (9 companies)
• Porous steel (2 companies)
• Prototype, metal compounds (6 companies)
• Prototype, nonmetallic (3 companies)
• Stainless steel (24 companies)

Moldmaking Equipment

• Gun or hole drilling, boring (10 companies)
• Machining centers, horizontal (12 companies)
• Machining centers, vertical (17 companies)
• Moldmaking tools/supplies (29 companies)
• Other (17 companies)
• Sinker EDM (7 companies)
• Wire EDM (6 companies)

Rapid Prototyping/Rapid Tooling Equipment

• Other (20 companies)
• SLA (7 companies)
• SLS (7 companies)