Nike, Inc.

Imflux Inc.

Nike Innovate C.v.

Shawn J Schnee

Hossein A Baghdadi

Bradley C Tutmark

Joseph Thomas Muth

H Kenneth Hanson, Iii

Danny David Lumpkin

Robert L Ritchie

Sami Mohamad Fakhouri

Gene Michael Altonen

William Francis Lawless, Iii

Aaron Timothy Neate

Iii H Kenneth Hanson

A molding system and a method for operation of the molding system are provided. The method includes flowing a molten polymeric material from an upstream device into an in-mold tuning chamber in a filling position where the in-mold tuning chamber is positioned at least partially within a mold cavity. The method also includes adjusting at least one of a temperature of and a pressure applied to the molten polymeric material in the in-mold tuning chamber to create a first tuned molten polymeric material and releasing the tuned molten polymeric material into the mold cavity from the in-mold tuning chamber.

Molding system and method

A molding system and a method for operation of the molding system are provided. The method includes flowing a molten polymeric material into a shot tuning chamber from an upstream device, adjusting a temperature of and/or pressure applied to the molten polymeric material in the shot tuning chamber, and flowing the molten polymeric material from the shot tuning chamber into a mold cavity.

A method and system for co-injection molding of two molten plastic materials that allows monitoring and utilization of injection pressure and optionally melt pressure and/or flow front pressure during an injection run. A controller alters the injection pressure so as to achieve and maintain optimal or desired ratios of injection pressure, and optionally melt pressure and/or flow front pressure, of the two molten plastic materials. This allows for more precise part manufacture, including reducing the thickness of a skin or shell layer compared to a core layer of a molded part.

Methods for controlling co-injection plastic pressure ratio between individual flow front layers

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Liberty Township, OH, United States of America

Shawn J Schnee