Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Takeshi Kuriyama

Kazuhisa Fujiwara

Chad Wojniak

Atsushi Ban

Naoki Yoshimura

Kaoru Tokita

Takashi Kato

Takaaki Sato

A mold, system and method for manufacturing a part includes injection molding a substrate in a single injection mold and optionally trimming the panel substrate. The substrate can have a first configuration or a second, different configuration. Trimming of the substrate can occur when the substrate has the first configuration to define an aperture in the substrate.

Mold, system and method for manufacturing a molded part

An injection molding apparatus is provided with a die having a hot nozzle, and a manifold formed by a hot runner. A communication passage that is in communication with the cavity is provided in the die, a concave portion defined at an end portion of the die, and the hot nozzle includes a nozzle body of a cylindrical shape that is inserted in the communication passage, and a flange portion that is formed at an end side of the nozzle body and is exposed outside of the communication passage, in which a band heater that heats the nozzle body is inserted between the communication passage and the nozzle body, and a ring heater that heats this flange is inserted in the concave portion and between the communication passage and the flange.

Injection molding apparatus

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Dublin, OH, United States of America

Takeshi Kuriyama