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PAGE Injection Molding Injection molding is the most important commercial method for transforming thermoplastics into useful products. A thermoplastic polymer is one that can be reheated and reshaped many times. Themoset plastics set in a desired shape and cannot be reheated and remolded. During the injection molding process, plastics are heated until they soften into a molten state. The melted plastic is then forced at high pressure through a nozzle into a cold mold. The plastic cools in the mold and takes on the molds shape. Once the plastic is cooled, the mold opens and the product is released from the mold. The resulting product often needs no further work before being put into use since details such as ribs and screw threads can be formed during this process. Examples of injection molded items are cabinets for computers, computer screens, and computer keyboards, parts of plastic model or hobby kits, plastic bottle caps, brake and engine parts, reflectors and headlights, circuit breakers, toaster oven panels, power tool and lighting housings, and even tableware. These items can usually be identified by one or more of the following features: side parting lines or seams in an object formed where the two sides of the mold meet together, sharp corners, fine detail and precision, frequent flat areas, and the presence of a gate. The gate looks like a dimple or bump of plastic. It is the entry point of the polymer melt into the mold cavity. The gate may be centrally located and a significant distance from the parting lines as in a waste basket, on the edge as in individual parts of a plastic model hobby kit, or submarine where the gate itself appears oval and is located below but near the parting lines. An injection-molding machine is really a combination of three machines: the plasticizing and injection machine, the clamp, and the mold. The purpose of the plasticizing and injection machine is to produce a molten volume of plastic under enough force to cause the pl