Standard and Custom Mould Bases, Press Tool Die Sets & Components
Standard Guiding Systems for Moulds
The standard guiding system in plastic injection and die casting moulds comprises guide pillars, guide bushes, and tubular dowels, ensuring precise alignment between the fixed and moving halves of the mould base. This high-quality system integrates seamlessly with our cavity plates. Key guiding areas include cavity plate A and B, stripper plates, hot runner plates, and ejector pins, and these components can be customized when ordering the mould base.
Standardized precision guiding elements, like tapered dowel pins and side locks, are also available. UTP Mould & Die offers a large range of UTP standard or DME pillars, bushes, tubular dowels, guided ejectors, dowel pins, drill bushes and related components.
Tapered Interlocks & Flat Guiding Systems
Tapered Interlocks, align the moving half and fixed half of the mould or individual cavities and cores with high precision, reducing lateral shifts and maintaining cavity alignment. They are available in various types of steels and in various hardnesses.
Taper Block Sets usually consist of a block with a tapered surface that mates with a corresponding slot. They provide precise alignment along a specific axis, ensuring the correct positioning of the mould halves or individual components.
Locating Block Sets are typically rectangular or square blocks that fit into corresponding recesses. They ensure correct alignment and positioning by providing a physical stop or locator.
Slide Block Sets allow lateral movement while maintaining alignment, often with a flat mating surface. They facilitate sliding action between the mould halves while keeping them aligned.
Mould Insulation Board
Insulation boards are essential in injection moulding as they help manage temperature, prevent heat loss, and improve energy efficiency. By maintaining a stable temperature, they enhance product quality and reduce energy consumption. These boards are placed around the mould walls and base to optimize heat retention and limit heat transfer, leading to benefits such as:
· Faster Cycle Times: Stabilizing temperatures shortens heating and cooling processes.
· Consistent Product Quality: Uniform temperatures reduce defects and improve overall product reliability.
· Cost Savings: Lower energy use decreases operational costs, and fewer defects reduce waste.
UTP Mould & Die offer 3 variations of insulation board blank, fixed half drilled and moving half drilled in all mould base series
I-Mold Tunnel Gate Inserts
I-Mold "molding innovations" stands for intelligent solutions and unique, innovative injection molded products.
The tunnel gate inserts from i-mold are recognized worldwide as innovative products with high cost reducing potential for moldmakers and molders.
By using these inserts, manufacturers can optimize the injection process, reduce defects, and improve the overall functionality and appearance of the moulded parts. When designed and used correctly, they can offer significant advantages, including smoother material flow, better part quality, and reduced gate marks
For precision, reliability, and high-performance mould bases, UTP Mould & Die is your trusted partner.
Standard Mould Bases
At UTP Mould & Die, we manufacture standard mould bases to DME plate specifications, equipped with our UTP series guiding components for superior performance.
Our commitment to quality starts with the use of premium-grade tool steel, ensuring durability and precision.
We offer:
· Toolox 33 & Toolox 44 – Available in thicknesses from 20mm to 165mm
· 1.2312 – Available up to 250mm thick
· Block sizes up to 500mm
Precision Machining Services:
We provide a range of high-precision machining services, including:
- CNC milling & horizontal milling
- Precision surface grinding
- Square and block machining
- Deep hole drilling for cooling channels
- Countersunk bores to protect water connectors
- BSP thread tapping for added convenience
Additional Features:
· Locating ring & sprue bush bores in clamping plates
· Reference edges & Pryrod cutouts on cavity plates
· Serialized cavity plate quality control reports
· Extensive stock range from 156 x 156mm to 996 x 1196mm
· Cavity plates available in four tool steels: Toolox 33, Toolox 44, 1.2085, and 1.2312 for versatile applications
Heatlock Hot Base Solution
UTP's Hot Base Solution is a high-performance mould base platform that combines a standard or custom machined mould base with a Hot Half Hot-Runner System from Heatlock.
It is an individually engineered platform - fully designed to the specifications of the user - and is completely flexible, it can easily be equipped with high-end UTP components and accessories as well as precision inserts manufactured by UTP. Specialty mould base designs can include: side entry, multi-material, high cavitation and stack tooling.
The aim is to free up capacity at tooling suppliers from repetitive work and time-intense catalogue researching. Toolmakers can fully concentration on the detailed cavity and core work and the success of the project.
The new platform allows end users to place stricter manufacturing deadlines on their favorite Toolmaker with confidence in his ability to deliver on time.
Custom Mould Base Machining
UTP's special production department will be pleased to develop and supply customized solutions for you in close cooperation with the Standard Plate and Component range of products, Heatlock Hot Runner Technology and the Custom Mould Bases machining business divisions.
Using the latest scheduling and processing methods, we can offer you prompt support in the event that you are experiencing production bottlenecks or large demands on your tool manufacturing. You will benefit from guaranteed planning, efficient high-quality production with a thorough final inspection.
You can rely on us adhering to agreed delivery dates. UTP is fully dedicated to partner with you from the project initiation stage right through to the implementation and production stage of your moulds and tools.
Your benefits:
• Customized solutions
• Project management done by UTP
• Accurate assessment of all costs at the quotation stage
• Extremely high quality
• Reliable delivery dates
• Machining is independent of the design package used
Gundrilling Coolant Channels & Side Machining
UTP offers its customers quick and precise deep hole drilling of cooling channels at very competitive prices. Water channels are drilled using single lip gun-drills with internal cooling using oil at 100 bar pressure, ensuring very accurate drilling and straightness of the bores.
As an additional service UTP can also machine the countersunk bores to protect the water connectors and tap the required BSP threads.
Machine specification:
• Ixion 4 axis CNC Deep Hole Drilling Machine
• Drilling of Plates 600 x 800, up to 3000Kg
• Maximum Drill Depth 1000mm per side
• Drilling of Shafts up to diameter 400mm
• Drill Sizes 5 - 20mm diameter
• Excellent Gun Drill Finish
• Accuracy within 0.1mm / 100mm depth
• Full milling function, milling of concealed connector pockets
• Holes drilled & tapped, connector fitted
• Drilling pattern directly from mould design
• Super-fast turnaround times
• Drilling of all mould base materials
Monday Madness Mould Base Special
Standard Located Mold Base includes:• Standard Mould Base
• Guide Pillars, Guide Bushes& Assembly Screws
• Reference edge with Pry-rod slots
• Locating ring & sprue bush recess
• Free Freight in South Africa
Terms & Conditions
• N10 Cavity Plate is only available in TX33
• Balance of Mould in Mild Steel
• All Plates are drilled to the UTP standard drilling pattern
• Cavity Plates sizes available in 46, 56, 66
• Prices excluding VAT
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UTP Mould & Die (Pty) Ltd
Sales Manager
Grant Hunkin
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Physical Address
26 Dyke Street Factoria,
Krugersdorp,
Johannesburg