StaMixCo LLC 235 - 84th Street Brooklyn, NY 11209 USA SMF Filter Product Bulletin SMF Filter for SMN Mixing NozzleThe SMF Filter is designed to be used with the SMN Injection Molding Mixing Nozzle. The purpose and functionality of the SMF filter are numerous: • Protects hot runner system and mold by avoiding clogging and/or damage caused my metal pieces accidentally introduced with the feed pellets to the injection molding machine (metal chips, staples, paper clips, etc). • Retains semi-molten polymer pellets until melted for incorporation into the polymer melt. • For customer with poor thermal control systems, the SMF Filter acts as an upstream breaker-plate to prevent “cold-start” crushing of the mixing elements. • Designed to retrofit into the SMN Injection Molding Mixing Nozzle without nozzle modification • O.D. of SMF Filter = O.D. of SMN Mixing Elements • Length of one (1) SMF Filter = Length of two (2) SMN Mixing Elements.. Figure #2: SMN Mixing Nozzle (top), 8 SMN Mixing Elements (middle) and SMF Filter with 6 SMN Mixing Elements (bottom) Lme: Length of SMN MixiNG element Table #1: Key dimensions of the SMF filter (see Figure #3) 1) Bsp can be adjusted in the range of 0.7 to 1.5 mm with a minimum order quantity of 5 pieces 2) SMF-12 can be delivered with Lf/Lme = 3.0 Material: DIN 1.2344 (X40CrMoV51), nitrided ************************************Brooklyn, New York, uSA*******************************Dinhard, Switzerland************************************ Note: We believe the information contained in this product bulletin is correct. However, the information is not to be construed as implying any warranty or guarantee of performance. We reserve the right to modify the design and construction of our products based on new findings and developments.