Oerlikon HRSflow introduces the groundbreaking STARgate HRS hot runner technology, a revolutionary gating concept officially unveiled at K show 2025.

Its pin-less design ensures smoother plastic flow at consistent melt speed, enabling faster color changes, smaller tool size and a very compact injection system. An optimized circular flow minimizes pressure loss, resulting in more efficient injection, and the compact nozzle size allows for smaller mold pockets. Maintenance is streamlined with easily replaceable gate inserts. Together, these advancements establish a high performance-driven solution in exterior and interior automotive injection molding.

STARgate HRS^® is characterized by:

• Significant savings on tool cost and production time because of absence of parts for standard injection systems and the use of less material-intensive clamping plates
• Equalizes melt flow at a constant flow rate
• Needle-free nozzles enable because of their narrower design smaller cut-outs
• Simplified and fast color change process with less waste generation
• Simplified maintenance compared to standard injection systems