Plastic is a polymer material that can be molded into any desired shape by applying heat and pressure to it. It has thermal plasticity and becomes malleable when heated. Because the former type becomes soft when heated, it is easy to process. It then hardens when it cools.
Injection molding is a type of molding that takes advantage of this characteristic. Plastic that has been melted at high temperatures is injected into a mold and cooled to form the molded product. Probably two-thirds of today's molded products are made using this method.
The dedicated robot that take the plastic out of the mold is called take out robot. Nowadays, many injection molding machines are equipped with take out robots. These robots not only take the molded products out of the mold, but also transfer them to subsequent processes. For example,take out robot can take products from the mold and then put it on belt conveyors. Belt conveyors move products to the inspection station for workers to inspect.
Take out robots are gradually being adapted to handle more and more functions.