A system for forming injection molded articles comprising: a turret including a plurality of core plates, each core plate of the plurality of core plates including a plurality of core pins; a first mold unit configured to form an inner injection molded layer for the core plates one after the other when arriving at a first turret position; a second mold unit configured to form an outer injection molded layer over each inner injection molded layer of each of the core plates one after the other at a third turret position; a first end-of-arm-tooling EOAT plate, wherein the first EOAT plate is associated with the second mold unit, configured to be disposed on an axis between the second mold unit and the turret when the first mold unit and the second mold unit are in an open state, and configured to perform at least one of post mold cooling, spruce picking, de-gating, insert loading, part orientation, or assembly in the third turret position while the first mold unit and the second mold unit are in the open state; and characterised by a second EOAT plate, wherein the second EOAT plate is associated with a fourth turret position, configured to be disposed on an axis facing the turret in the fourth turret position when the first mold unit and the second mold unit are in a closed state, and configured to remove injection molded articles from the core plates at the fourth turret position while the first mold unit and the second mold unit are in the closed state; wherein the first mold unit is configured to form the inner injection molded layer over the array of core pins presented to the first mold unit simultaneously with the second mold unit forming the outer injection molded layer over the inner injection molded layer of the array of core pins presented to the second mold unit on an opposing side of the turret as the one of the core plates during which the first mold and the second mold unit are in the closed state and configured to provide opposing clamping forces, and wherein the system is configured to heat or treat the inner injection molded layer of the core plates disposed between the opposing core plates at a second turret position. a turret including a plurality of core plates, each core plate of the plurality of core plates including a plurality of core pins; a first mold unit configured to form an inner injection molded layer for the core plates one after the other when arriving at a first turret position; a second mold unit configured to form an outer injection molded layer over each inner injection molded layer of each of the core plates one after the other at a third turret position; a first end-of-arm-tooling EOAT plate, wherein the first EOAT plate is associated with the second mold unit, configured to be disposed on an axis between the second mold unit and the turret when the first mold unit and the second mold unit are in an open state, and configured to perform at least one of post mold cooling, spruce picking, de-gating, insert loading, part orientation, or assembly in the third turret position while the first mold unit and the second mold unit are in the open state; and characterised by a second EOAT plate, wherein the second EOAT plate is associated with a fourth turret position, configured to be disposed on an axis facing the turret in the fourth turret position when the first mold unit and the second mold unit are in a closed state, and configured to remove injection molded articles from the core plates at the fourth turret position while the first mold unit and the second mold unit are in the closed state; wherein the first mold unit is configured to form the inner injection molded layer over the array of core pins presented to the first mold unit simultaneously with the second mold unit forming the outer injection molded layer over the inner injection molded layer of the array of core pins presented to the second mold unit on an opposing side of the turret as the one of the core plates during which the first mold and the second mold unit are in the closed state and configured to provide opposing clamping forces, and wherein the system is configured to heat or treat the inner injection molded layer of the core plates disposed between the opposing core plates at a second turret position.