Patent ID: 7452494

Claim:
A method of loading a moldset into an injection molding machine, said moldset including a core plate and a cavity plate, comprising the steps of: latching a cavity plate to a core plate using a removable latch; guiding said core plate along a guide plate, said guide plate including (a) a tapered surface for receiving and guiding the core plate onto a receiving slot and (b) a slightly raised surface for preventing the core plate from scuffing the face; the guide plate being configured to guide the core plate (i) into an open mold, (ii) along a face in said mold, (iii) while maintaining separation between said face and said core plate and maintaining said cavity plate spaced from hot runner nozzles in a hot runner in said mold; closing said mold to engage said cavity plate with said hot runner nozzles; securing said cavity plate to said hot runner; removing said latch between said cavity plate and said core plate; and opening said mold.