hard to fill large - surface - area parts and / or thinwalled configurations of optical lenses and reflective optical elements are among the difficult - to - mold thermoplastic products which require precision replication of the molding surfaces , in micro detail . we combine multiple opposing gates with non - isothermal steps of firstly , heating these mold surfaces , then secondly , injecting the melt through these opposing gates , then thirdly , rapidly cooling to solidification . to run fastest injection molding cycle time , the fast heating phase comes from combining high - thermal - conductivity copper alloy mold cavity materials with very large thermal driving force from high - heat - transfer - rate fluids . fluid control units and electronic process sequence control units are interconnected to govern the flow of these fluids into and out of the injection mold and the supply systems in accordance with the predetermined logic of the process flowsheet . to reduce geometric constrictiveness during filling of the mold cavity , an injection compression process sequence with pre - enlarged variable - volume mold cavity can be created before injection starts , then compressed toward original dimensions during injection .