best practices
Why Shoulder Bolts Are Too Important to Ignore (Part 1)
These humble but essential fasteners used in injection molds are known by various names and used for a number of purposes.
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Know Your Options in Injection Machine Nozzles
Improvements in nozzle design in recent years overcome some of the limitations of previous filter, mixing, and shut-off nozzles.
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Bozzelli’s Guide To Specifying a Dryer
Here's a list of 17 things to do when looking for new drying equipment.
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Run Lots of Colors? Time to Consider a Commercial Purging Compound
Processors who use commercial purging compounds will see a reduction in scrap levels, machine downtime and overall cost.
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How to Achieve Simulation Success, Part 1: Model Accuracy and Mesh Decisions
Molding simulation software is a powerful tool, but what you get out of it depends very much on your initial inputs. Follow these tips to create the most successful simulation possible.
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The Effects of Time on Polymers
Last month we briefly discussed the influence of temperature on the mechanical properties of polymers and reviewed some of the structural considerations that govern these effects.
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The Effects of Stress on Polymers
Previously we have discussed the effects of temperature and time on the long-term behavior of polymers. Now let's take a look at stress.
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How Backpressure Optimization Affects Melt Preparation
Backpressure is often the least understood of the settings in an injection molding process, even though it can play a significant role in the final quality of the part. Let’s start with understanding what backpressure is and then learn how to optimize it for a given mold.
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The Impact of Hydraulics on Tool Design -- Part 1 of 2
Get a better understanding of their use, proper sizing, and how the tool design and setup in the machine can impact failures in manufacturing.
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Use Cavity Pressure Measurement to Simplify GMP-Compliant Medical Molding
Cavity-pressure monitoring describes precisely what’s taking place inside the mold, providing a transparent view of the conditions under which a part is created and ensuring conformance with GMP and ISO 13485 in medical injection molding.
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