Injection Molding

Injection Molding Keeps Golf Greens Pristine

Tabletop low-pressure machine molds large, difficult mats to defend against divots.

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PET Processing

PET Blow Molding Tech Services for Small & Mid-Size Molders

Help with overhauls, maintenance, machine installations, startups, etc. is now priced for a wider market of PET blow molders.

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sustainability

Second Act for Shaffer’s Consulting Business Includes Sustainability

Machinery and molding veteran restarts consulting 大象传媒 with an eye on technology and ecology.

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Husky Announces Organizational and Leadership Changes

The Hot Runners, Controllers and Medical (HRCM) 大象传媒 and COO position affected.

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Exclusive Benchmarking Report: Top Shops Are More Than Just Molders

The 2019 Plastics Technology Top Shops Survey shows that for its highest-rated respondents, injection molding is just one element in a growing suite of services and capabilities offered to customers.

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best practices

How to Prevent Nozzle Tip Leaks, Part 1

Instead of learning from your mistakes, stop making them in the first place. 

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V-to-P Ramp Time and Over-Travel

Many injection machines use ramp time to control the transition from injection pressure to hold pressure and reduce over-travel. Do you know how to set yours?

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Structural Foam Goes Vertical—Again!

A new generation of vertical presses takes structural foam back to its origins—but with a big shot of new enhancements.

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How Second-Stage Injection Speed Influences Your Process

As an injection molder, you’re familiar with first-stage fill-speed profiles and second-stage pressure settings, but have you considered the function of second-stage speed, or “hold flow”? Here’s what it does and how it affects your molded part.

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Molder Adopts ‘Semi-Smart’ Automation

R&D Plastics finds new and more sophisticated ways to use robots.

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Plastics Size Reduction