Injection Molding
AUTOMATION—PART 3 Cobots: The New Option for Injection Molders
Take all the versatility of an articulated-arm robot, and add the ability to work safely in proximity to humans without guarding, and you have a new option for freeing workers from repetitive operations.
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Water Injection Beats Gas Assist in Lightweighting Car Door Panel
Renault’s conversion from metal-frame construction to plastics prototype switched from gas assist to water injection. Here’s why and how.
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How to Manage Pressure Loss in Injection Molding
Achieving a process window wide enough to ensure consistent part quality depends on achieving sufficient pressure at end of fill.
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Placing a Bet on Bioplastics
Steinwall has put years of R&D into learning to design and mold with biopolymers and natural-fiber reinforcements. Now that groundwork is beginning to pay off.
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KraussMaffei Launches Chinese-Made All-Electric Injection Machines, Twin-Screw Extruders and Robotics Line at Chinaplas 2019
The products, which are targeting the local market and export, will be supported by a new manufacturing site that broke ground in in Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province in March.
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Five Straight Years of Record Returns for Engel and a Doubling of Production Space for Wintec in China
The Austrian maker of injection molding machines set a new record for sales in its last fiscal year completed in March—Euro 1.6 billion—while announcing a doubling of manufacturing space for its Wintec line of Chinese-made machines at Chinaplas.
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LSR Molders Now Can Tailor Cure Speed, Temperature & Durometer
Elkem’s LSR Select is enabling faster cures at lower temperatures and custom durometer blends. Dosing equipment has caught up with capabilities of this novel material system.
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Robot & Cobot Makers Are Pairing Up
Sepro adds its Visual controls to UR collaborative robots.
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Seeking Better Balance in Medical Molding
Medical injection molding demands shot-to-shot consistency of part and process—a fundamentally challenging task in multicavity molding—is there better path to flow balance?
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Injection Molding: Two-Platen Vertical Press Has Lower Mold Table
Mold table at waist height instead of shoulder height is more ergonomically efficient.
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