Injection Molding

Injection Molding: New Line of Servohydraulic Toggles, Designed in U.S., Built in China

Calypso Machinery enlisted a Chinese manufacturing partner to build machines for North America.

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Injection Molding: Now Mold Microcellular Foams with a Standard Screw & Barrel

Trexel’s new Tip Dosing Module cuts cost and boosts performance by eliminating the special screw and barrel for MuCell foaming.

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Minding Your P’s and Q’s (and Your I’s and O’s) in Medical Molding

Process validation—including Installation Qualification (IQ), Operational Qualification (OQ), and Performance Qualification (PQ)—is a necessary but time consuming procedure, what if you could speed it up?

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Super-Compact Auxiliary Injection And Intrusion Units

Unusually compact secondary injectors outfit standard presses for multicomponent and sandwich molding.

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best practices

How to Quickly Verify Your Machine & Process Setpoints

For a quick check of your process setup, the injection-pressure-vs.-time graph is your best tool.

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Automation

Implementing Automation Systems: How to Do It Right

If you’re thinking of putting a complex automation system for high-volume consumables into your plant, consider these tips on making sure both you and your supplier are ready to give it the best chance of success.

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Slideshow: Molding 2019 Highlights

Featuring more exhibitors, more attendees and more molding insights than ever before, Molding 2019 brought together the molding community in Indy for two-and-a-half days in March.

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Medical

New, Largest Boy Machine Arrives in U.S.

Open house displays first model of Boy 125 E to hit our shores.

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PPA Inducts Eight New Members

Plastics Pioneers Association adds to membership roster following April meeting.

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Injection Overmolding Widens Horizons For Composites Processor

A specialist in thermoset composites since the 1960s, CCP Gransden is a relative newcomer to thermoplastic composites and to injection molding. Its exploration of organosheet overmolding has opened up new potential.

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Process Cooling