Injection Molding
Injection Molders: Is 3D Printing Your Friend, or Foe?
In the last few months, I’ve seen clear signs that some 3D printing shops and makers of additive manufacturing equipment intend to compete with injection molding.
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Apprenticeship Program Pays Off for Mack Molding
Eleven students have returned to the company full-time in the last two years, including five this spring.
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Dry-Ice Cleaning Pays Off Big For High-Tech Molder
Mold running time has been increased by 200-500% at Performance Plastics.
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Injection Molding: How Repeatable is Repeatability?
Process repeatability is not a constant, but varies over time in response to a number of variables. That variation is not captured by a snapshot in time—measuring a discrete sample of parts. And the only way to manage that variation is with process controls that adjust each and every cycle.
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Injection Molding: Put Out the Production Fire Once and for All
A deliberate approach to failure assessment, root-cause analysis, solution development, and continued monitoring is the only way to get off the treadmill of chasing the latest production problem.
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More Multi-Shot Molding Capacity at GW Plastics
New 2K machines will be at the heart of automated assembly cells.
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LSR & TPE Summit Highlights Trends And New Materials
Among them: an LSR for 3D printing and low-VOC TPEs for auto interiors.
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Is Micro Molding Hot?
It seems to be, at least if it’s done right, earning MTD Micro Molding attention from Inc. magazine.
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KraussMaffei and Roctool Sign Global Collaboration Agreement
KraussMaffei joins with Roctool to promote hot/cold molding technology with rapid induction heating to achieve smooth surfaces, superior mold replication.
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Get a Handle on Part Release: How Easy? How Hard?
New test mold assesses ease of part release in injection molding.
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