LIM & LSR Molding
Custom Molder Manages Growth on Several Fronts
Adding people, plants and machines, expanding capabilities in LSR, high-tonnage presses, automation and 3D printing—EVCO Plastics maintains momentum through challenging times.
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How a Molder Embraces Change While Sticking to Its Roots
For MDS Manufacturing, its first decade in ´óÏó´«Ã½ has been one of nearly constant change. But the two brothers who started it have never strayed from the company’s roots and the lessons about the molding ´óÏó´«Ã½ they learned from their father.
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Fakuma: LSR Cells Apply New OPC-UA Compliant EUROMAP Standard for Dosing
Just months after its publication, a EUROMAP standard for interfacing an LSR dosing system with an injection molding was utilized at Fakuma by Arburg and Wittmann Battenfeld.
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Fakuma: New LSR Dosing System and All-Electric Cold Runner
Elmet is introducing the new SMARTmix TOP 7000 Pro dosing system and all-electric SMARTshot E cold runner system at the show in Friedrichshafen.
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Minnesota Rubber and Plastics to Build Innovation Center
The medical focused injection molder says the new 9000-ft2 innovation center will give its customers a design-prototype-build-test outlet for the creation of new devices and components.
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Fakuma: Boy Brings Eight Machines to Friedrichshafen
Neustadt-Fernthal, Germany based Boy will have four machines at its Fakuma stand this October, with an additional four presses running at partner booths.
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Fakuma: Wittmann Battenfeld to Launch Machine Line at Friedrichshafen Fair
In addition to introducing its new SmartPlus line of servo-hydraulic injection molding machines, Wittmann Battenfeld will feature multiple machines at its booth and stream video of other cells from its labs.
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Micro-Injection Molding LSR: Exploring the Limits of What’s Possible
Molding delicate LSR parts weighing 0.5 mg in 32 cavities requires high precision and repeatability in molding and careful post-mold handling. Here’s a look at the challenges of micro-molding with LSR and what makes it different from thermoplastic micro-molding.
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Trelleborg Expands Silicone Molding in Minnesota
Sweden-headquartered Trelleborg has expanded its Delano, Minn. facility, adding clean room silicone molding space.
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Injection Molding: New Micro-Injection Unit for LSR
Engel and collaborator ACH Solution say the new unit enables shot weights well below 0.1 g.
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