Molds & Tooling

Molder Takes 3D Printing In-House to Speed Product Development

“Bringing this function in-house is very much in keeping with the way our company conducts its 大象传媒.

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Packaging

Overcoming IML’s Challenges To Reap Its Rewards

In-mold labeling has advanced dramatically over the past 20 years, but mostly in Europe. Here is what you need to know to bring IML to your operation.

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Do You Still Get Stubborn Surface Defects, Even With Sequential Valve Gating?

Sequential valve gating either eliminates or greatly reduces the flow-front collisions, and resulting knit lines, between a set of nozzles. However, there are still applications using sequential molding where a 鈥済host mark鈥 or marks occurs on the part between a set or pair of nozzles and/or near the gate itself.

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Mold Maintenance

Maintenance Terms of Endearment

Look closely at your company鈥檚 mold maintenance language and formalize your approach to create a clear and concise picture鈥攐ne that can be measured.

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U.S. Medical Development Center For Ritemp Cooling Technology

Novel conformal cooling technology from Ritemp Pty.

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Packaging

TOOLING AT NPE: Hot Runners & Coinjection Grab Spotlight

Tooling innovations at NPE focused primarily on multi-cavity closure and medical applications, though there was also a substantial emphasis on large automotive and appliance parts.

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Brand-New Test Method Relates Material, Mold & Machine

It's the first material characterization method developed specifically for evaluating the injection moldability of a plastic melt.

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Tier 1 Automotive Molder Uses Team Approach to Mold Simulation

SRG Global calls in outside assistance to solve a tricky technical problem.

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New Way to Characterize Moldability Of Resins & Part/Tool Designs

Experienced injection molders have long known that a resin’s melt flow index (MFI), measured under very low-shear conditions, provides very little information about how it will process under many orders of magnitude higher shear in an actual mold.

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Hot Runners

Mold-Masters Gains Exclusive Use Of Ritemp Technology for Hot Runners

Hot-runner supplier Mold-Masters Ltd., Georgetown, Ont., has obtained rights to exclusive global use of Ritemp evaporative cooling technology for hot-runner molds.

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Blending & Dosing