Multicomponent
Injection Molding Technologies Advance At Structural Plastics Show
A simpler approach to in-mold film decorating was one new injection molding capability presented at the SPI Structural Plastics show and conference.
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Stack Molds Take on New Tasks
Conventional stack-mold designs are well known for their ability to outrace the productivity of conventional single-face molds.
Read MoreNPE 2000 News Wrap-Up: Injection Molding
These two show-goers found what they needed at NPE.
Read MoreNPE Newsfinder: Injection Molding
The abundance of injection molding news at this year’s show is staggering.
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How to Optimize Adhesion in Hard-Soft Overmolding
Over the past decade, soft-touch overmolding has radically changed the look, feel, and function of a broad range of consumer products.
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Molded-In Fabrics Give New Look and Feel To Electronic Enclosures
Inclosia Solutions, a unit of Dow Chemical Co., claims to have found a better way to integrate denim, suede, leather, fur, lace, velvet and other fabrics into the surfaces of enclosures for portable devices like cell phones, laptop computers, and pocket calculators.
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New Molding & Tooling Technologies In the Pipeline at Germany's IKV
Software that helps you select the right rapid-tooling method for your application, fresh approaches to multi-component injection molding, and new techniques for LSR foaming and micro-molding are some of the top projects being investigated at the Institute fur Kunststoffverarbeitung (Institute for Plastics Processing) or IKV in Aachen, Germany.
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NPE News Wrap-Up: Injection Molding
Stress-free production of large car windows, in-mold painting, and an injection unit that applies pack and hold while accumulating the next shot were a few of the cutting-edge technologies on display.
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Electric Machines and New Processes Catch Fire
The October show in Dusseldorf saw an onslaught of new all-electric and hybrid-electric presses, with modular designs, new clamping styles, and new sizes available from an ever-growing range of suppliers.
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Coinjection's New Look: Two Screws, One Barrel By Mikell Knights
Coinjection molding has always been viewed as a cost-saving technique that can put a lower cost material such as off-spec, recycled, unpigmented, or foamed resin into the core of a two-material sandwich. Coinjection also aids a molder looking to make value-added products such as soft-touch parts or ones with a cosmetic surface over a glass-reinforced core.
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