Injection molding is usually focused on high-volume production, but that doesn’t always need to be the case. The Recycled Plastic Skateboard Deck project centers on the use of injection molding for a ...

Micro-injection molding focuses on producing small, high-precision parts and components with micron tolerances. Designers who are bound strictly by a set of rules will stymie their own capability and ...

Fernthal, Germany — Dr. Boy GmbH has steadfastly remained focused on small-tonnage injection molding machines with a clamping force maxing out at 100 metric tons — but these are anything but simple, ...

KraussMaffei Technologies GmbH is introducing a new manufacturing execution system called MaXecution at Fakuma 2017. The new software offering is "tailored to the requirements of small injection ...

A new all-electric injection molding machine and accompanying AI-driven work cell from Engel reduces footprint on the production floor as well as energy consumption, while also doubling output. The ...

MANTUA, Ohio—Mantaline Corp. has expanded its use of thermoplastic elastomers and injection molding in gaskets and seals. In July, the company opened a production plant in Hiram, Ohio, about 15 ...

Hydraulic vs. all-electric injection molding machines compared for energy efficiency, applications, and business ...

Chris Budnick is head of Vanguard Plastics, a small injection-molding operation in Southington, Connecticut, that makes plastic fixtures, gaskets, and other “stuff no one cares about unless it breaks.

Functionalized PEI profiles made using CCM. Anybrid worked with REHAU Innovation Group to demonstrate use of its ROBIN robotized injection molding system to overmold Böllhoff Hitsert metal inserts ...

Some medical microparts measure less than a cubic millimeter, but micromolders and their customers want to go even smaller. William Leventon Microparts include sensors, catheter tips, tubes, and ...

Most of the plastic products we use are made through injection molding, a process in which molten plastic is injected into a ...

One of the most memorable lines in the 1967 classic film “The Graduate” comes when a family friend tells a young Dustin Hoffman’s character: “There’s a great future in plastics. Think about it.” Two ...