Having finished the Tools of the Trade series on circuit board assembly, let’s look at some of the common methods for doing enclosures. First, and possibly the most common, is injection molding. This ...

Customs and Practices of the Moldmaking Industry has been the official guide for the classification of injection molds for thermoplastic materials since the early 1980s, when the Moldmakers Division ...

Product developers and engineers who design and manufacture plastic parts now have a powerful new weapon in their arsenal: 3D printing. This disruptive technology has great promise for rapid ...

Auto supplier NYX LLC has acquired the operations of New Albany, Ind.-based injection molder and toolmaker Beach Mold & Tool Inc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Beach Mold & Tool is ranked No.

Mantle is launching a new series of $350,000 machines that can 3D-print the mold inserts that are used to produce injection-mold plastics. It’s hard to overstate how important this will be — I caught ...

If you have ever tried to make waffles then you are bound to be familiar with the following problem: You only get good waffles if the iron is heated to the correct temperature. The same principle ...

The global market for plastic injection molded parts is currently valued at $325 billion, and this number is expected to grow by 5.7% through at least 2025. Spurred by the rapidly developing economies ...

All plastic molders understand that the surface texture of the mold cavity and core will transfer a texture to the corresponding molded part. But even experienced molders can be unclear about the ...

Holding company Westfall Technik Inc. completed its acquisition of NPI/Medical of Ansonia, Conn., on May 4. Terms were not disclosed. Fast-growing Westfall Technik purchased the injection molder and ...

An injection molded, threaded cap made from a 3D-printed metal mold insert, right, created on a Mantle P-200 machine. Within reach of you right now are probably five to 10 plastic products, or parts ...

New photoplastic is Nexa3D’s fastest single cure polymer for heavy duty parts and injection molding tools High flexural strength comparable only to dual cure cyanate ester resins Isotropic properties ...