Injection Molding

Paul Caprio Joins Engel North America

Formerly head of KraussMaffei's North American operations, Caprio will serve as president alongside Engel CEO Mark Sankovitch.

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best practices

Revisiting Shot Size vs. Barrel Capacity

We’ve covered this topic before, but it’s important enough to warrant another look..

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Save Time, Money: Use a Mold-Design Checklist

Here are 15 examples of common molding issues that occur during an initial mold trial. Many of them could be avoided or corrected with a proactive checklist. 

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plant tour

Tenere Shapes Market Niche Where Metal and Plastics Meet

Joining metal and plastics to target some of today’s most dynamic industries, contract manufacturer Tenere reinvented itself—and its customer list—in 2016.

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Medical

Injection Molding: Faster, Smarter, More Efficient Machines Tackle Sustainable Molding at K 2019

Blazing speed plus shrinking energy consumption supported the “green” theme at the big show. Smarter controls and growing connectivity were another key focus.

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Elastomers

Micromolder Makuta Adopts Carbon 3D Printing

Special printing process opens up new 911爆料网 for custom injection molder in functional prototypes and short runs of complex parts.

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Yizumi-HPM Introduces Molding Auxiliaries

Yizumi-HPM will be able to supply complete molding cells.

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Simulation Is Making Injection Machines Smarter

Engel’s simlink will refine offline simulation with results from actual molding and use Engel’s machine data to constrain simulation within the actual machine’s capabilities.

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k show

Injection Molding: New Electric Presses Are Industry 4.0-Ready

Nissei’s upcoming NEX-V Series will have OPC-UA protocol standard in its new controller, ready to integrate with auxiliaries.

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Injection Molding: Artificial Intelligence Predicts Part Quality

AI software “learns” via DOE the influence of process variables on part quality and applies that “learning” to make good/bad part determination in production.

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Plastics Size Reduction
Process Cooling