Injection Molding
Understanding—and Using—Decompression to Your Advantage
Decompression—aka suckback—is a very important setting on an injection molding machine. On today’s machines, molders typically get the option to set decompression before and after screw rotation/recovery. Are they using this feature to their advantage?
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PART 2: The Importance of Mold Temperature When Processing Polycarbonate
Don’t be afraid to increase mold temperature to improve part quality when making PC parts. Take a look at a few examples here.
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K 2019 Preview: Injection Molding Goes for the ‘Green’
‘Circular Economy’ joins Industry 4.0 as common themes of injection molding exhibits in Düsseldorf.
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‘Circular Economy’ Will Be Unifying Theme at K 2019 Show
Even injection machine suppliers like Engel will talk about ways their technology can support recycling.
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Automated 3D Printing at Evco: Composites, Cobots, Email and More
Injection molder Evco has long seen the importance of industrial automation for plastics processing. Its latest automation feat? A cobot-tended cell of 3D printers for manufacturing fixtures and customer products unattended.
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Hillenbrand Inc. to Acquire Milacron Holdings
Milacron joins Coperion, Rotex, and other industrial holdings under the Hillenbrand umbrella.
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A Clearer View of Kortec's Co-injection Technology
Two decades after it was created and five years since it joined up with Milacron and its Mold-Masters brand, Kortec’s co-injection technology can yet provoke misunderstanding among processors.
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Robert Bosch Venture Capital Invests in Xometry's Manufacturing Marketplace
Xometry's manufacturing services include CNC machining, 3D printing, sheet metal fabrication and injection molding.
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Injection Molding: Three New Machine Lines and a Debut in Robots
Yizumi-HPM debuts new all-electric, servohydraulic and two-platen lines, as well as a series of Cartesian robots.
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