Injection Molding
Convergence of Design and Manufacturing
Clear lines between makers and designers have increasingly been blurred, with manufacturers often taking on tasks formerly in the realm of a design house, and designers asked to think about manufacturability in their napkin sketches.
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Colorants: New System Allows Custom Liquid-Color Matching by Molders
PolyOne and 3M collaborate on quick recipe generation and mixing/dosing of liquid colors for in-house color matching by short-run injection molders.
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Absolute Haitian Opens Its First U.S. Machine Assembly Plant
South Carolina operations center to assemble and test larger presses and stock machines for faster delivery.
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Haidlmair Spins Off New Hot-Runner Company to Sell Novel FDU Nozzle
Unique nozzle design for faster cycles at lower temperatures and pressures is now available to all moldmakers.
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MGS Creates Healthcare Center of Excellence in Wisconsin
The supplier of tooling, molding and assembly equipment is investing $20 million in its Germantown site, adding a Class 8 cleanroom and 20 presses, while consolidating its Illinois molding operations.
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Rethinking Machine Nozzle Tips: Hybrid Design Boosts Flexibility, Efficiency
New cold-sprue and hot-runner nozzle tips promise utility across a wide range of materials, eliminating the need to swap out different tips for different jobs while also promising to solve scrap and process issues.
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AUTOMATION—PART 3 Cobots: The New Option for Injection Molders
Take all the versatility of an articulated-arm robot, and add the ability to work safely in proximity to humans without guarding, and you have a new option for freeing workers from repetitive operations.
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Water Injection Beats Gas Assist in Lightweighting Car Door Panel
Renault’s conversion from metal-frame construction to plastics prototype switched from gas assist to water injection. Here’s why and how.
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How to Manage Pressure Loss in Injection Molding
Achieving a process window wide enough to ensure consistent part quality depends on achieving sufficient pressure at end of fill.
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Placing a Bet on Bioplastics
Steinwall has put years of R&D into learning to design and mold with biopolymers and natural-fiber reinforcements. Now that groundwork is beginning to pay off.
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