Injection Molding
Largest Aluminum Injection Mold Ever
Unique Tool & Gauge, Windsor, Ont. (unique-tool.com), completed a production injection mold machined from the largest block of tooling-grade aluminum ever forged.
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Geothermal Cooling Works in Molding, Too
While geothermal water-cooling systems are becoming known as an energy-saving alternative for residential use, they are still quite novel in plastics processing.
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Automation, Old-Fashioned Values Help Sustain Molder’s Success
This 55-year-old, family-owned and operated custom injection molding company continues to thrive by practicing a value that’s gained widespread popularity lately: “sustainability.”
Read MoreInjection Molding: Answers to Bozzelli's Drying Quiz
Three questions about drying plastics that everyone should know how to answer.
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On-Site: This Currier Delivers
“We love to tell our story.” That’s one way Mike Cartner, CFO of Currier Plastics, defines what separates this family-owned custom processor from its competitors.
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INJECTION MOLDING: Automation and Integration At K Show
There were new presses of all stripes aplenty at K 2010, but the “wow” factor was supplied by automated work cells and integrated manu-facturing systems performing multiple operations before, during, and after molding.
Read MoreInjection Molding: You Must Dry Hygroscopic Resins
The reason you dry certain plastics is to get the moisture out. But why does the moisture have to be taken out before processing?
Read MoreDo High-Temperature Resins Require a Specialty Screw?
Learn how applying a “reverse” temperature profile, where the barrel temperatures are higher in the rear and lower at the discharge end, can help keep high-temp resins moving in the barrel.
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K 2010- Injection Molding New All-Electrics & Hybrids Balance Performance & Economy
The world’s largest plastics show, coming up next month in Dusseldorf, Germany, provides ample evidence of the growing sway of electric drive technology in injection molding.
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On-Site: An ‘Empire’ Built on Scientific Molding
A U.S. custom injection molder that’s hiring?
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