Injection Molding
Prove Your Molding Mettle
Multiple injection molders have put their parts forward to win the first-ever Hot Shots Injection Molded part competition—enter your most unmoldable part to prove your plastics prowess.
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Controller-Guided Procedure for Faster Hot-Runner Color Changes
Husky partnered with Chem-Trend to speed hot-runner color changes, pairing a new guided procedure within the Altanium Mold Controller with Chem-Trend’s Ultra Purge brand of purging compound.
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X2F Taps Mold-Masters Veteran as New Technology Director
Amidst a commercialization push, the Loveland, Colo. based creator of a new injection molding technology announced Ken Jacob as its new technology director.
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VEM Group Opens Plant in Bulgaria
The California headquartered injection molder and moldmaker moved into a new facility in Plovdiv in January 2021.
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Apply the Power of a Troubleshooting Checklist to Your Process
Pocket guides provide processors an injection molding “crib sheet,” but in a process with thousands of interactions, applying if-this/then-that logic can’t always get you to a problem’s root cause.
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Going for the Green vs. Getting in the Hole
Too often when designing a tool or establishing a process, molders go for the hole in one when they only need to aim for the green.
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‘Universal’ Structural Foam Nozzles And Manifold Components
Wilmington now provides these components for all makes of structural-foam machines.
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Dual-Zone Hot Sprue Bushing
Melt Design’s Equatemp line of hot sprue bushings now has a dual-zone model.
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Arburg Cancels 2021 Technology Days Event
Originally moved from its traditional Spring timing to June, Arburg has cited the ongoing pandemic in canceling its 2021 Technology Days event at its Lossburg, Germany headquarters.
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Booster Unit Amplifies Microcellular Foaming
Trexel’s NC-Series Nitrogen Booster can reliably supply nitrogen supercritical fluid (SCF) to multiple satellite dosing units, creating a low-cost option to equip multiple molding machines with MuCell microcellular foaming.
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