Lightweight parts, energy-saving processing or combining several process steps into one. It can all be summarized under one buzzword: sustainability. A technology that is highly promising is ...

One of the greatest disadvantages of plastic materials is their flexibility and relatively low stiffness. One of the greatest advantages of plastic materials is their flexibility and low stiffness.

Injection molding is one of the technologies that makes the world go round. But what does it actually look like to go through the whole process to get a part made? [Achim Haug] wrote up a blog post ...

Engineered Plastic Components Inc., a Grinnell, Iowa-based injection molder, has purchased its second all-electric 3,300-ton injection molding machine. The machine, which was purchased for an ...

The global market for plastic injection molded parts is currently valued at $325 billion, and this number is expected to grow by 5.7% through at least 2025. Spurred by the rapidly developing economies ...

This core was 3D printed from steel at Star Rapid using a Renishaw AM 250 printer. Product developers and engineers who design and manufacture plastic parts now have a powerful new weapon in their ...

Beverage bottle blowmold cavities (above) and bottle preform mold components (below) can benefit from diamond-like carbon materials applied in the chamber shown in the top photo. Pins are among the ...

3D CAD model of a multi-cavity injection mold, highlighting the core, cavity and auxiliary systems used for composite overmolding development. Source (All Images) | Kemal Precision Manufacturing ...

According to MarketsandMarkets, "Off-highway Plastics Market by Material Type (Polypropylene, Polyvinyl Chloride, Polyethylene, Polyamide, Acrylonitrile ...

Driven by such concerns, several studies have investigated the emission of CNTs and nanoparticles (NPs) during the synthesis and machining processes of CNT-polymer composites (sanding, drilling, ...

European researchers claim to have successfully demonstrated the embedment of organic PV (OPV) modules into structural plastic parts via large-scale industrial injection molding (IM). IM is a ...