3D printing is great for prototyping, and not bad for limited runs of parts. Unfortunately though it really doesn’t scale well beyond a few pieces, so when you’re ready for the mass market you will ...

Think you’ve squeezed the maximum weight and cycle time out of your injection-molded design? Users of MuCell microcellular-foam technology beg to differ. They’ve cut part weight 8 to 12% without major ...

Metro Mold & Design (MMD) recently added three hydraulic hybrid Engel presses, as well as a new Victory Engel 340-ton press, bringing the total number of injection molding machines at its headquarters ...

Power wheelchair users have the potential to get hurt when their devices, which weigh hundreds of pounds, tip over or run into objects. For brothers Barry and Jered Dean, the danger was one that hit ...

When it comes to manufacturing, sheet metal and injection molding make the world go ’round. As a manufacturing method, injection molding has its own range of unique design issues and gotchas that are ...

Although everyone knows that plastic injection molding can produce mass volumes of parts with precision and low cost, not every manufacturer gets the process right, which could defeat its purpose and ...

When performing experiments on surface conductivity, a material supplier found DOE software provided answers quicker and more efficiently. Conductive compounds such as plastic resins with carbon ...

In this free guide, you'll learn best practices on how to optimize designs for the injection molding process, based on industry knowledge from Fictiv's team of injection molding experts. Fictiv is a ...

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.

Discover the future of injection molding at the IMD Expo in Novi, Mich., on Sept. 20-21, 2023. Explore the latest technologies, materials and equipment from across the North American supply chain and ...