Injection molding is the obvious onward step from 3D printing when the making of a few plastic parts becomes their series manufacture. The problem with injection molding is though, that making a mold ...

Having finished the Tools of the Trade series on circuit board assembly, let’s look at some of the common methods for doing enclosures. First, and possibly the most common, is injection molding. This ...

If you have ever tried to make waffles then you are bound to be familiar with the following problem: You only get good waffles if the iron is heated to the correct temperature. The same principle ...

Time is money, as they say, and if you can reduce cycle times in your plastics processing operation, then you might just find yourself a few shekels richer. That’s the promise of some of the recent ...

After buying one of its automation suppliers, NuTec Tooling Systems Inc. in Meadville, Pa., Tessy Plastics Corp. has followed up by picking up a mold maker in nearby Erie, Pa., Custom Tool & Design ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Based out of Syracuse, New York, leading manufacturing hub, 3D Usher’s new instant quoting tool expedites manufacturing for plastic parts. The tool can be accessed on ...

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 ...

In a move that significantly strengthens its mold making capabilities, Allegheny Performance Plastics LLC has acquired Holbrook Tool and Molding Inc., a precision mold maker and custom injection ...

D-M-ECo., working with a technology developed at MIT and the ProMetal Div. ofExtrude Hone Corp., has literally broken the mold on how molds can be madefaster and with greater design freedom. D-M-E and ...

The injection molder is used to make multiple small plastic parts using a mold. In the Maker Lab, we have a MicroMolder Evo and an LNS Technologies Model 150A injection molder. Material Fees: We have ...