Eight airbag initiators at a time were insert molded on a Battenfeld Vertical R Series press. Cycle times were sped by overlapping different phases of the machine’s cycle. Sumitomo’s new ...

Dr. Boy GmbH & Co. KG is modifying its largest vertical injection molding machine to increase the clamping force by 50 kilonewtons to 600 kN by the end of this year. The Boy 60 EVV, an insert molding ...

Japan’s Nissei Plastic Industrial Co., Ltd., recently developed a new hybrid type vertical injection molding machine, dubbed the TWX220RIII25V, which offers one of the industry’s lowest machine ...

LS Mtron Injection Molding Machines USA has added several new models to its line of LSG-V Vertical Injection Molding Machines, providing more options for advanced injection molding. Now available in ...

The injection molding process begins with the user pouring a liquid elastomer mixture into the injection chamber. Saltgator offers its own system-specific SoftGel material, although the company is ...

[Kurt Schaefer] was watching YouTube videos of people making molds for injection molding purposes using what he considered to be the toy 3018 CNC machines, and looking at the results, decided he ...

High-mix, low-volume (HMLV) manufacturing has seen significant growth in recent years as lower margins, increased demand for customization, and supply chain uncertainty have altered day-to-day ...

Small businesses, makers, developers and hobbyists searching for a fully automatic desktop injection moulder, may be interested to know that the MicroMolder has this month launched via Kickstarter and ...

Many people don’t realize that an injection molding machine is something they can build themselves, even without a machine shop or other extensive setup. The hosts of the Canadian YouTube channel ...

Designing plastic parts that can be molded has always been important for traditional injection molding processes, but it’s particularly beneficial for parts about to be rapid injection molded (RIM) to ...

An injection molding plant is a type of material-processing plant. Injection molding plants may serve as secondary processors that take raw plastic and form it to create parts for other end ...