While it’s the ideal choice for mass production, injection molding is simply no good for prototyping. The molds are expensive and time-consuming make, so unless you’ve got the funding to burn ...

Custom injection molder Basler Plastics LLC, part of Highland, Ill.-based Basler Electric Co., is closing its facility in San ...

Metal injection molding is particularly applicable in high-volume manufacturing operations and for small, complex components that need high strength, high performance, and cost efficiency. Metal ...

General Motors cites creative engineering and pigmented sheet molding compound (SMC) to produce cosmetic components that met ...

Support pillars are mold components that are mounted between the back-up plate and the rear clamping plate of a mold. They greatly increase the mold’s capacity to support the projected cavity area, ...

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 ...

Injection molding technologies are always evolving to meet the latest consumer demands and design requirements. As manufacturers push the boundaries on design and performance, existing technologies ...

injection molding machines from other manufacturers, or as a standalone solution for all other automation tasks. KraussMaffei claims that its Adaptive Process Control (APCplus) system is the only ...

Injection molding specialist RJG has launched three new workflow solutions for its data management system, The Hub: The Hub Connect, The Hub Lite, and a data migration feature for The eDART. The Hub ...

Family-owned Illinois company focuses on relationships—with employees, with suppliers, with the community, among its three ...