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 ...

Recently [Stefan] of CNC Kitchen took a gander at using his gaggle of 3D printers to try injection molding (IM). Although the IM process generally requires metal molds and specialized machinery, 3D ...

The molding machine has vital elements to promote the correct formation of parts from the plastic. These parts include hopper, barrel, screw, heaters, movable platen, nozzle, mold, and mold cavity. In ...

Martin Baumann, president and CEO of Arburg Inc. in the U.S., is looking forward to the trade fair: “Here we can show customers how our machines and systems can be used to efficiently manufacture ...

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 ...

Many facets affect a company’s ability to achieve high injection molding production numbers while maintaining low scrap and minimal unplanned down time. One of the largest factors is the machine ...

Starck’s new collaboration with Kartell is “timeless” injection-molded furniture. Bubble-Infused Plastic Could Help Make Ford’s Cars 750 Pounds Lighter The MIT-developed technology, called MuCell, ...

The speaker lineups for PTXPO’s educational offerings are in and giving plastics processors even more reasons to head to ...