Most people find jobs within companies thatahave an established corporate mission and business culture.

Vision Technical Molding in Manchester, Conn., doesn’t believe in standing still.

 How small is small? How small is micro? How about parts weighing as little as 0.00012 g and measuring no more than 0.038 in. (1 mm) long?

It’s an unusual business model: “We take existing products or manufacturing processes and try to make them better.

The accepted ground rule for balancing melt flow in multi-cavity injection molds is to achieve equal flow distance from the injection point to each cavity.

In multi-cavity molding, attaining uniform and balanced flow of material to each cavity is a frequent challenge.

World-class lean-manufacturing principles and total quality programs will not necessarily prevent an injection molder from making occasional bad or suspect parts.

A new strain-gauge signal conditioner that provides users with a simple machine interface comes from RJG Inc., Traverse City, Mich.

Enhanced performance and ease of use are claimed to result from new or upgraded features on the latest version of the eDART process controller from RJG Inc., Traverse City, Mich.

Controlling valve gating with cavity-pressure monitoring to cure flow imbalances in multi-cavity tools was one of the processing highlights at the Molding 2007 International Conference and Exhibition, sponsored recently in Austin, Texas, by Executive Conference Management.

A new option from RJG Inc., Traverse City, Mich., alerts personnel by e-mail if a machine goes down or starts producing reject or suspect parts.

An economical process-monitoring system tailored specifically for automated reject containment is one of several new products from RJG, Inc., Traverse City, Mich.

Globalization.

A new software and hardware package that integrates process control and production monitoring on one platform is available from RJG Inc., Traverse City, Mich.

The question John Winzeler keeps asking is, “How do you take the next step?” In the last two decades, he has transformed the Chicago metal-stamping company he inherited from his father into a high-tech specialty molding business focused only on plastic gears.

RJG, Inc., Traverse City, Mich., a maker of plastic molding control and monitoring systems, has purchased A.

Energy-saving all-electric machines will continue to be a big draw at NPE, where new designs or upgraded models will be found in virtually every press maker’s booth.

It’s the power to run your plant and machines better and more profitably. Today’s process and production monitoring systems put that information in the palm of your hand.

Visitors to NPE can get a taste of how the Internet will serve as a gateway connecting processors to their process or linking customers to their orders.

How does a small injection molding company position itself to compete with much larger, technically sophisticated rivals?