Injection Molding

Is Your Water System Setup Helping or Hurting Your Molding Plant Productivity?

The plant water system is a critical component of an injection molding facility. A poorly designed or maintained water-cooling system can have a serious impact on production efficiency and cause many maintenance issues. Here’s what you need to know — and ask — to prevent those problems.  

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Software Promises Synchronous Cross-System Data Analysis for Injection Molding

Kistler says its AkvisIO software offers synchronous, cross-system data analysis for digitally optimized injection molding from a single source.

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Arburg Senior Partner Eugen Hehl Passes

Eugen Hehl has passed away at the age of 94. Eugen and his brother Karl helped make the business started by their father in 1923 into a global power in injection molding.

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AI Integrated Into Injection Molding Process Control

RJG has augmented its CoPilot process control with artificial intelligence (AI) trained on in-house data gleaned from its network of training labs.

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best practices

Avoiding Common Cosmetic Defects in Molded Parts

Identify familiar flaws and then work to eliminate them with these mold and part design tips, and process considerations.

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Freeform Injection Molding Eases the Path to Medical Device Product Testing

A development and manufacturing service provider is using dissolvable molds to build injection molded silicone prototypes.

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Arburg Opens Subsidiary in Vietnam

The newly established branch in Ho Chi Minh City gives the German maker of injection molding machines 36 locations in 26 countries worldwide.

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Daimler, OMIC Evaluate Wire-Fed DED for Moldmaking

3D printing a core and cavity on machine from Gefertec, followed by machining, allowed for a complete mold tool to be produced in three days.

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Postprocessing

Ultrasonic Inserts and Heat Staking Kits for Thermoplastics

Made from brass with inch or metric threads, the E-Z Sonic inserts in E-Z Lok’s threaded insert assortment kits can be installed via ultrasonic horn or heat driver.

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LS Mtron Opens Division in Mexico

Newly formed LS IMM Mexico is based in Monterrey and headed up by Kevin Kim and Fulvio Menconi.

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