Exploring the: Injection Molding Zone
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- What Percentage of Barrel Capacity Should Your Shot Size Be?
- The answer combines both experience and science, and it may be one of those molding details that gets overlooked but could be stealing a chunk of your profits.
Columns Published: 11/28/2011
- Plasticating Rates: Your Profits Are at Stake
- To get the best cycle time you need the right machine, and few molders take the time to specify this critical component of the process.
Columns Published: 10/25/2011
- Calculate Shot Size Vs. Barrel Capacity
- It may seem like a dull topic, but it will overcome the emotional experience that follows when you put a new mold into a machine and you find out there is not enough barrel capacity to make a full shot.
Columns Published: 9/30/2011
- Tool Room Management: How To Lead Your Team
- Real progress in a mold shop won’t be made without a qualified and motivated “driver at the wheel” who diligently searches for, and implements, continuous-improvement solutions.
Columns Published: 8/23/2011
- Short Shots Redux
- Deliberately making a short shot permits you to do a scientific molding viscosity curve. It will also prevent you from damaging the mold by overpacking if you set shot size incorrectly.
Columns Published: 8/23/2011
- Wood on Plastics: Dramatic Shifts and Opportunities in Electronics
- Reshoring is a possibility as manufacturing of components will increasingly be conducted closer to market.
Columns Published: 6/27/2011
- Screws and Pellets: One Size Does Not Fit All
- Screw design, pellet type/size and material behavior are all critical issues to consider to deliver uniform melt to the mold.
Columns Published: 5/31/2011
- Feed-Throat Temperature Control
- It's the 'zone zero’ for injection molding.
Columns Published: 4/25/2011
- Why Non-Return Valves Leak
- We all recognize that the non-return valve is a problem. The question is where is the research to figure out how to correct this so we have a better shot at making more consistent parts
Columns Published: 3/26/2011
- Create a Maintenance Work (Bench) Cell
- Get better results by improving the organization of your mold-maintenance operation.
Columns Published: 3/1/2011
