PT ZONE: Micro Molding
Tooling Advances Highlighted At Molding 2013 ConferenceMolds and tooling were a big topic at the Molding 2013 Conference in New Orleans this January. More (+)
New Injection Screw Breaks the Rules, But Fixes Many Molding Defects“Revolutionary” screw design turns conventional plastication theory upside down. More (+)
MOST RECENT CONTENT: Micro Molding
Injection Molding at NPE: New Machines Showed Their Stuff In Sophisticated Molding Demos
5/30/2012Plastics Technology
More speed, more power, more precision, and more automated functions accomplished in and out of the mold. That’s exactly what injection machinery suppliers were offering at NPE2012.
Injection Molding at NPE: Speed, Automation & Integration Take Center Stage2/23/2012Plastics Technology
Hot buttons at the show will be multi-component molding, in-mold labeling/decorating (IML/IMD), in-mold assembly, medical molding, liquid silicone rubber (LSR), micro-molding, and high-speed packaging.
Secrets of Success in Micro Molding2/21/2012Plastics Technology
Medical-device, electronics, and biopharmaceutical manufacturers need new micro-molded products to create tinier, less invasive, and/or space-saving micro devices.
Molding 2012 Conference Hits the Hot Topics10/25/2011Plastics Technology
Medical molding, liquid silicone rubber (LSR) molding, micromolding (even of LSR), energy management, biopolymers, and sustainable, “green” molding—these and more topics of highest interest to injection molders today will be presented at the Molding 2012 International Conference and Exhibit in Miami, Fla., Jan. 22-25.
Vision Inspection Integrated with Press Control8/23/2011Plastics Technology
Machine-operator access to 100% quality inspection of micro-part dimensions is available with the new PowerVision option from Wittmann Battenfeld, Torrington, Conn.
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OVERVIEW:
Micro Molding
Micro molding refers to injection molding of parts weighing a fraction of a gram, and it is becoming a sizeable opportunity for molders who serve the electronics, medical, telecommunications, and automotive market sectors. Some of the new poppy-seed-sized parts being molded today include gears and gear housings, hearing aids, molded interconnect devices (MIDs), bobbins, switches, sensors, lenses, catheters, gaskets, rollers, and fiber-optic components. These minute parts have even tinier critical features, such as pinholes, pins, channels, and snap-fit latches.
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Product Announcements
- Modular Micro-Injection Unit
- 6/1/2010
- More Micromolding Presses
- 10/1/2008
- 'Hybrid' Press Line Expands
- Nissei America, Inc. 4/1/2008
- Micro-Molding Press For LSR Debuts
- Kuka Robotics Corporation 2/1/2008
