PT ZONE: Micro Molding

Open House Highlights New Machines & Processes For Macro to Micro Parts
In late April, Wittmann Battenfeld GmbH hosted around 1100 visitors at its headquarters plant in Kottingbrunn, Austria, for a comprehensive demonstration of its latest injection molding technologies. More (+)
Tooling Advances Highlighted At Molding 2013 Conference
Molds and tooling were a big topic at the Molding 2013 Conference in New Orleans this January. More (+)


MOST RECENT CONTENT: Micro Molding

New Injection Screw Breaks the Rules, But Fixes Many Molding Defects
7/31/2012Plastics Technology

“Revolutionary” screw design turns conventional plastication theory upside down.

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 Stage
2/23/2012Plastics 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 Molding
2/21/2012Plastics 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 Topics
10/25/2011Plastics 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.

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OVERVIEW:
Micro Molding

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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

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