Micromolding

All Electric & Hybrid Machines 1 Aug 2005

China Is Ready for Value-Added Molding

A number of U.S. injection molders are establishing Chinese joint ventures and satellite molding plants to take advantage of the huge market opportunities there and to defend against the perceived threat of low-cost competition.

Automation 30 Dec 2004

K 2004 Wrap-Up on Injection Molding: Spotlight on Electric And Multi-Component Machines

Molders were treated to a trove of injection machinery introductions geared toward applications from micro-molding to packaging to large parts.

Automation 1 Sep 2004

K 2004 News Preview: Injection Molding

The diversity of electric machines will be on display at this year’s show, with several new all-electric versions in direct-drive and belt-driven versions.

Micromolding 31 Mar 2004

Micro Molds Make Micro Parts

Molded parts barely visible to the naked eye require non-traditional methods for making high-precision micro-injection molds. Micro-tooling R&D is being led by technology institutes, research firms, and a few highly specialized mold makers.

Multicomponent 22 Mar 2004

NPE Newsfinder: Injection Molding

The abundance of injection molding news at this year’s show is staggering.

Automation 22 Mar 2004

Injection Molding Close-Up

The latest development in the D-I-M technology is a vertical press with vertical injector, measuring around 5 x 2.7 x 8.8 ft high (with mold open). It allows plenty of room for automation, so it can be integrated into assembly lines, Ettlinger says.

Molds & Tooling 1 Aug 2003

New Molding & Tooling Technologies In the Pipeline at Germany's IKV

Software that helps you select the right rapid-tooling method for your application, fresh approaches to multi-component injection molding, and new techniques for LSR foaming and micro-molding are some of the top projects being investigated at the Institute fur Kunststoffverarbeitung (Institute for Plastics Processing) or IKV in Aachen, Germany.