Injection molding is the obvious onward step from 3D printing when the making of a few plastic parts becomes their series manufacture. The problem with injection molding is though, that making a mold ...

Injection molder Midwest Molding Inc. has acquired Thomas Tool & Mold Co. to add mold making and tooling capabilities to its operations. "We've worked with Thomas Tool for a very long time," Daniel ...

Having finished the Tools of the Trade series on circuit board assembly, let’s look at some of the common methods for doing enclosures. First, and possibly the most common, is injection molding. This ...

An injection molded, threaded cap made from a 3D-printed metal mold insert, right, created on a Mantle P-200 machine. Within reach of you right now are probably five to 10 plastic products, or parts ...

Mantle is launching a new series of $350,000 machines that can 3D-print the mold inserts that are used to produce injection-mold plastics. It’s hard to overstate how important this will be — I caught ...

Digital manufacturing innovator Fictiv has further enhanced its injection molding services by launching automated design for manufacturability (DFM) capabilities that give customers free, instant ...

– Utilizing Stratasys' PolyJet technology, Unilever 3D prints injection mold tools to create prototype parts in final material, for full functional and consumer testing – Company also sees reduction ...

New photoplastic is Nexa3D’s fastest single cure polymer for heavy duty parts and injection molding tools High flexural strength comparable only to dual cure cyanate ester resins Isotropic properties ...

Fictiv, a global manufacturing and supply chain company, has unveiled significant advances in its injection molding capabilities, solidifying its position as a reliable and user-friendly partner for ...

Most of the plastic products we use are made through injection molding, a process in which molten plastic is injected into a ...

In a move that significantly strengthens its mold making capabilities, Allegheny Performance Plastics LLC has acquired Holbrook Tool and Molding Inc., a precision mold maker and custom injection ...

Some medical microparts measure less than a cubic millimeter, but micromolders and their customers want to go even smaller. William Leventon Microparts include sensors, catheter tips, tubes, and ...