Injection molded plastics have revolutionized design, innovation, and manufacturing in the 20th century. Before 1950, most products were manufactured in stamped steel, die-cast aluminum, zinc, and ...

How should manufacturers decide between plastic vs metal parts when developing a new product? According to a HelloNation ...

Diamond Billiards partnered with Mamar to replace wood table legs with injection-molded parts, cutting production time ...

One of the greatest disadvantages of plastic materials is their flexibility and relatively low stiffness. One of the greatest advantages of plastic materials is their flexibility and low stiffness.

ETCO Incorporated has introduced custom overmolded lead frames that combine metal stampings and engineering plastics into a ...

New Oxford, Pa.-based Covington Plastic Molding is investing $1.5 million to purchase a 65,000-square-foot facility, a new forklift and warehouse equipment. The facility, located one block from ...

Engineers at AGS Technology Inc., Schaumburg, Ill., have devised a better way to recycle plastic scrap and make it more suitable for injection molding. The company’s proprietary Injectoblend material ...

Injection molding is one of the technologies that makes the world go round. But what does it actually look like to go through the whole process to get a part made? [Achim Haug] wrote up a blog post ...

BMW Group brands 3D-print metal & plastic parts for some exclusive cars. Additive Manufacturing Campus near Munich features 50 metal & polymer printers. High cost of Laser Beam Melting means ...

Undercuts (such as those shown) can complicate and, in some cases, prevent part ejection. Eliminate them if possible. Undercuts on injection-molded parts are features that prevent those parts from ...

A Swedish company called PaperShell wants to replace plastic parts with parts made from paper, and has announced a partnership with electric scooter maker Cake. The material would have numerous ...

We’ve made hundreds of thousands of molds over the years! With that much experience, it goes with the territory that we’ve seen designs in which injection molding expertise is evident, and other ...