First, let’s establish that every process must follow normal scientific molding protocol. With pack and hold at zero, the shot should be 95 to 98% full. Temperatures and pressures should be kept as ...

The Metal Injection Molding (MIM) process is a game changer in manufacturing. It combines the design flexibility of Plastic Injection Molding with the strength and integrity of wrought metals, ...

For injection molders, automation helps plastics processing companies gain efficiencies in their production processes and compete in a global market. Injection molders have been attracted to ...

The systematic/decoupled molding program optimizes injection molding by using process data. Process control has enabled Atek Plastics (www.atekplastics.com), a division of Atek Companies (Minneapolis; ...

We imagine you’ve heard this already, but waste plastic is a problem for the environment. We wrap nearly everything we buy, eat, or drink in plastic packaging, and yet very little of it ends up ...

RJG Inc. introduced a new process control system at K 2025 that combines in-cavity pressure sensing with constant-pressure ...

A joint research project by the Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology (F-ICT, Pfintzal, Germany) and the Fraunhofer Project Centre for Composites Research (FPC, London, ON, Canada) has been ...