At the upcoming Fakuma show in Germany, Netstal will present what company officials are calling a world's first: injection-compression molding on stack molds. Fakuma is set for Oct. 13-17 in ...

A German company, Injection Moulding Innovations Ltd., has introduced Simplex TandemMoulds, which replace complicated stack molds with two standard hot-runner molds by shooting the melt right through ...

Rotating stack molds give designers a variety of options for not only molding multicomponent parts but also doing secondary assembly operations inside the injection molding machine. ''What will it ...

Stack molds that use a horizontal turning system to drive rotating core sets and core plates are drawing considerable attention around the world from multicomponent molders that want to lower part ...

Zenith valve gate hot runner system. DME also just announced the new Zenith valve gate hot runner system, which the company promises will improve thermal profile. The new Zenith valve gate hot runner ...

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 ...

Manufacturers can improve injection molding efficiency by looking beyond cycle time and focusing on OEE, scrap reduction, ...

Structural-foam molding can produce hollow, multilayered parts that are often bigger, stronger, lighter, and cost less than injection-molded equivalents. Multinozzle structural-foam technology is ...