Frequently, injection-molded parts will need features, such as threaded inserts. You’ll find threaded inserts in a variety of parts—housings, casings, electronic enclosures, appliance knobs and dials, and so on. Typically, there are three ways … [Read more...] about Including threaded inserts in molds
Injection Molding Production
How to keep injection molding costs low
The following are quick suggestions that will help ensure a mold performs optimally. What’s your CAD file format? 3D printing/additive manufacturing systems often still use the .STL format to define the geometry of the part. .STL files describe a … [Read more...] about How to keep injection molding costs low
Injection molding basics: What is draft?
Once a part has been molded, now it must be removed from the mold piece. Ideally, that happens without damage to the part. Injection molding experts use a number of techniques to eject parts. One way is to angle the walls of a part from the … [Read more...] about Injection molding basics: What is draft?
MIM for Titanium or Inconel parts requiring 50% or more of material removal
Smith Metal Products has announced its Metal Injection Molding cost advantage over costly high-performance metals requiring significant machining to achieve the final part geometry. “When Titanium, Inconel or other expensive metals in bar, rod or … [Read more...] about MIM for Titanium or Inconel parts requiring 50% or more of material removal
3d printing — An alternative to injection moulding?
By Nick Allen, MD, 3DPRINTUK 3D printing is unique as a disruptive technology in one key respect, and that is, having disrupted the manufacturing paradigm through the introduction of rapid prototyping some 25-30 years ago, it is now disrupting … [Read more...] about 3d printing — An alternative to injection moulding?
How a virtual approach can benefit injection molding
Bastiaan Oud and Jonathan Girroir To the outside eye, injection molding might seem straightforward enough: You shoot hot, liquid plastic into a cavity that is the shape of what you want to build, let it cool, pop it out, and voilà – you have your … [Read more...] about How a virtual approach can benefit injection molding
3D print molds for custom manufacture of rubber parts
Structur3d, a developer of soft materials for additive manufacturing, introduces water-soluble molds for use in custom-manufacturing rubber parts. The company’s Inj3ctor Platform, which injects industrial-grade liquid materials into 3D-printed molds, … [Read more...] about 3D print molds for custom manufacture of rubber parts
Rapid desktop manufacturing of rubber parts
Structur3d, a leader in additive manufacturing for soft materials, announces the availability of the Inj3ctor Platform, a new desktop approach for injection molding rubber parts. The company is advancing and solidifying 3D printing’s role within … [Read more...] about Rapid desktop manufacturing of rubber parts
An integrated approach to simulation-driven design for manufacturing (DFM) of injection molded components
Altair, a global technology company providing solutions in data analytics, simulation, and high-performance computing (HPC), launched Altair Inspire Mold, an end-to-end solution for simulating injection molding. Injection molded plastic … [Read more...] about An integrated approach to simulation-driven design for manufacturing (DFM) of injection molded components
Combining 3D printing and injection molding
Starting in the later half of 2020, Mitsubishi Chemical Advanced Materials, in a strategic partnership with AddiFab, will offer services based on Freeform Injection Molding from three locations. Freeform Injection Molding (FIM) is based on 3D-printed … [Read more...] about Combining 3D printing and injection molding
