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 ...

Injection molding is widely used in the manufacture of plastic parts ranging from simple, everyday items to complex products requiring precision tooling and process optimization equipment. During a ...

The 2026 trade fair year begins for Arburg with the Swiss Plastics Expo in Lucerne, Switzerland, January 20 to January 22. A ...

The global market for plastic injection molded parts is currently valued at $325 billion, and this number is expected to grow by 5.7% through at least 2025. Spurred by the rapidly developing economies ...

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 ...

Medical labware company AlphaGem Bio Inc. has launched a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) plate made of Topas cyclic olefin copolymer (COC) from Polyplastics USA. The material was selected for the ...

The criteria for selecting a Liquid Silicone Rubber injection molding machine are very similar to selecting a machine for standard thermoplastic injection molding, with some key differences. Let’s ...

Injection molding is usually focused on high-volume production, but that doesn’t always need to be the case. The Recycled Plastic Skateboard Deck project centers on the use of injection molding for a ...

Fenton, Mich. — Soph Inc., part of a German company that also has an operation in China, has started U.S. manufacturing of the company's Magbo magnetic mold clamping system for making quick mold ...

3D printing is all well and good for prototyping, and it can even produce useful parts. If you want real strenght in plastics, though, or to produce a LOT of parts, you probably want to step up to ...