Injection molding is the obvious onward step from 3D printing when the making of a few plastic parts becomes their series manufacture. The problem with injection molding is though, that making a 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 ...

Injection molding is one of the leading processes for manufacturing plastics. It is widely used for mass-producing identical parts with tight tolerances. This white paper provides methods and ...

The injection molding process begins with the user pouring a liquid elastomer mixture into the injection chamber. Saltgator offers its own system-specific SoftGel material, although the company is ...

Rather than mimic the conventional functionality of a tool, something new is in the game: dissolvable molds. The soluble tooling technology uses the same printer but different materials, allowing for ...

An injection molded, threaded cap made from a 3D-printed metal mold insert, right, created on a Mantle P-200 machine. Within reach of you right now are probably five to 10 plastic products, or parts ...

Learn how the Form 4 printer from Formlabs rivals injection molding with its accuracy, quality and speed, offering engineers a range of materials for various applications while prioritizing ...

Small businesses, makers, developers and hobbyists searching for a fully automatic desktop injection moulder, may be interested to know that the MicroMolder has this month launched via Kickstarter and ...

Designed for top loading/unloading injection-molding machines, the KS Series of shelf-mounted 6-axis robots has a low profile for platen-mounted robots, which reduces required ceiling heights for ...