Often times the 3D design of a new component or an assembly hits the mark in terms of easy manufacturing, quick injection molding, and it’s perfectly on target for cost. Other times, there is an unforeseen challenge that requires a modification to the injection mold to alleviate a problem during molding or in the use…
There are many defects that can occur during the injection molding process. One that can often occur for many reasons is a flow line. If you’re not familiar with flow lines, they can often appear like ripples in the plastic after the part is formed. They follow the flow of the molten resin from the…
Plastic injection molding has become one of the leading manufacturing processes to produce everyday products. While you can find excellent quality and competitive prices in the stores, producing these items does have limited drawbacks concerning quality defects. They happen. There’s no way around them, but there are strategies and tips to avoid them. We’ve listed…
The food service industry has many ways to use plastics for cutlery, packaging, and containers. It’s safe, proven, and cost-effective to do the job. Are you adding a new product to your portfolio in the food service industry? You may want to add plastic molding as an option for your new product. These 5 benefits…
You have a new project coming up and want to get your latest invention to market in record time. You’re unsure if you want to fund the design and testing for a new resin specific for your project. Perhaps there is a popular resin currently available on the market that can meet all of your…
It seems almost every industry has embraced plastic injection molding. If you have flown on a commercial airplane, you’ve seen and touched many plastic injection molded parts. Trains? They have them. Cars and trucks are full of injection molded parts too. Most home appliances and smart devices such as laptops and cell phones are packed…
There is a point in any new project where the decision must be made of how to create the components and overall product. It usually involves a decision matrix weighing the function of the product, the environment it will be used in, the cost to make and retail the item at, and even more options….
Single use plastic packaging gets a bad wrap. Or is that just another bad pun? When most think of a single use plastic, they imagine drink containers such as soda and water bottles. They are the model for convenience, but also the guilty party that gets shown as an example for pollution on land and…
Disposable products used to be the norm. Disposable batteries, disposable electronics, disposable single-use plastics, etc. That trend has slowly started to end, and most products are finding new ways to be reused, recycled, or transformed into another useable material. Plastics have long had multiple variations of recycling, but some still are not able to be…
Plastics are everywhere. In your home, your automobile, and definitely in your electronics. Plastics are used in almost every industry around the world due to their low investment cost, environmental advantages, and their durability. The electrical industry uses many different plastics to keep you safe, provide durable solutions to transmit power, and often times house…