"I ask a lot of people to weigh in on what they think and why they think it ... It is the collective wisdom of that team that makes companies great. It's not an individual. It's the collective wisdom ...

While it might sound dumb, the mold will determine the cycle and the quality of the parts. The mold should accomplish two things: First, it's a hole we fill with plastic. This determines the shape of ...

One of the greatest disadvantages of plastic materials is their flexibility and relatively low stiffness. One of the greatest advantages of plastic materials is their flexibility and low stiffness.

El Paso, Texas-based injection molder Plastic Molding Technology (PMT) has invested $1 million to increase capacity and meet new demand from customers requiring insert molding. PMT added vertical and ...

SI inserts from PennEngineering permanently install in plastic assemblies to provide durable and reusable metal threads for mating hardware and allow for repeated ...

The countryside south of Vienna is famous for vineyards and thermal springs, and it’s where Wittmann Battenfeld produces plastic injection-molded components for industrial, medical, and numerous ...

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 ...

Mantle is launching a new series of $350,000 machines that can 3D-print the mold inserts that are used to produce injection-mold plastics. It’s hard to overstate how important this will be — I caught ...

Moldmakers can save time and money from design to manufacturing with the use of tunnel gate inserts, according to Meusburger (Wolfurt, Austria). The company has recently expanded its range with two ...