Using molds to shape things is as old as humanity. In the Bronze Age, the copper-tin alloy was melted and cast into weapons in ceramic molds. Today, injection and extrusion molding shape hot liquids ...

Anybrid GmbH (Dresden, Germany) is a spin-off from the Institute for Lightweight Engineering and Polymer Technology (ILK) at TU Dresden. ILK works with industry to develop new lightweight technologies ...

Back when I was editing trade publications covering medical manufacturing, minimally invasive surgery was a hot topic, and I remember contract manufacturers telling me that the one question customers ...

For a camera enclosure part, pre-consolidated carbon fiber is rolled out onto the Eastman S125 cutting table. Precision cutting enables Rapid Composites’ ultra-fast composite molding process. Speed, ...

AZoM talks to DeWayne Howell and Jason Gabriel (Technical Engineering TenCate/CCS Composites), about the process of compression molding for composites and what the benefits and applications of this ...

Designing plastic parts that can be molded has always been important for traditional injection molding processes, but it’s particularly beneficial for parts about to be rapid injection molded (RIM) to ...

• Liquid-crystal polymers, polypropylene, high-density polyethylene, and acetal all completely filled the test part. • Acrylic, glass-filled polybutylene terephthalate, and glass-filled nylon all ...

Rigid and flexible polyurethane foams from General Plastics are frequently employed to create production parts in a vast range of industries, from automotive, aerospace and medical markets to ...

A moldmaker said recently that it sometimes takes him up to eight months to validate a large, high-cavity medical mold. Maybe this surprises you, but it doesn’t surprise many OEMs in the medical and ...