Smart manufacturing uses AI and real-time data to boost injection molding quality, cut costs and predict equipment issues.

Researchers in Germany have developed a process monitoring and control system for injection molding cells that automatically detects deviations in product quality, identifies the most likely cause, ...

Compression molding is a high-volume thermoset molding process that employs expensive but very durable metal dies. It is an appropriate choice when production quantities exceed 10,000 parts. As many ...

Plastic injection molding stands as a ubiquitous and indispensable technique in the production of plastic parts, wielding its influence across an array of industries such as automotive, electronics, ...

Micro molding is a molding process for the manufacture of plastic components for shot weights of 1 to 0.1 g with tolerances in the range of 10 to 100 microns. This molding process allows manufacturers ...

Xometry's expanded materials catalog now supports auto-quoting for glass-filled Nylon, PBT, PC-PBT, PLA, PPE-PS, and PSUXometry's free on-demand DFM consultations can now be scheduled on the platform, ...

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 ...

In the injection molding of plastics, in-mold sensors, as part of a variety of process control packages, have been around for decades. But comparatively recently, similar technology has begun to make ...

Magnum Venus Products, a global manufacturer of fluid movement and production solutions for industrial applications, is launching a new process for closed molding to increase part production by ...

A rapid prototyping process was presented to fabricate a nylon honeycomb microstructure coated with parylene C. The surface structure was designed to obtain a hydrophobic surface using the volume of ...