Product developers and engineers who design and manufacture plastic parts now have a powerful new weapon in their arsenal: 3D printing. This disruptive technology has great promise for rapid ...

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 ...

[Kurt Schaefer] was watching YouTube videos of people making molds for injection molding purposes using what he considered to be the toy 3018 CNC machines, and looking at the results, decided he ...

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 ...

Arburg will run a 1,000-kN Trend press with eight-cavity hot runner mold and integrated automation at its stand during MD&M ...

This white paper provides methods and guidelines for using stereolithography (SLA) 3D printed molds in the injection molding process to lower costs and lead time. Injection molding is one of the ...

Illustrated through exciting case studies, learn how incorporating SLS 3D printing saves time and money on injection molding everything from complex tooling aids to end-use parts. April 20, 2022 In ...

To mimic the dexterity of human hands, robot grippers have undergone significant advancements to pick and place a variety of products ever more deftly. Many of these advances were based on giving ...

Universal Robots (UR) is giving injection molders an easy-to-use interface that seamlessly connects its cobots to injection molding machines (IMMs) — a capability made possible thanks to the ...

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 ...