At the upcoming Fakuma show in Germany, Netstal will present what company officials are calling a world's first: injection-compression molding on stack molds. Fakuma is set for Oct. 13-17 in ...

With the duo 12000 US, the Austria-based plastics processing equipment maker opens up new dimensions in cost-efficient part ...

Surface Generation’s technology uses patented hardware and proprietary software, to actively manage multiple part areas during processing and drive reductions in the energy consumption, injection ...

Editor's note: In the Focus: Niche Processes section of July 2002 IMM (pp. 10A-11A), we showed Krauss-Maffei's Injection Molding Compounding system, including an auto tailgate molded and inmold ...

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 ...

Lightweight parts, energy-saving processing or combining several process steps into one. It can all be summarized under one buzzword: sustainability. A technology that is highly promising is ...

The hybrid-composite rear load floor uses unidirectional (UD) thermoplastic tapes plus direct-long-fiber thermoplastic (D-LFT) composites. Thermoplastic tapes provided high stiffness/strength in a ...

Predominantly, if the metal part used in compression molding is tension or compression loaded, a ratio of metal part thickness to its extensional modulus, multiplied by the Bulk Molding Compound (BMC) ...

Recycling plastic at home using 3D printed molds is relatively accessible these days, but if you do not wish to invest a lot ...

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 ...

Aiming to meet rising demands for carbon fiber composite unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) propellers, Mejzlik Propellers has added compression molding capabilities coupled with a snap-cure epoxy prepreg.

3D printing is all well and good for prototyping, and it can even produce useful parts. If you want real strenght in plastics, though, or to produce a LOT of parts, you probably want to step up to ...