Molded polyurethane foam has long been used to packagecomponents. Many design engineers, however, are not aware that properlyformulated foam and carefully designed foamed parts can also be used for ...

Plastic parts and assemblies are becoming more common as engineers work to reduce costs and weight in their designs. But plastics often aren’t strong enough to support fasteners such as screws or ...

Undercuts (such as those shown) can complicate and, in some cases, prevent part ejection. Eliminate them if possible. Undercuts on injection-molded parts are features that prevent those parts from ...

PSM International of Youngstown, Ohio, has introduced Mold-Form inserts for molded-in plastics applications. Mold-Form is a high-strength, cold-formed steel insert that PSM said gives several benefits ...

(MENAFN- GetNews) 'In 1994 Schmitz, together with his father, John H. Schmitz started Aberdeen Technologies, a full-service provider of insert/injection molding capabilities as well as mold tooling ...

This Report has been authored by:Gene Polaski at Lord Corp. A wide variety of items are molded of rubber with a metal or plastic insert in the mold. To join the rubber to the insert, an adhesive needs ...

Injection overmolding of unidirectional fibers and preforms is an attractive process for many good reasons. It’s fast, consistent and repeatable, and it can be performed with a machine that is ...

Mold making pioneer reports significant time and cost efficiencies utilizing this approach for low volume production, enabling molders to quickly change inserts for different products MINNEAPOLIS & ...

Advancements in Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS) developed by EOS, a German-based company specializing in laser-sintering systems, have made it possible to produce end-use metal components. While ...