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 ...

Proto Labs Inc., a quick-turn manufacturer that offers a range of insert molding services, is featuring its new insert-molding service at the Pacific Design & Manufacturing Show in Anaheim in booth ...

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 ...

Injection-molded plastic part design is a lot like parenting. The job falls into your lap, you have zero qualifications, and yet, you are supposed to do it perfectly while blindfolded. It's difficult ...

Following the finalization of a major consortial project led by the Aachen Center for Integrative Lightweight Production (AZL) and the Institute for Plastics Processing at RWTH Aachen University (IKV) ...

One of the greatest advantages of designing plastic parts is the vast number of assembly options a designer can apply to his or her design. The most common among these options is the use of screws.

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 ...

Although the Barasso, Italy-based industrial serigrahic screen printing company Seristampa srl showed a range of film insert molding (FIM) examples at Fakuma, an intelligent automotive central console ...

As the composites industry has matured, so has the tooling industry that underpins composites fabrication. But toolmakers perennially find themselves on the horns of a dilemma — clients demand quality ...

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 ...