Material selection is one of the most crucial factors when developing an injection mold design. There are a lot of excellent material suppliers offering quality materials for the injection molding process. Many also offer different grades or blends of materials to...
How SMED and Mold Maintenance Work Together Time is money in the production business and the more you waste, the more you lose. The Single-Minute-Exchange of Die (SMED) methodology may allow you to successfully implement a lean production process in your injection...
Mold Making and Injection Molding: Two Separate Worlds During the first 14 years of my career, when I was building and designing injection molds, gating and runners were not really a focus. In most cases mold making and Injection Molding are two different worlds, so...
In some industries, the rise of machines more capable of performing complex tasks is taking the place of human workers. Here's an article from BetaBoston claiming that in the manufacturing industry things are different... "It appears the manufacturing industry may be...
"In today’s world, the green movement is more important than ever. No matter what the industry, it’s a company’s duty to make changes and choices that support the environment." Here's a great article from The Rodon Group about working with injection molders that are...
Your mold maintenance strategy should include rust prevention. If you do not use the right methods to prevent your tooling and mold from rust, you may as well put paid to your manufacturing process. Once rust affects your molds and tooling, it will be quite expensive...
5 Tips to Improved Manufacturing Quality "There is no better cost to eliminate than the cost of poor quality." Here's a great article from Industry Week that outlines 5 steps to improving manufacturing quality. Some of them are organizational tips; others stress the...
Why implement lean manufacturing? Here's a quick article that outlines the benefits of the manufacturing mindset that is changing the way manufacturing is being done. The implementation of lean manufacturing through trying to make value flow at the pull of the...
Many complex and critical parts of machinery are difficult to make since they have challenging shapes and sizes. Furthermore, some injection molding companies do not always have the expertise, knowledge and equipment to make these complex parts. That's why, when...
13 Tips That Will Improve Equipment Maintenance "The workhorse of any modern manufacturing plant, other than employees, is the equipment that makes the building hum. If problems arise, a plant owner will lose money by the minute. If equipment isn’t properly...
Achieving Perfect Plastic Parts: 4 Steps to Consider In the plastic injection molding industry, the quality of plastic parts is paramount. Plastics can be precisely molded, but many companies end up with flawed parts because they get one contractor to construct the...
"Success in the injection molding business isn’t just about having the right equipment or the latest technologies," says Ken Glassen of Kaysun Corporation. Of course, equipment and technology is a good place to start, but to completely meet the growing needs of...
Very interesting article from Plastics Technology: "Researchers from Harvard University’s Wyss Institute have developed a fully-degradable bioplastic isolated from shrimp shells which they report can be molded into products such as cell phones, food containers and...
The injection molding industry is extremely competitive because of the need to respond quickly to a customer’s requests while keeping production costs low. Unfortunately, both are not always possible, and that’s why many manufacturers have been opting for off-shoring...
12 Practical Tips for Manufacturing Safety 12 Practical Tips for Manufacturing Safety #93005960 / gettyimages.com Plant Engineering's blog article, Manufacturing Safety: 12 Practical Strategies, has some great information and reminders that anyone in the manufacturing...
#98115255 / gettyimages.com Robots have become much more complex and sophisticated. And some of them are made specifically for injection molding. "Now beam robots can be equipped with a revolving wrist, to present the part to downstream processes like decorating,...
3D Printing Has Promise, But Also Limits An article from The Wall Street Journal focusing on the ins and outs of 3D printing gives a roundabout explanation of why 3D Printing works well alongside injection molding. The general complaint about 3D printing is that is...
Injection Molding: An Overview Injection molding is the most common procedure used to produce plastic parts, and it forms an integral part of a vast array of different processes in most manufacturing sectors. It is commonly used to mass produce a specific part and...
#185268385 / gettyimages.com Newlight Technologies has created a way to take greenhouse gases from our atmosphere and turn them into plastic pellets now being used to make mobile phone cases, explains this article from The Guardian. This opens up a whole new thinking...
A new study released by Grand View Research claims that the global market for injection molded plastics is expected to reach $277.78 billion by 2020. Here is a Plastics Today article that describes this rise in more detail. It's good news for the injection molders of...
