Having finished the Tools of the Trade series on circuit board assembly, let’s look at some of the common methods for doing enclosures. First, and possibly the most common, is injection molding. This ...

Creating an injection mold requires two distinct operations?designing it and machining it. To help speed up the design aspect, Cimatron Ltd. introduces the second and third members of its QuickTooling ...

A plastic injection mold tool designed and built by Kummer GmbH using the VISI CAD/CAM suite. The individual modules of VISI are closely connected during design and manufacturing. A Kummer engineer ...

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

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 ...

This core was 3D printed from steel at Star Rapid using a Renishaw AM 250 printer. Product developers and engineers who design and manufacture plastic parts now have a powerful new weapon in their ...