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 ...

Orlando, Fla. — You've heard about stack molds, but Athena Automation Ltd., Robert Schad's injection molding press company, has developed a stack machine: two injection units feeding two single-face ...

Injection molding is the obvious onward step from 3D printing when the making of a few plastic parts becomes their series manufacture. The problem with injection molding is though, that making a mold ...

Rotating stack molds give designers a variety of options for not only molding multicomponent parts but also doing secondary assembly operations inside the injection molding machine. ''What will it ...

Stack molds that use a horizontal turning system to drive rotating core sets and core plates are drawing considerable attention around the world from multicomponent molders that want to lower part ...

Manufacturers can improve injection molding efficiency by looking beyond cycle time and focusing on OEE, scrap reduction, ...

When traditional mold actions failed during the production of two-material stop signs, this moldmaker decided to try a truly unique alternative: let the press ram drive core movement. And guess what?

[JohnSL] and his friend both have injection molding machines. They decided to compare the aluminum molds they usually use with some 3D printed molds created with a resin printer. They used two ...

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 ...