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 ...

3D printing is all well and good for prototyping, and it can even produce useful parts. If you want real strenght in plastics, though, or to produce a LOT of parts, you probably want to step up to ...

A new mold and ejector protection software program is able to account for normal force variations, greatly reducing false triggers and machine downtime. Mold Guard and Ejector Guard for Milacron?s all ...

Ejector pins are the “bouncers” of the injection molding world. They let technicians apply a force to eject a part from the mold, and, in some cases, can leave marks. The goal for engineers and ...

When setting up a plastic injection molding process, two fundamentals are the setpoints for clamp and ejector speeds and positions. Failure to set up the clamp properly can lead to a damaged mold or ...

Given that some high-end multi-cavity automotive and medical part molds can exceed £500,000 (US $554,000), mold tooling doesn’t come cheap. In fact, some cost more than the injection molding machine ...

Fraser, Mich.-based PCS Company has introduced new ejector pins made of high-speed steel for higher wear resistance and better machineability. Called M-2, the ejector pins launched a new product ...