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 ...

While it might sound dumb, the mold will determine the cycle and the quality of the parts. The mold should accomplish two things: First, it's a hole we fill with plastic. This determines the shape of ...

Structural analyis codes already do a good job predicting the performance of molded plastic parts. Yet, their results never tell the full story because the mechanical properties of those parts depend ...

Metal injection molding (MIM) produces relatively small (150 to less than 30-gm), complex, net, or near-net parts which can include features such as holes, radii, logos, and text. Moreover, MIM can ...

Injection molding machine maker Arburg has added a new press with an 1800-kn clamping force to its hybrid cube molding line. The Allrounder Cube 1800 is suited for the cost-effective molding of ...