For 2019, uncertainty became the new normal for suppliers of injection molding machines to North America, as they adapted to the unknown, prepared for the unexpected and struggled to convert interest ...

This week we publish our ranking of North American mold makers. The top 100 are in print but all 140 firms are online. Those 140 companies reported total 2019 fiscal year sales of $2.9 billion, a 0.1 ...

Big 3 Precision (Centralia, IL) announces full engineering support for customers that spans the start of the project to delivery of the ready-to-run mold, a service that it claims is rare among ...

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 ...

Injection molding seemed easy—until I tried machining a double convex lens mold. From surface finish to mold alignment, this ...

The injection molder is used to make multiple small plastic parts using a mold. In the Maker Lab, we have a MicroMolder Evo and an LNS Technologies Model 150A injection molder. Material Fees: We have ...

In the world of modern manufacturing, selecting the right material and production process can make or break a product’s success. Among the wide array of thermoplastics available today, Acrylonitrile ...

Most mold manufacturers do not use material flow analysis software as a part of the mold design process as a general rule. Yet, because the mold is such a critical part of the success or failure of ...

FRANKFURT, Germany—Manufacturers of injection molding machines and robots met at Baumuller in Nuremberg for a so-called "plugfest" to test the new digital interface OPC 40079. The focus of the meeting ...

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 ...

While 3D printing has now become easily accessible and cheap, there are still several use cases where you need the advantages offered by injection molding, even for small batch runs. Professional ...

Dickinson, TX – JUNE 2025 – SALTGATOR Tech Inc., a Dickinson-based startup dedicated to accessible fabrication tools, is proud to announce the launch of its Kickstarter campaign for the SALTGATOR — ...