About 50 billion plastic screw caps are made annually, and demand is rising all the time. In the game between the two rival production processes, neither holds all the aces. When it comes to choosing ...

Injection overmolding of unidirectional fibers and preforms is an attractive process for many good reasons. It’s fast, consistent and repeatable, and it can be performed with a machine that is ...

Equipment OEM Dieffenbacher GmbH last year introduced a new line of compression presses that are lighter, feature a more open design and have a smaller base area and lower above-ground height. These ...

Recycling plastic at home using 3D printed molds is relatively accessible these days, but if you do not wish to invest a lot of money into specialized equipment, what’s the most minimal setup that you ...

Oxnard, Calif. — The new owners at aerospace connector specialist Rakar Inc. of Oxnard are making plans to upgrade molding and machining equipment and enhance connectivity. "We want to create Rakar ...

Eight airbag initiators at a time were insert molded on a Battenfeld Vertical R Series press. Cycle times were sped by overlapping different phases of the machine’s cycle. Sumitomo’s new ...

The conversation around 3D printing and traditional manufacturing methods like injection molding or thermoforming is often oppositional, but it’s not always a question of one versus the other. In ...

System-in-Package (SiP) technology has been used for a wide range of electronic devices, but the warpage behavior of the package can be difficult to control and predict due to complex manufacturing ...