A new carbon fiber reinforced nylon 12 composite for injection molding is newly available from CRP Technology. Said to be the first of a family of sustainable materials for industrial production, ...

• Gas-assist injection molding can cut weight, cycle time, and press requirements. • Experienced molders can help OEMs develop tooling, refine process parameters, and choose materials for high-gloss ...

Creep is a time dependent deformation process that happens to materials under a certain stress level. However, with proper design and material choices, thermoplastics can be a suitable material for ...

Nicolet Plastics LLC, a Wisconsin-based custom plastic injection molder providing manufacturing and engineering support for a range of industries, today announced the addition of a 360-ton two-shot ...

Victrex (West Conshohocken, PA) has developed a new polyaryletherketone (PAEK)-based polymer and an innovative hybrid molding technology that enable overmolding of a PAEK-based composite with ...

Injection molding is widely used in the manufacture of plastic parts ranging from simple, everyday items to complex products requiring precision tooling and process optimization equipment. During a ...

Driven by such concerns, several studies have investigated the emission of CNTs and nanoparticles (NPs) during the synthesis and machining processes of CNT-polymer composites (sanding, drilling, ...

One of the most common methods of converting plastics from the raw material form to an article of use is the process of injection moulding. This process is most typically used for thermoplastic ...

In our North American processor rankings, we collect and share important data on key plastics sectors. This week, the machinery sector gets its turn. The data is clear as mud. Senior reporter ...

Injection molding is one of the technologies that makes the world go round. But what does it actually look like to go through the whole process to get a part made? [Achim Haug] wrote up a blog post ...