Molding is prevalent throughout the medical device industry. But to achieve consistency and repeatability in the fabrication of molded components and devices, some manufacturers employ a concept ...

The injection blow moulding process is a key conventional process that enables the production of hollow plastic parts from a pre-moulded semi-finished piece, commonly referred to as a preform. It ...

For a camera enclosure part, pre-consolidated carbon fiber is rolled out onto the Eastman S125 cutting table. Precision cutting enables Rapid Composites’ ultra-fast composite molding process. Speed, ...

Precision molded thermoplastic parts are used in everything from catheters and IVD cartridges to drug-delivery systems. In fact, the vast majority of medical devices include precision molded ...

Hand-lay or Contact-Moulding is the simple but effective process on which the composites industry was founded nearly 60 years ago. It continues to be very extensively employed. Its main points of ...

Since the technology became broadly available in 2017, a growing number of injection molders have been learning how the iMFLUX low-pressure process can reduce both cycle times and reject rates, ...

Shindo noncrimp fabrics (NCFs) have been used for various products in the aerospace, marine, civil construction, and repair and reinforcement fields. There are four features that characterize this new ...

Imagine a world where creating custom-fit products is as simple as reshaping a mold with the push of a button. This isn’t a distant dream—it’s the reality offered by PolyMorphic Moulding, a new ...

Italian plastics machinery maker Cannon Forma has developed so-called ‘twin sheet forming technology’, which has gained the attention of numerous manufacturers, including Visteon for the production of ...

Axel Plastics Research Laboratories Inc. (Monroe, CT), a manufacturer of proprietary external and internal mold releases and process aid additives, has developed a new process aid additive with ...