Keeping moldability top of mind during the design process not only ensures that parts perform as intended, but can help save time and cut down on production costs.

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When it comes to manufacturing, sheet metal and injection molding make the world go ’round. As a manufacturing method, injection molding has its own range of unique design issues and gotchas … ...

Michael Paloian, President of Integrated Design Systems Inc., details the 10 keys to successful injection molding design, from material options and tolerances to gate location and shut-off angles, in ...

Introduction The mode clamping mechanism is the most important part of forming section for the plastic injection molding machine. If this mechanism has double-toggle effects at the close position, it ...

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In ME 325: “Making Multiples: Scaled Manufacturing Tooling,” undergraduate and graduate students engage in injection molding, a manufacturing practice used for making reproducible plastic ...

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 ...