One of the most important steps in injection molding is choosing the material to use during the process. The type of material ...

Injection molding is the obvious onward step from 3D printing when the making of a few plastic parts becomes their series manufacture. The problem with injection molding is though, that making a ...

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 ...

Injection molding: a lot harder than you'd think! I picked up a benchtop injection molding machine to play with, and thought a "simple" double convex singlet lens would be a good first project.

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 ...

Quick development cycles are a "good fit" for Protolabs' factories in Minnesota, where its injection molding takes place ... was really focused around creating the geometry," he said.

Hillenbrand Inc. has announced the sale of a 51% stake in its Milacron injection molding and extrusion business ... investing $19 million in a new facility and creating 170 jobs.