Steel is used on most molds ... A lot of US based injection molding companies will outsource their mold making to China, have the mold shipped to the US, and then run the parts in the US.
D printing has moved beyond conformal cooling, and is being applied to injection molds more broadly. Observations on tooling ...
The problem with injection molding is though, that making a mold can be prohibitively expensive. Has the advent of affordable CNC machining changed that? [Teaching Tech] takes a look, and machines ...
SPE's mold making division named Edward Duignan its 2025 Mold Maker of the Year as well as honoring the top in mold design, ...
Ph.D.: Industrial Engineering, (2018), University of Padova - Padova PD, Italy Dissertation/Thesis Title: Analysis of the tribological effects of mold surface properties on the micro injection molding ...