Having finished the Tools of the Trade series on circuit board assembly, let’s look at some of the common methods for doing enclosures. First, and possibly the most common, is injection molding. This ...

I-Mold GmbH & Co. KG has developed a sprue adjuster, which the company said enables a toolmaker to change the direction of melt flow in the runner system of an injection mold. By a simple turn of the ...

Automated Assemblies' Express 3000 system consists of a sprue picker, granulator and hopper loader and is designed to provide molders with a closed-loop material recovery system for less than $13,000.

An effective process typically starts by milling or turning mold-forming material, followed by heat treating (in the case of hardened steel), grinding, refined shaping, and finishing treatments like ...

With the miniaturization of many products, manufacturers are streamlining devices to pack more features into smaller packages. For instance, the pitch (spacing) between contacts in electrical ...

OFTERING, Austria—Elmet, a manufacturer of equipment for silicone and rubber parts, has released a new, all-electric cold runner for liquid silicone rubber injection molding. The Smartshot E cold ...