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The main reasons for using Expanded Polystyrene in Injection Moulding are due to its durability light weight and insulating properties. Multiple products for many sectors are able to be produced, especially ones that are required to maintain products at a certain...

Mixing materials into a blend for an injection moulding project is sometimes required in order to provide the final product with specific properties or to enable it be to used for critical applications in medicine, aviation or the automotive sectors. There are several...

The European Union has been undertaking research involving Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its use in the injection moulding industry – to be known as the Des-MOLD System. Integrating AI is hoped to cut costs by reducing running costs and wastage, whilst increasing...

As we have discussed preciously, it is sometimes necessary to combine different resin materials in a single moulding job in order to enjoy the benefits of both materials for a particular type of production. Relying on single materials for injection moulding is...

Exciting new advancements in injection moulding, now mean that high-precision moulding for production of scientific and medical devices is now a reality. This has partially occurred due to new precision injection moulding machines now replacing older and less precise...

In order to reduce costs and increase efficiency, it has always been the policy of industry to continuously spend money on Research and Development. Now it appears that this has paid off for the industry in the shape of a new technique allowing plastic and aluminium...

Food packaging is looking to get a boost due to the ingenious work of Wageningen Food & Biobased Research, based at Wageningen University, The Netherlands. They intend to research the use of clear bio-based plastics in the manufacturing process, so as to ensure a...

We are all looking to decrease costs and tooling time. Often, by looking at how each process works independently, we can find a way to refine our production methods and improve our processes. The use of over-moulding to decrease production costs is a case in point and...

During the moulding process, it may be that you would like to incorporate other materials in the design to create the finished prototype. This is undertaken by adding 'inserts' into the mould prior to the injection of the resin, which remain when the part is ejected...

Just when you thought that CNC was the latest craze in injection moulding and that computers could help no more, we have a look at how software can ensure issues with injection molded parts are a thing of the past, making both engineers and customers smile again, as...