Some products include many custom-designed plastic parts. And the switch to mass production usually requires a high investment in high-pressure injection molds. I had a look at Kickstarter today and I saw a few examples of such products. … [Read more...]
7 Common Plastic Injection Mold Tooling Development, Approval, & Maintenance Pitfalls [Podcast]
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Tooling is a large investment for any manufacturer, so what do we need to be wary of..? Andy Bartlett, an experienced British product designer who has 25 years of experience in product design, development, and working with manufacturers in … [Read more...]
List of 12 Plastic injection mold fabrication companies in China
High-pressure plastic injection molding is one of the most common fabrication processes. Tens of thousands of factories in Ningbo, Shenzhen, and in many other places have at least a few presses running near-continuously. If you develop … [Read more...]
All about Silicone Rubber Injection, Compression, and Extrusion [videos]
We covered plastic materials in previous videos. Now we are covering their close cousin, the silicone rubber (often simply called "silicone"). It is easy to make on very common equipment (often the same used to mold thermoplastics), and … [Read more...]