What Is Plastic Mold？What is plastic mold?The tooling used for plastic injection molding is called a plastic mold or plastic injection mold. Plastic mold serves as an industrial process which generates accurate plastic components by using injection molding. The manufacturing…
The Reshoring Reality Check: There Whispers Of Manufacturing Coming Back To North AmericaYou may have seen the news. Manufacturing is coming home. The vast majority of the conversation centers around the circle of politics and business. There is also a…
Guide to Briefing Your Designer on a Plastic PartBig Picture & PrioritiesYour goal is to tell the part’s function, environment, manufacturing, appearance, assembly, and cost—in that order. Mark each requirement as Must / Nice-to-have / Can-drop. Getting function boundaries and…
Transform Your Molding Shop with Smart Factory in a BoxDo you constantly deal with downtimes, higher costs, and production bottlenecks with your molding shop? What if you could integrate all of your machines and monitor each process in real time,…
Reshoring and Nearshoring in Injection Moulding: A Strategic ShiftOffshoring has always been an integral part of the manufacturing process. For instance, in the case of injection moulding, the laser focus of cost minimisation allocated production to places as remote as…
Affordable China Injection Molding: A 2024 Cost AnalysisTable of ContentsLabor CostsScaleRaw Material SourceSupply ChainAutomation and TechnologyState of the ArtManufacturing FacilitiesGovernment PoliciesWorld-Class InfrastructureThe Real CostYour Partner for Manufacturing SuccessChina has been one of the most dominant forces in manufacturing for decades…
The Transformation of China’s Supply ChainWhat is funny? Less than 10 years ago, a lot of business people imagined China as the factory of the world, where designs were sent and China would return boxes of manufactured products. This thinking?…
Beginner’s Guide: Understanding Undercuts And Their Impact On Design ChoicesYou know what’s funny? Most people walk past beautifully designed products every single day without realizing there’s this whole invisible world of manufacturing constraints shaping what they see. And right at…
Understanding Injection Molding: Key Terms for Small Business OwnersTable of Contents1) Tooling2) Resin3) The Melt Flow Index (MFI)4) Angle of Draft5) The parting Line6) Gate7) Cold vs. Hot runner8) Ejector System9) Cycle time10) Clamp force (Tonnage)A First-Time Buyer ScriptFast Design…
Injection Molding Questions You’ve Been AskingWhen you have ever picked up a plastic product-and there is a fair likelihood that you are holding one in your hand now there is a fair likelihood that it was produced in a process…
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