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 ...

Injection molding is a manufacturing process for producing parts from both thermoplastic and thermoset materials. Injection molding machines are used to inject molten plastic into a mold cavity, where ...

Hot runners are even being applied to micromolding. Runnerless system suppliers are coming up with long-wear systems for the cost-saving, runner-free molding of highly filled, high-temperature, ...

Friedrichshafen, Germany — Announcing a new product during the coronavirus pandemic is hard enough. But finding ways to introduce it to potential customers was a real challenge, said Mike Ellis, ...

Milacron Holdings Corp. will pack a lot of technology at its NPE2018 exhibit: 18,700-square feet of space at Booth W2703. The company will exhibit Milacron injection and extrusion machines, ...

A new, downloadable software program is intended to help users develop the shape of injection molding runners and gates. An improved user interface requires fewer clicks and produces gating designs ...

Known for its biocompatibility, range of flexibility and hardness, high temperature tolerance, and ability to be processed with minor machine modifications, silicone, or liquid silicone rubber (LSR), ...

Injection overmolding of unidirectional fibers and preforms is an attractive process for many good reasons. It’s fast, consistent and repeatable, and it can be performed with a machine that is ...