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 ...

A company has designed a material- and timesaving hot runner specifically for injection-molding deep-draw medical device components such as pipettes and syringe barrels. The technology enables parts ...

This article continues The Troubleshooter’s Rules of Thumb series. Bob Hatch is manager of technical service and customer support for Prime Alliance, the Des Moines-based resin distributor. Before ...

Melt Design (St. Charles, IL) will bring its latest bolt-on hot runner systems with integrated mold plates to NPE 2003. Hot runner technology has long been the target of innovations, enhancements, and ...

ORLANDO, FLA. — You've heard of a self-cleaning oven. Now, Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd. has come out with a self-cleaning mold. The mold was in action at NPE 2015. Husky is offering the ...

It's a Holy Grail of plastics: Clear, coinjection molded containers to replace metal cans, the common “tin can” produced by the billions each year. You can see it in action at NPE 2015: The Klear Can ...