Injection molding is the obvious onward step from 3D printing when the making of a few plastic parts becomes their series manufacture. The problem with injection molding is though, that making a mold ...

Molding operations are highly dependent on productivity, efficiency, down time, and scrap levels. Failure in any of these categories can be catastrophic. One of the most critical procedures in any ...

Splay and poor filling plagued the parts in this family mold.Both the feed point, or sprue O-diameter, and the heated sprue bushing orifice needed to be larger to avoid splay.The runner drops were not ...