The key to being a good plastics processor requires more than setting up validated injection molding processes — you also need to be able analyze those processes when they stop working. Process ...

Traditionally, plastic injection molding is a difficult application for machine vision. The highly reflective surfaces of molded plastics is hard to illuminate correctly, and the fact that the same ...

Unstable and uncontrolled processes account for most financial drains in the injection molding process. Between 60 and 70% of all molding errors can be traced back to the tempering of the injection ...

Repeatability means the ability to produce parts that have identical properties. As with other manufacturing processes, this capability is very important in injection molding because it has a crucial ...

Injection molding is a highly-engineered process that demands careful planning and attention to detail if the finished product is to achieve its full potential. The tips in this article should help ...

The measurement and control of temperature plays a significant role in injection molding, but most injection molding machines do not have enough temperature measuring points or circuits, despite the ...