‘Plastic Moulding’
An Engineeringtalk guide
Start with the news release
Laser Design system checks injection mould tooling from
Laser Design, which we summarised at the time by saying "Laser Design has announced that Schneider Electric recently installed a Laser Design Faro arm laser scanning system in its Cedar Rapids, Iowa facility. ".
Several months prior to that,
we featured the news release Designing joints and structural adhesives from
ITW Plexus: "Sally Sinai, technical manager of ITW Plexus, considers the issues that should be considered before designing joints to be bonded together with structural adhesives.".
In November 2009, we covered the news from Micromech
- take a look at CNC router reduces time to market
which says: "A manufacturer of personal care products has saved money by switching to a low-cost computerised numerical control (CNC) router that can produce point of purchase displays internally.".
Take a look also at the news release from Instron, Instron introduces syringe test fixture,
as well as Eaton launches Memshield 3 distribution boards from Eaton,
and Variohm supplies position sensors in open housings from Variohm Eurosensor.
Latest stories...
IDC offers in-house injection moulding service (November 2009)
IDC Models is offering an in-house injection moulding service designed to make low- to medium-volume product manufacture cost and time efficient.
SAS heated gate cutters suit brittle plastics (November 2009)
SAS Automation has introduced its Heated Gate Cutter for plastics degating.
Instron extensometer has rugged construction (November 2009)
Instron has announced the MFX 500 automatic contacting extensometer.
Ecolink EVW weld connectors are splatter resistant (November 2009)
Connectors for weld areas are available from IFM Electronic.
JW Winco introduces mini indexing plungers (November 2009)
JW Winco has announced it is now offering series GN 822.1 steel mini indexing plungers that feature six lock-in and lockout positions.
Makita screwdrivers have rubberised handgrip (November 2009)
Makita is launching a range of screwdrivers for drywall and cladding fixing operations.
Low-pressure Kistler sensors quadruple sensitivity (November 2009)
Kistler has developed a range of low-pressure sensors for foam injection-moulding, where the cavity pressure can be as low as 40 bar, a tenth of the pressure when moulding solid materials.
Flexicon enhances range of compression fittings (November 2009)
Flexicon has introduced what it claims is the most liquid-tight conduit system in the UK, by enhancing its range of compression fittings.
Further reading
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Automation process boosts plastic moulding
The GeKu plastic injection moulding cell is helping Characteristix stay competitive against the Far East giants of the industry.
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Multi-stage finishing for plastic mouldings
A new cleaning system, introduced to finish lightweight mobile telephone casings, combines high speed precision beadblasting with higher volume saturation spray, washing, rinsing and drying
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