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 ...

Parts or runners sticking can cause frustration for any injection molder. Runners sticking can lead to dry shots or cause the press to go down frequently when the robot detects missing parts. Parts ...

Having finished the Tools of the Trade series on circuit board assembly, let’s look at some of the common methods for doing enclosures. First, and possibly the most common, is injection molding. This ...

Oerlikon HRSflow has introduced an improvement to its HRScool hydraulic cylinder system for hot-runner injection molding, first introduced in 2019, which uses advanced temperature management ...

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 ...