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Injection Molding: Are You Using More Than 65% Of Your Barrel Capacity?

If you are, you are inviting Murphy—as in trouble—to the party.

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How to Mount an Injection Mold

Five industry pros with more than 200 years of combined molding experience provide step-by-step best practices on mounting a mold in a horizontal injection molding machine.

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How to Duplicate a Process From Press to Press

To adopt the right approach you must distinguish between machine and plastic parameters.

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How to Pick, Remove, and Replace a Nozzle Tip

This small component can cause big problems. Here’s my procedure for picking and replacing yours.

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A Simpler Way to Calculate Shot Size vs. Barrel Capacity

Let’s take another look at this seemingly dull but oh-so-crucial topic.

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Understanding Intensification Ratio

A first step in taking the “art” out of molding.

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Unraveling the Mysteries of Melt Temperature

Infrared technology can provide consistent and accurate readings of melt temperature. Here’s how to use it.

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Water Droplets in the Feed Throat

And other reasons you must dry hygroscopic resins.

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INJECTION MOLDING: How to Mold Living Hinges With No Flexing Required

Here are the five critical, intertwined components that must be perfected for a living hinge that doesn’t need to be flexed upon ejection.

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INJECTION MOLDING: Purging: A to Z

Use these steps as a guide to minimize the time and money it takes to switch materials and color on your presses.

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INJECTION MOLDING: How Different Machine Types Handle Fill and Pack/Hold Times

The procedures are different between series and parallel machines. What type do you have? How can you tell? Here’s what you need to know.

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INJECTION MOLDING: Processing Nylon…and Other Problems

As moisture content in this and other hygroscopic resins varies, so will your viscosity and process. Here’s how to deal with these issues

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