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Injection Molded Enclosures Plug into Potential Electric Vehicle Battery Applications

In partnership with material suppliers, Engel is proving out injection molded thermoplastic-based concepts for electric vehicle battery housings, utilizing production tools and dedicated machines at its large press factory in St. Valentin, Austria.

All-Electric Injection Molding Machine Line Expands

Fakuma 2024: Engel unveils new e-mac 500 with “High” clamping drive and encapsulated toggle-lever mechanism.

NPE2024 Wrap-Up: Sustainability Dominates Show Floor News

Across all process types, sustainability was a big theme at NPE2024. But there was plenty to see in automation and artificial intelligence as well.

Engel Installs Massive Injection Molding Machine for Trials, Testing

The Austrian company’s large-machine plant in St. Valentin now has a duo 5500 combi M press, with nearly 6,200 tons of clamp force and shot weights up to 93 lbs, available for customer trials.

Attending NPE2024 From the Perspective of a Molder

NPE2024 has come and gone, but before it’s completely in our collective rearview, Plastics Technology asked Rodney Davenport, vice president at injection molder CH3 Solutions, for a processor’s perspective on the big show.

Engel Teases Generative AI Assistant at Digital Days Event

The Austrian maker of injection molding machines and automation introduced a prototype large-language model assistant for its customers: Engel GPT.

Engel Reorients Global Business, Adds Production in Mexico

The Austrian maker of injection molding machines and automation announced at NPE2024 that it will establish optimized sales, logistics and production structures for its three major regions: Europe, Asia and America.

Inside the Florida Recycler Taking on NPE’s 100% Scrap Reuse Goal

Hundreds of tons of demonstration products will be created this week. Commercial Plastics Recycling is striving to recycle ALL of it.

The AIM Institute and Engel North America Unveil Partnership

Engel North America has provided an E-mac 265/85 injection molding machine to be used by the AIM Institute for education and R&D purposes.

Slimmer All-Electric Press Debuts

NPE2024: A slimmed-down version of Engel’s all-electric, e-mac injection molding machine is among eight displays, which also include LSR micromolding, quick mold changes and a cube mold.

Molder Opts for Machine Flexibility for Complex Jobs

AE Plast opted for tiebarless multimaterial Engel victory machines as it took on complex parts for the appliance and power tool market, including a 3K housing for Dremel’s rotary tool.

Engel Shifts Customer Portal Into a Production Portal, Adds Moldex3D to Simulation Offering

The injection molding machine supplier is utilizing software company TIG, acquired in 2016, to reimagine its e-connect portal and has added Moldex3D to its sim link offering.

Fakuma 2023: Engel Premiers New Controller

Engel’s new CC300 plus control stresses ergonomics and haptic features for users.

Fakuma 2023: App Helps Molders Find Spare Parts

Engel's part finder app works on smart devices to help molders identify and order spare parts for their molding machines.

Water Temperature Control Upgraded and Integrated into Machine Control

Engel’s new eco-flomo temperature control system continuously monitors injection mold cooling and temperature control circuits, displaying pressure, temperature and flow rate values.

Datwyler Expands O-Ring Production

The company has added injection molding machines to production sites in Mexico and China to boost production.

Engel Boosts Automation Production Capabilities in North America

The Austrian company held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the expansion of its North American Automation Center in York, Penn., featuring 15,000-ft2 of production, office and logistics space.

Engel Aims for Net Zero Emissions, Commits to Standard

The Austrian-based maker of automation and injection molding machines will subject its CO2 reduction targets to the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) and it achieved ClimatePartner status.

Injection Molded Tape and Resin “Sandwich” Technology Debuts

During its Mobility Days in Austria, Engel and KTM Technologies debuted an all-plastic molded motorcycle seat base produced via a tape-sandwich process that can run in a standard molding process.

Mold-Change Time Targeted with Training, Technology

Engel is offering technology and training to molders to help them optimize their mold-changing process.

Engel Names New Leader for Global Processing Engineering

Johannes Kilian, VP Process Technologies and inject 4.0 at Engel, has been named VP Global Processing Engineering, replacing Norbert Müller.

Injection Molder Bases Company Culture on Employee Empowerment

After more than two decades in the industry, Rodney Davenport was given the opportunity to create an injection molding operation in his own vision, and — in keeping with the product he was making — to do so from the ground up.

Engel Achieves Record Earnings

For the fiscal year ending in March, the Austrian maker of injection molding machines and automation reported earnings of euro 1.7 billion ($1.86 billion), an all-time high.

Machine Intelligence Mobilized Against Waste

Part quality was naturally the first target of autonomous molding algorithms, but later developments have focused increasingly on preventing wasted time, energy, material and hardware maintenance.

Engel PTXPO Spotlight

Engel discusses the upcoming Plastics Technology Expo (PTXPO) March 28-30

Engel Delivers Its Largest Ever Injection Molding Machines

Two mammoth 8000-ton presses built at its St. Valentin plant in Austria have been delivered to Infiltrator Water Technologies in Winchester, Ky.

Energy Efficiency in Focus at K 2022

As much as cycle time, kWh/kg was an oft-cited metric by injection molding machine suppliers at October’s big show.

Engel Partners with Startup for Glass Injection Molding

Engel announced a cooperation agreement with Glassomer to jointly develop new applications for that company’s glass injection molding, providing a press for research and order fulfillment.

Engel Introduces Pay Per Use Option

The company says the pay-per-use model allows its customers to make payments based on machine utilization.

Engel Expands Robot Production Plant

Engel is investing Euro 11 million in its robot manufacturing facility in Dietach, Austria.

K 2022: ‘We’ve Been Waiting 40 Years!’

With sustainability top-of-mind in the plastics industry, this was a ground-breaking show for builders of recycling equipment. It also prompted new thinking in thinwall injection molding.

Engel North America Launched Apprenticeship Program

Certified and registered within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the program lasts four years with a combination of on-the-job experience and classroom-based instruction.

Engel Names New President for North American Operations

Vanessa Malena will become the new president of Engel Machinery Inc., succeeding Mark Sankovitch and after promotion from COO.

Recycling Challenges Become Opportunities with the Aid of New Technologies

The latest recycling equipment on view at the K Show handles more materials, is more efficient and produces higher quality output than ever achieved before.

Molds Promise Process Optimization for Smaller Carbon Footprints

Five Haidlmair tools running at K 2022 will showcase optimized cooling for faster cycles and the ability to run recyclate for more sustainable molding.

Robot Line Extended with Smallest, Most Energy Efficient Unit

Engel says the new viper 4 with a payload of 7 lb uses 48V drive technology and only requires a 230-V AC single-phase power supply.

K 2022 Preview: Injection Molding Closes the Circle, Digitally

Because the market requires sustainability—and important component of which is the circular economy—and sustainability requires digitization, all three will be major themes at injection molding booths at K 2022.

Dual Injection Units on a Smaller, Electric Press for 2K Medical Molding

Engel extends its combi M dual-injection unit technology to a smaller tonnage machine with a horizontal indexing table for the first time at K 2022.

Engel Introduces iQ hold Control

New smart assistant and part of the iQ suite of technologies automatically determines the optimum holding-pressure time in injection molding.

Injection Molding Simulation Meets the Real World

Direct data interface between molding simulation and the injection machine links the computer model to the real-world process. This can improve results from product and mold design through ongoing production. A case study demonstrates these benefits for automotive components in a family mold.

Getting Charged Up About Electric Vehicles

Metal-to-plastics replacement stories are a classic of the genre for plastics publishing, and nowhere more so than in the automotive space.

Engel to Showcase Sustainability at K 2022

At the world’s premier plastics fair, Engel will emphasize sustainable processing assisted by digitalization.

Engel Opens New Customer Tech Center at Large-Machine Plant in Austria

Machines from 700 to 1700 mt are housed in 36,600 ft2 of new space for trials and demonstrations.

Engel Opens Packaging Centers

Fit-for-purpose production cells for a wide variety of packaging are available at two Austrian locations—Schwertberg and St. Valentin—as part of the new Packaging Centers.

Custom Molder Manages Growth on Several Fronts

Adding people, plants and machines, expanding capabilities in LSR, high-tonnage presses, automation and 3D printing—EVCO Plastics maintains momentum through challenging times.

OPC UA Interface Integrates Injection Molding Machines with Mixing and Dosing Equipment

Engel and Koch have extended the use of OPC UA communication protocols between presses and dosing units and mixers.

‘Learn to Embrace Variability’

Wait. What? Variability in raw materials is supposed to be the last thing anyone would want to ‘embrace.’ But if you substitute ‘circular economy’ for ‘variability’ and ‘manage with technology’ for ‘embrace’—then the mystery starts to clear.

New Name, Products, Technology— But Same Service Philosophy

Schoeneck Containers is now Radius Packaging, but customer needs are still the focal center of this blow molder’s business. Those customers will benefit from the company’s push toward automation, sustainability, and new products in injection molding and stretch-blown PET.

Engel Acquires Polish Robotics Supplier

Engel says TMA Automation will further its growth in Eastern Europe with technologies that complement its own robotics offerings.

Electrification Sparks Changes in Automotive Design

Cars are marketed to consumers as everything from a form of personal expression to a reflection of the American experience, but ultimately they’re about moving people, and moving the car comes down to the motor.

Injection Molding Live Demos to Highlight First-Ever PTXPO

Major suppliers will be running injection machines in the first plastics industry trade show in the Chicago area since 2009.

Changes to Boards at Engel North America and Engel Group

Promoting from within, Engel North America’s four-person board will be headed by North American CEO Mark Sankovitch, while Engel Group names new CTO and CFO.

Rethinking the Radiator Grille: Award-Winning Part Combines Processes

BMW turned to Engel to supply an automated cleanroom cell that combines thermoplastic backmolding of a film and polyurethane processing to create the iX’s SPE 2021 Grand Award winning badge.

How a Molder Embraces Change While Sticking to Its Roots

For MDS Manufacturing, its first decade in business has been one of nearly constant change. But the two brothers who started it have never strayed from the company’s roots and the lessons about the molding business they learned from their father.

Why Put Flow Simulation on an Injection Machine?

This emerging technology sounds promising, but its practical benefits have yet to be demonstrated clearly.

Fakuma: Molding Machine and Simulation Software Interface Expanded

Engel’s sim link data interface for two-way exchange of simulation and process data between Engel machines and simulation programs has been extended to include Simcon’s CADMOULD program.

Fakuma: Online Support and Remote Maintenance Adds Live Video

Engel says the new web application e-connect.expert was proven out during the Coronavirus pandemic and shown to dramatically reduce troubleshooting times.

Industry 4.0—Learning from Mistakes

Why voice control of injection machines is not quite ready for prime time.

Barnes Opens Customer Technology Center in Germany

Located within portfolio company Foboha’s Haslach facility, the center features an Engel injection machine, Foboha tools and leading technology from other Barnes Group businesses, including Synventive, Gammaflux and Priamus.

Medical Molder Boasts Showpiece Material-Handling System

Flex Manchester is so proud of its new, elaborate drying/conveying system that it greets visitors front and center on their way to view the cleanroom molding floor.

Fakuma: Engel to Debut New Hybrid Machine

Building out its e-speed range of high-speed injection molding machines with a fully electric clamp, Engel will debut the e-speed 420/90 at Fakuma.

Fakuma: Robot Makes Safe, Early Starts; Optimizes Path Planning

Engel is expanding its range of smart assistance systems at Fakuma 2021 adding the new iQ motion control to its viper series linear robots.

Micro-Injection Molding LSR: Exploring the Limits of What’s Possible

Molding delicate LSR parts weighing 0.5 mg in 32 cavities requires high precision and repeatability in molding and careful post-mold handling. Here’s a look at the challenges of micro-molding with LSR and what makes it different from thermoplastic micro-molding.

Engel Pairs With Top Grade Molds on Coinjection Technology

The machine maker and mold builder jointly developed the coinjection system, utilizing Top Grade’s tool and hot runner know how, with the coinjection head and flow calculations coming from Engel.

Two-Stage Process Converts Post-Consumer Recyclate Into New Molded Parts

The new machine from Engel separates scrap plasticizing and injection into two independent process steps within one machine.

Germany’s Plastics and Rubber Machinery Industry Reflects on 2020

Incoming orders rose 7% in 2020 compared to 2019; but sales finished down 12% as first quarter Coronavirus shutdowns exacerbated the negative trends of 2019.

Engel Creates Dedicated Digital Sales Team

Engel Group says the new Digital Solutions Sales Team will manage all sales activities for digital products from its inject 4.0 program.

Industry 4.0 Communication Standard Adds Hot Runners, LSR Dosing

EUROMAP and the OPC Foundation’s joint working group issued a standardized data exchange communication protocol for hot runner devices and liquid silicone rubber dosing systems.

Freudenberg Medical Expands Costa Rica Facility

The global contract design and manufacturing firm is adding space for catheter manufacturing and assembly, including injection molding, extrusion and packaging.

Engel Moves Technology Symposium Online

The Austria-based maker of injection molding machines and automation equipment is shifting its traditional in-house event to a virtual platform from June 22-24.

When It Comes to Maintenance Trust Your Nose (and Ears and Eyes)

An ever-growing number of sensors on injection molding machines provide real-time transparency into a press’s inner workings, but the low-tech sensors humans come with are still vital to keeping a plant running.

Engel’s Wintec Brand of Injection Molding Machines Starts Distribution in Europe

The line of Chinese-made dual-platen large-scale presses, which launched in 2014, will now be available globally.

New Technology Opens a Predictive Window Onto Screw Wear

Despite their integral role in transforming pellets fed through the hopper into parts ejected from the mold, visibility into the performance, health and efficiency of screws is difficult to discern for many reasons, not the least of which being the fact they’re located inside a barrel.

Building an Ocean-Bound Plastics Supply Chain

Atando Cabos, working with partners ExxonMobil and Engel, is taking discarded fishing rope and transforming it into raw material to reincorporate into the production chain as long-term recyclable products.

PTA Plastics Adds Six Injection Molding Machines

The injection molder split the new Engel and Wittmann Battenfeld machines between its facilities in Longmont, Colo. and Oxford, Conn.

20 Good Things to Come Out of 2020—Part 4

Good news was there if you knew where to look for it—in the pages of Plastics Technology magazine or right here on our website. Here’s a review of headlines you can feel good about.

Engel Launches Used Machinery Business

Located in Prague based on Eastern Europe’s interest in second-hand equipment, the unit will buy back, refurbish and sell injection molding machines and robots.

European Machinery Suppliers See Steadying Markets

After a sharp drop in activity at the start of the year, the German plastics and rubber machinery sector has corrected with 2020 orders tracking only 3% below 2019 levels, while Austria’s Engel and Wittmann Battenfeld saw North American bright spots.

Packaging Machine Range Extended

Engel says its duo speed injection molding machines are its fastest two-platen presses and will target larger packaging and logistics applications like buckets and storage containers.

Customizable Robot and Molding Machine Maintenance Packages

Engel is offerings its injection molding machine and linear robot customers six individually configurable maintenance packages.

Engel Announces Virtual Structural Foam Molding Conference

Free, three-day foammelt conference shifts to a virtual format, providing info on all aspects of structural foam molding.

New Head of Process Technologies at Engel Austria

Dr. Johannes Kilian is the new Head of Process Technologies at Engel Austria, following the retirement of Prof. Dr. Georg Steinbichler.

Injection Molding: Remote Optimization of Process & Machine by Application Engineer

Injection molding machine and automation supplier Engel has expanded its Inject 4.0 portfolio of technologies and services to include performance.boost.

Injection Molding: All-Electric Machine Line Expands

Engel has added a 130-ton press to its all-electric line of e-mac machines, which now ranges from 50 to 280 tons.

Injection Molding: Hybrid Line Targeting Packaging Adds Lower Tonnage

Engel has added a 280-ton machine to its e-speed series of injection molding machines, targeting makers of thin-walled containers, buckets and matching lids.

Injection Molding: Determine Barrier Screw Condition Without Screw Removal

The device is installed on the outside of the barrel and uses ultrasound to assess a barrier screw’s condition through the barrel wall and the molten plastic.

Injection Molding: New Micro-Injection Unit for LSR

Engel and collaborator ACH Solution say the new unit enables shot weights well below 0.1 g.

Engel Announces Virtual Event to Showcase Planned Fakuma Rollouts

The injection molding machine and automation supplier says its e-xperience virtual event to be held Oct. 13-16 will feature exhibits, a presentation program, and one-on-one meetings with local contacts and other experts.

Metro Mold & Design Adds Four Injection Molding Machines

Minnesota based injection molder and blow molder invested a total of $4 million in equipment, including four Engel injection molding machines and Ilsemann Automation technology.

Thermoplastics Structures the Focus of Engel’s China Composites Expo Presence

At the China Composites Expo 2020 (Sept. 2-4; Shanghai), Engel will highlight its thermoplastic based organomelt composite technology saying it represents the “answer to sustainable transport.”

Injection Molding: All-Electric Machine Line Boasts Smaller Footprint

Optimized toggle geometry on the latest e-mac from Engel shortens footprint without impacting opening stroke.

Fakuma Exhibitors Drop Out as Covid-19 Impacts 2020 Plans

Engel joins KraussMaffei, Wittmann Battenfeld and Sepro Group as major injection molding centered exhibitors who have announced they will be skipping the injection-oriented event or curtailing their presence.

Covid-19 Test Swab Production Cell Introduced

Cell includes a mold, molding machine and robot with the ability to create 320 test swabs per minute and 460,000 test swabs per day.

EVCO Plastics Gears Up To Mold Coronavirus Test Kits

The firm has added shifts, reassigned people and injection machines—and is buying new ones—in a crash program to mold and assemble COVID-19 test kits.

Engel and Haidlmair Team Up for Reusable Face Mask

As facemasks become required in many parts of the world during a time when traditional supplies of single-use versions are completely tapped, Engel and Haidlmair announced work on a reusable solution.

Engel Ceases Production at Austrian Plants Following Employee Coronavirus Infections

Following the sixth confirmed case of Covid-19 for its employees in Austria, Engel said it was ceasing production at its manufacturing sites in Austria until April 15.

Bigger, Faster, Lower-Cost Robots at K 2019

Three, four, five and six axes; high speed and high payload capacities; low-cost models; and collaborative robots made news at K. There were also QMC systems and AGVs.

K 2019 Report: Auxiliaries Stake Their Claim in the Circular Economy

The theme of sustainable plastics pervaded the exhibits at K 2019, even those of auxiliary equipment suppliers, where everything from dryers to blenders to hopper loaders was reimagined as part of a circular plastics process.

More Milestones for EVCO Plastics

Custom injection molder is adding floorspace, machine capacity, and contract manufacturing capabilities at multiple plants in the U.S. and Mexico.

Paul Caprio Joins Engel North America

Formerly head of KraussMaffei's North American operations, Caprio will serve as president alongside Engel CEO Mark Sankovitch.

Tenere Shapes Market Niche Where Metal and Plastics Meet

Joining metal and plastics to target some of today’s most dynamic industries, contract manufacturer Tenere reinvented itself—and its customer list—in 2016.

Injection Molding: Faster, Smarter, More Efficient Machines Tackle Sustainable Molding at K 2019

Blazing speed plus shrinking energy consumption supported the “green” theme at the big show. Smarter controls and growing connectivity were another key focus.

Simulation Is Making Injection Machines Smarter

Engel’s simlink will refine offline simulation with results from actual molding and use Engel’s machine data to constrain simulation within the actual machine’s capabilities.

Heating/Cooling: Advanced Mold-temperature Control at K 2019 Show

Larger electronic TCU and automatic mold blow-out function debut from Engel.

Injection Molding: Optimize Screw Recovery for Better Melt Quality, Less Wear

Engel’s new iQ melt control extends plastication time as much as possible without lengthening the cycle.

Heating/Cooling: Temperature Control Features Larger Pump, Higher Temperatures

Engel expanded its e-temp line of temperature controllers at K 2019 with the XL variant, offerings higher pump capacity and greater heat output.

Who’s Doing Research to Advance the Plastics Industry?

Machinery suppliers are taking the lead in plastics R&D. Engel offers one example.

K 2019 Preview: Injection Molding Goes for the ‘Green’

‘Circular Economy’ joins Industry 4.0 as common themes of injection molding exhibits in Düsseldorf.

‘Circular Economy’ Will Be Unifying Theme at K 2019 Show

Even injection machine suppliers like Engel will talk about ways their technology can support recycling.

Video: Engel Previews Its Plans for K

In a pre-K press event held at its global headquarters in Schwertberg, Austria, injection molding machine and automation supplier Engel gave the plastics trade press a preview of the technology it will display in Düsseldorf.

Five Straight Years of Record Returns for Engel and a Doubling of Production Space for Wintec in China

The Austrian maker of injection molding machines set a new record for sales in its last fiscal year completed in March—Euro 1.6 billion—while announcing a doubling of manufacturing space for its Wintec line of Chinese-made machines at Chinaplas.

Injection Overmolding Widens Horizons For Composites Processor

A specialist in thermoset composites since the 1960s, CCP Gransden is a relative newcomer to thermoplastic composites and to injection molding. Its exploration of organosheet overmolding has opened up new potential.

Engel Launches Wintec and Opens Second Office in Mexico

Weeks after opening a second location in the country near Monterrey, Engel used Latin America’s largest plastics event—Plastimagen—to introduce the Wintec brand of injection molding machines to the Mexican market.

Engel Signs New Plastics Economy Global Commitment

Engel supports its customers in designing and producing packaging according to the rules of the circular economy and in opening up a wider range of applications for recycled materials.

Can All-Electrics Cut It in High-Speed Packaging?

How about four PP ice cream cups with IML in 2.2 sec?

Are You Up on the Latest in IML & IMD?

New technology for decorative and functional in-mold decorating will be featured at Molding 2019 Conference.

Heraeus and Engel Join Forces For Injection Molding Liquid Metals

New amorphous metal alloys from Heraeus and a special injection machine from Engel open up a new realm of injection molding possibilities.

Learn About Souped-Up Presses for Packaging at Molding 2019

Speakers from Arburg and Engel will discuss what it takes for an electric or hybrid injection machine to handle high-speed, thin-wall packaging.

Filling a Precision Molding Niche in Mexico

Originally opened and dedicated by Mexican President Vicente Fox in 2006, GW Plastics has expanded the business and capabilities of its facility in Querétaro, adapting and evolving along with that country’s thriving injection molding market.

Trio of Headlines in Lightweight Composites for Automotive & More

Injection overmolding in automotive; HP-RTM of hollow composite parts; and development of specialized equipment for UD tape stacking and consolidation.

Digital Manufacturing: Two Medical Molders Embrace Industry 4.0

‘Digitalization’ and ‘connectivity’ are loaded terms—shorthand for a whole new way of doing business. It can’t be accomplished in one go. But two Midwest molders in the sensitive medical field are already feeling the benefits of their initial steps in that direction.

Headlines from Fakuma 2018

Integrating a special low-pressure process into machine controls; novel shop-floor quality-inspection technology; MES systems from machine and controls vendors; and sophisticated in-mold decorating.

Automated Mold-Insert Changing Via Robot for Short Runs

At Fakuma 2018 show in Germany, Engel Austria (U.S. office in York, Pa.) is presenting three premieres in one exhibit.

NPE Wrap-Up: News in Primary Machinery, Part 1

Rounding up details from the Big Show not previously reported in all our other coverage, here’s more news in injection and blow molding, extrusion and compounding. Next month, we’ll conclude with recycling/scrap reclaim, robots, tooling, auxiliary equipment, materials and additives.

NPE2018 New Technology Focus: Dazzlingly High-Speed Packaging Production

Several machine suppliers are injection molding caps and thin-wall cups in as fast as 2-sec cycles.

NPE2018 New Technology Focus: LSR in the Spotlight

LSR remains a popular topic, visible at numerous molding demos at the show.

NPE2018 New Technology Focus: Foam Fascination

A new physical foaming process and a significant enhancement of the MuCell process attract attention at the show.

NPE2018 New Technology Focus: Do It in the Mold

In-mold labeling and decorating are applied to packaging and automotive parts at numerous booths throughout the show.

NPE2018 New Technology Focus: Process Cooling

Key themes in chillers at NPE2018 are efficiency, connectivity and transparency.

The Octex Group Introduces “Launchpad” For Faster Product Launches

A tightly integrated group with custom molding, toolmaking, and metrology operations works together to compress the tool-qualification and product-launch cycle.

NPE2018 New Technology Focus: Healthy Interest in Medical

Medical molding is a big presence at NPE.

Engel Offers a Vision of the ‘Factory of the Future’

Engel’s inject 4.0 program is its on-ramp to the factory of the future.

NPE2018 New Technology Focus: The ‘4.0’ Revolution

Injection and blow molding and robot suppliers are making Industry 4.0 the most prevalent theme of the show.

Injection Molding: In-Mold PUR Coating Now Comes in Colors

Colored in-mold PUR coatings can now be added to injection molded auto parts.

Auxiliaries at NPE2018: Packing More Functions in Less Space

Auxiliary equipment suppliers are building more and more technology into their products, packing more physical and virtual functions into the same or smaller footprints.

Metal/Plastic Hybrid Molding: Flexible Alternatives for Teletronics

In overmolding of plastic onto electronic components, the goal today is flexibility. Here are three real-world examples of different kinds of modular cell layouts that have been used in production.

NPE Is U.S. Debut for Campetella Robotic Center

A major Italian supplier of linear and SCARA robots specializes in IML.

New Foaming Technology for Thin-Wall Parts

Trexel’s new MuCell P-Series nitrogen dosing equipment enables greater lightweighting of thin-wall packaging than ever possible before.

Integrated Metal/Plastic Processing for Teletronics

Engel combines metal punching and tapping with injection overmolding in one integrated process.

Engel Rolls Out Decoject In-Mold Decorating Process

Fully automated cell that feeds a thin TPO film into the tool for back molding makes its North American debut.

High-Speed Cap & Cup Molding

Engel shows how all-electric injection machines perform at 2-3 sec cycles.

Engel Brings Economical Chinese-Built Machines to the Americas

Engel’s Wintec servo-hydraulic two-platen and all-electric toggle injection presses are now available here for general-purpose molding.

LSR Headlamp Lens Uses Auto Cavity Balancing

Engel molds complex LSR automotive headlamp lenses with the help of a new valve-gate cold-runner system.

Automatically Set, Maintain Ideal Cooling Parameters for Temperature Control Units

Engel will use NPE2018 as the North American launch of its iQ flow control software.

Engel's Online Customer Portal Goes Live in North America

Engel’s online customer portal improves service and ordering of spare parts; it offers remote troubleshooting and preventive-maintenance monitoring.

Engel’s Online Customer Portal To Go Live in Time for NPE

NPE will see North American debut of Engel’s e-portal for remote service, ordering spare parts, and preventive-maintenance monitoring.

Heating/Cooling: Energy-Saving Mold-Temperature Control Comes to NPE

Electronic flow control is paired with a variable-speed TCU pump to achieve optimum cooling with the minimum energy required.

Injection Molding: LSR Auto Cavity Balancing, New Decorating Process & High-Speed Cap Molding at Engel’s NPE Exhibit

Engel’s 9 machine cells at NPE2018 cover medical, packaging, automotive, telectronics, and technical injection molding.

Chinaplas Debut for Unusual Approach To Injection Molding Thick Lenses

Engel molds thick, complex automotive lens in three layers on two injection molding machines.

Where Do You Fall On Industry 4.0’s Adoption Curve?

Beyond the hype: how are injection molders applying industry 4.0 today, and what’s coming in the future.

'Engage, Innovate, Evolve': Future-Oriented Culture at Octex Group

Using science, technology, and talent to give high-tech customers unprecedented speed to market.

Engel Establishes New Unit for Project Planning of Composites Systems

Engel adds new commercial sub-division to design and sell composite machinery systems, now separate from its composites R&D unit.

Decoding ‘Industry 4.0’

The biggest splash at NPE will come from the wave of technological innovation and futuristic enthusiasm known variously as Industry 4.0 or the Smart Factory or the Internet of Things.

VIDEO: Plastimagen Marches On

Only 49 days removed from a devastating earthquake and with the possibility of sweeping changes to a key trade deal looming, Plastimagen 2017 in Mexico City plowed forward.

Injection Molding: Faster Robot at Fakuma

New “speed” version is 30% faster than Engel’s standard viper robot.

Mexico’s Plastics Sector Applies Technology to Compete Globally

Moving past cheap labor to high technology, Mexico’s evolution as a plastics hub continues apace.

Injection Molding: Industry 4.0 Advances at Fakuma 2017

At October’s Fakuma fair in Germany, several injection machine suppliers will showcase their progress toward Industry 4.0 connectivity.

Injection Molding: How Repeatable is Repeatability?

Process repeatability is not a constant, but varies over time in response to a number of variables. That variation is not captured by a snapshot in time—measuring a discrete sample of parts. And the only way to manage that variation is with process controls that adjust each and every cycle.

So You Want to Be in Medical Plastics? Ask Yourself These Questions First

A medical custom processor cautions those in the field, or wanting to get into it, about regulatory trends that add complexity and risks to an already demanding market sector. Understanding the answers to four key questions can help clarify the issues.

Plastics Personnel Moves: OCTEX, SPE, PLASTICS, battenfeld-cincinnati, and Engel

New president at OCTEX; new CEO at SPE; new chief economist at PLASTICS; recognition for employee at Engel and more.

Engel Hosts Tech Symposium, Updates Global Expansion News

At a packaging and medical themed technology symposium at its technical center in California, the Austrian maker of molding machines and automation discussed global investments in its business.

Three-Pronged Growth Strategy In U.S., China & Mexico

Diversified molder pursues growth on two continents in medical, packaging, and large parts.

INJECTION MOLDING: New Monitors, Controls, Sensors

New capabilities include the OPC-UA interface for Industry 4.0 communications.

Oil Additive Helps Hydraulic Presses Save Energy

Hydraulic oil additive maintains more uniform viscosity over a range of oil temperatures.

K 2016: Connectivity & Collaboration in Robotics & Automation

Besides a handful of new robots and pickers, the big themes were modular ‘plug-and-play’ automation, Industry 4.0 connectivity, easier programming, and safer collaboration with human workers.

Blow Molding: New Machines Take on Challenging Shapes

From very small to very large, from hotel amenity bottles to automotive jounce bumpers, new and upgraded machines tackle difficult jobs while improving productivity, quality, and energy efficiency.

K 2016 Injection Molding: Rapid Pace of Development

Servo drives dominate. Other trends include multitouch screens, adding materials data to process controls, and Industry 4.0 connectivity.

Video: Peter Neumann's Exit Interview

After 35 years (and 12 K Shows), Engel's Dr. Peter Neumann retired on Dec. 1, handing over the family held company to the next generation—his nephew.

Kurz, Engel and Lanxess Team for Decorated, Overmolded Continuous Fiber Sheet

A process to decorate a hybrid composite/thermoplastic part with a decorative film in one mold was among several new decorating technologies exhibited at K 2016 by The Kurz Group.

New Culture, New Capabilities, New Challenges

Over the last few years, Henkel has not only transformed what its Richmond facility does, but also altered how it operates in terms of culture.

INJECTION MOLDING: New Robots & Automation Solutions Coming to K 2016 Show

Look for modular automation systems, new controls, and new robots and pickers.

K 2016 Preview: Injection Molding

Adapting injection molding to the concept of Industry 4.0 is gaining momentum. At this show you’ll see that the interconnected, integrated “factory of the future” is almost here.

K 2016 Preview: Blow Molding

Looking for speed and energy efficiency? Take your pick of new all-electric, hybrid, and servo-hydraulic machines.

Engel Previews K 2016 Introductions

Advances in mold cooling, machine condition monitoring, and in-mold decorating will be key exhibits in Dusseldorf.

Tech Center Boasts Five Engel Machines and MuCell Technology

A new Detroit-area tech center gives automotive OEMs and their tier suppliers a production-scale lab to test the very latest molding technologies.

Engel’s Liquid-Metal Technology Could Be a Hit

A technology leader in plastics, the Austrian firm’s collaboration with innovative metal molding firm Liquidmetal is drawing “overwhelming interest.”

China’s Appetite for Advanced Molding Technology

Do automation and advanced molding technologies still offer U.S. molders safe harbor against low-cost competition?

Expanding Global Middle Class Equals Growing Energy Demand

There is a clear correlation between economic growth and energy use, or put more mathematically—total people times higher living standards equals greater energy needs.

North American Auto Sales Will Tap On the Brakes in 2017

After spiking thanks to pent-up demand following the Great Recession of 2009, automotive sales will slow in coming years.

Trexel Establishes Detroit-Area Tech Center

Cooperating with Engel to provide Mucell-ready machines for trials.

‘New Normal’ Marks 30th Chinaplas Show

Show breaks attendance records as Chinese economy slows.

So How Fast Can You Change a Mold?

A contest next month at a U.K. trade show will crown one molder king of the quick-change artists.

Wintec Adds All-Electric Line, Expands Sales Outside of China

All-electric 100- and 180-ton injection molding machines join two-platen presses in portfolio, while sales extend to ASEAN, Iran, Turkey and beyond.

Neumann to Hand Over Reins of Engel to Fourth Generation

Effective November 30, 2016 and in conjunction with his 60th birthday, current Engel Chairman Peter Neumann will step down after 35 years, handing off the company to his nephew and the fourth generation of family ownership.

Make Your Machine Time Count

At the end of the day, injection molders are ultimately only selling one thing: machine time.

Why Blum Went All Tiebarless

One of the first adopters of tiebarless injection machines a quarter-century ago uses them exclusively, both here and in Europe. One reason is their ability to handle oversized molds with awkward projections on smaller presses.

Engel to Host Technology Symposium in Southern California

Presentations from market leaders, partner booths and live machine demonstrations on tap in Corona, Calif.

Ten Intriguing Injection Molding Technologies of 2015

I know I’m leaving myself wide open on this one. I was asked, “What are the 10 most interesting injection molding technologies of 2015?” I should have pleaded eggnog hangover and politely declined.

Molder Expands Plant, But That’s Just the Beginning

Wescon cuts ribbon on a new addition and adds presses as part of a strategic plan to double its business.

Highlights of Fakuma 2015

A selection of the hottest news and molding trends at this “little brother” to the K Show.

INJECTION MOLDING: Sneak Peek at Fakuma News

News in LSR, micromolding, IML, medical technology, and more.

Engel Shines Spotlight on Liquid Metal Molding

During its triennial symposium in Austria, the machine builder molded medical forceps parts from a novel liquid-metal alloy.

On-Site: A Big Molder’s Technical Engineering Plus a Small Company’s Customer Service

That’s the formula for rapid growth at a new/old firm serving medical, military, and aviation markets.

Engel Has Grown By 14%; Will Expand Headquarters

The company says almost all regions have made a contribution to this success.

Tiebarless Training Comes to Tennessee

Automotive is booming in the state, and students are being prepared for jobs in molding.

Global Processors Establishing U.S. Footprint

Two major international processors establish plants in central Pennsylvania to serve the U.S. market.

INJECTION MOLDING AT NPE: Presses, Robots & Cell Automation

Everything molders need to compete in markets from automotive to medical was on display in Orlando. Besides a huge number of new machine models, there was emphasis on cell integration and automation.

Chinaplas 2015: Engel Announces Record Results, New Automation Center in Shanghai

Austrian injection molding machine and automation supplier Engel announced at Chinaplas 2015 that it eclipsed the euro 1 billion mark for annual sales for the first time ever, hitting 1.068 billion euros ($1.4 billion) for its fiscal year ending in March.

Tiebarless Training in Tennessee

A manufacturing education center and two new Engel injection molding machines are doing their part in Tennessee to help feed that state’s voracious appetite for skilled plastics workers in its burgeoning automotive industry.

Slideshow: The sights of NPE2015

Relive NPE2015 through photos taken by the Plastics Technology staff.

Biggest-Ever Chinaplas On Tap in May

More than 3200 exhibitors will fill 26 exhibit halls May 20-23, in Guangzhou.

Time to Automate Your Insert Molding Job? Answer these questions first

The benefits of automation—precision, repeatability, speed—are particularly suited to insert molding, but only if you heed the insert’s desires.

AUXILIARIES AT NPE: More Control, Flexibility, And Efficiency

These are key trends in the many kinds of auxiliary equipment displayed at this month’s show. You’ll also see equipment designed to be virtually ‘foolproof.’

INJECTION MOLDING AT NPE: Molding Exhibits Show Off Cell Integration with Multiple Processes & Operations

If you’re interested in lightweight composites, IML, LSR, multi-shot, inmold assembly, barrier coinjection, micromolding, variotherm molding, foams, energy-saving presses, robots, hot runners, and tooling—they’re all here in force.

For Repeatable Molding, Add Some Variability

Engel finds repeatability in a variable process.

Plastics Plug In To Charged-Up Electronics Sector

Cars with cameras, watches with phones, and sensors on everything—our ubiquitously wired lives mean opportunities for plastics in electronics, especially as gadgets go flexible.

Try Multilayer Injection for Efficient Molding of Thick-Walled Lenses

A new approach to multilayer injection molding boosts productivity in making challenging optical plastic parts, such as thick-walled LED lenses for automotive headlights, which have tolerances in the micron range.

Key Themes from the Fakuma Show

Servo-hydraulics, servo sprue pickers, electronic water-flow monitoring/control, and exotic multi-process cells were the headliners in Friedrichshafen.

Touch-Sensitive Control Surfaces: The Next Thing in Medical Technology?

Cost savings and cleanability are moving overmolded capacitive-sensing films from automotive consoles into medical equipment.

Three Themes at Fakuma Show

Servo hydraulics are becoming standard; servo pickers proliferate; water flow monitoring and control are new focus.

The Customer Buys the Machine, You Mold the Parts

Currier Plastics houses and operates customer-owned injection and blow molding presses, cutting costs for both parties.

Liquid Composites Molding Progresses at BMW and VW

With lightweighting and fuel efficiency as drivers, two German automakers pursue alternative technologies for structural parts.

BMW Ups Its Stake in Composites

BMW installs huge vertical press for thermoset HP-RTM.

Winzeler Gear Thrives With a Little Help from Its Friends

Strategic partnerships give a small molder the technical clout of a much bigger firm.

Chinaplas Show Offers News For Packaging, Automotive, Electronics

Fast-growing plastics fair showcases the region’s growing appetite for sophisticated food packaging, and more.

Machinery Systems for Thermoplastic Composites in Automotive

Three suppliers of injection machines and one of in-mold sensors will present the latest technology for injection overmolding of composites.

Injection molded metals have their say at medical event

Injection molded plastics have long found new applications by replacing metals; but these days it is often injection molded metals that are replacing metal components formed by casting, machining, or other processes.

More Details on Molding the BMW i3 Electric Car

Massive machines paired up to mold body-shell components.

Why Thermoplastic Composites Are Hot in Automotive

A new conference brings together the leaders in this emerging field of technology.

What's the Fuss Over Thermoplastic Composites in Automotive?

Find out at a brand-new conference this June in Novi, Mich.

Switch Over To Consistent Quality

A new process-control method picks up variations in melt quality and viscosity during the injection phase and equalizes them within the same shot.

News in Robots from K 2013

Injection molding Cartesian robots are being made lighter and faster, but with greater payload capacity and vibration resistance. Six-axis articulated robots are being made easier to program.

News in Hot Runners & Tooling at K 2013

Molds that break speed records for specific applications; hot runners for medical, packaging, and automotive parts; temperature and valve-gate controllers; and standardized mold components constitute a large grab-bag of news in the tooling category for injection molding at the Dusseldorf show.

Processors Find Their Place at K 2013

Sprinkled among the 17 halls, often overshadowed by the billion-dollar machinery and material suppliers surrounding them, were no small number of processors.

EVCO Plastics at 50: Still Thinking Big

In its first half-century, EVCO Plastics has grown from one half-ounce injection machine in a basement to a $130 million company with 148 presses and 900 employees at nine plants in the U.S., Mexico, and China.

Injection Molding at K 2013: Doing More with Less

More productivity with less energy consumption and capital investment; more operations in the machine or manufacturing cell with less time, labor, energy, and capital—these were the common themes of injection molding exhibits at October’s K 2013 show.

Headlines from the K 2013 Show

Here’s just a taste of the innovations on display, a selection of the top headlines not covered in our September show preview.

K 2013 Preview: Injection Molding

Next month’s mammoth triennial plastics show in Düsseldorf, Germany, challenges injection molding machine builders to demonstrate technological leadership in addressing the needs of the marketplace.

Higher Speeds, More Integrated Processes at K Show

“Go faster” and “integrate more functions” look to be the guiding principles of new injection molding developments to be shown by Engel Austria at K 2013 in Dusseldorf this October.

New Hybrid Machine Platform Focused on Customization, Integration, Energy Savings

After five years of product development behind the scenes, Athena Automation is ready for its close-up.

Extreme Molding’s Mantra: ‘Find Your Niche and Stick to It’

For a small custom injection molder competing in today’s global market, Lynn Momrow-Zielinski has two pieces of advice: 1) Develop a business plan and stick to it. 2) Find a technical and/or market niche and stick to that, too.

Sustainable Medical Molding: For Nypro, It’s Good Business

“Why worry about sustainability?” asks Ed Cathey, controller of Nypro’s Mebane, N.C., injection molding plant.

More Gloss, Fewer Weld Lines With Variothermal Molding

A higher mold surface temperature during filling is required to achieve high-gloss surfaces or perfectly replicated microstructures and nanostructures, as well as erasing ugly weld lines. Instrumented tests quantify the results achieved by this process.

Moldmaker Explores New LSR Molding Technologies

Can liquid silicone rubber (LSR ) be overmolded onto polypropylene?

‘Expansion Molding’: New Method For LSR Micro-Molding

X-melt or expansion molding technology was originally developed by Engel to fill thin-wall parts that require extremely fast injection.

Making the Value Connection In Proprietary Molding

“We make components that go into other devices.

Injection Press Converts to Injection-Blow

A simple way for injection molders to get into blow molding of small containers for food, beverage, cosmetic, and pharmaceutical applications has been introduced through a collaboration of Engel Austria, the injection machine supplier (U.S. office in York, Pa.,) and Italian injection moldmaker Cantoni S.r.l.

The New Lightweights: Injection Molded 'Hybrid' Composites Spur Auto Innovation

A thermoplastic composite technology that emerged just a couple of years ago promises to make dramatic strides within the next two years in automotive mass production of structural components.

New Machines & Processes for Medical, Auto, Packaging, Electronics

Engel’s technical symposium in June attracted 2700 visitors from 35 countries to two days of technical presentations and 18 injection molding exhibits at the company’s plant in St.

Automotive Molders Add Big Multi-Material Presses

Two companies of the Automotive Components Div. of The Windsor Mold Group, Windsor, Ont., recently commissioned several 2200-ton multi-component injection machines from Engel Machinery Inc., York, Pa.

Robots at NPE2012: Faster, Stronger, Smarter

Among the many attractions in injection molding exhibits at NPE2012 were more intelligent robots with higher speeds and payload capacities

First Commercial Use of ‘Dolphin’ Molding Process

italian molder deploys multi-component, hard/soft molding technology developed by Engel.

NPE: New Machines Exhibit Sophisticated Molding Demos

More speed, more power, more precision, and more automated functions accomplished in and out of the mold. That’s exactly what injection machinery suppliers were offering at NPE2012.

Powder Injection Molding Helps PTI Thrive in Specialties

“We like challenges. We like to do things that other people are scared to do.”

Injection Molding: Speed, Automation & Integration

Hot buttons at the show will be multi-component molding, in-mold labeling/decorating (IML/IMD), in-mold assembly, medical molding, liquid silicone rubber (LSR), micro-molding, and high-speed packaging.

Do It All in the Mold

In-mold assembly, decorating, labeling, finishing: In-mold “what-have-you” has been a trend in injection molding for years.

NPE2012: The Big Picture -- Themes for Growth at the Big Show

In our last issue we examined three big themes that will serve as the foundation of many new technology developments at NPE 2012, April 1-5 at the Orlando Convention Center: sustainability, energy efficiency, and automation.

‘Organic Hybrid’ Composites Highlighted at K Show

One of the materials trends hailed at this month’s K 2010 show in Dusseldorf was the replacement of plastic-metal “hybrid” composites with all-plastic “organic hybrids” in structural parts for automotive and other markets.

Automation, Old-Fashioned Values Help Sustain Molder’s Success

This 55-year-old, family-owned and operated custom injection molding company continues to thrive by practicing a value that’s gained widespread popularity lately: “sustainability.”

INJECTION MOLDING: Automation and Integration At K Show

There were new presses of all stripes aplenty at K 2010, but the “wow” factor was supplied by automated work cells and integrated manu-facturing systems performing multiple operations before, during, and after molding.

K 2010- Injection Molding New All-Electrics & Hybrids Balance Performance & Economy

The world’s largest plastics show, coming up next month in Dusseldorf, Germany, provides ample evidence of the growing sway of electric drive technology in injection molding.

Processor Strategies - Cashmere Molding Inc.: ‘Compete Globally, Produce Locally’

What kind of a company increases sales by an average of 60% annually, including a 10% gain last year, in the depth of the Great Recession?

Getting Into LSR: Part II--Chosing an Injection Machine

The criteria for selecting a liquid silicone rubber injection molding machine are very similar to selecting a machine for standard thermoplastic injection molding, with several key differences.

Old-School Thinking, New-Wave Technology Drive This Processor Into a ‘New Age’

It was the Fall of 2008.

New Presses, Robots & Process Tech To Debut at K 2010 Fair

The exhibit of Engel Austria at October’s K 2010 fair in Dusseldorf, Germany, will host a wide range of product introductions, ranging from new machines for caps/closures and micromolding to a new model of small electric press, a new generation of beam robots, and developing process technologies for polyurethane skin coating, machine-integrated mold-temperature control, multi-shot optical molding, and all-plastic “hybrid” composites.

Injection Molding at NPE 2003

Show goers will see an electric injection machine in nearly every press maker’s booth this year, and electric/hydraulic hybrids in several.

Hot/Cold Thermal Cycling of Injection Molds Heats Up

Injection molders are warming up to the idea of cycling their tool surface temperature during the molding cycle rather than keeping it constant.

New Presses at Fakuma Show Focus on Energy & Performance

Beltless direct-drive electric machines and upgraded electric/hydraulic hybrids were introduced at the 20th Fakuma trade exhibition in Friedrichshafen, Germany, last month.

NPE 2009 Wrap-Up: New Machinery for Injection Molding

New injection machinery at the show ranged from all-electric units for high-speed packaging or bioplastic processing to hybrid presses ready for the cleanroom. Other units highlighted multi-component molding with LSR and thermoplastics or super-compact presses for small parts. Several new machines targeted specific applications such as caps and closures, PET preforms, LSR, or integrated long-glass compounding.

NPE News in Injection Molding

If a better machine can help your company beat challenging economic conditions, you’ll probably find it at NPE. And finding it will be easier, thanks to our editors’ efforts to sift out of some 2000 exhibits the most significant news in injection and blow molding, extrusion, compounding, and thermoforming.

New Low-Pressure Process Molds Long Profiles On Small Presses

A new process that can produce long, thin-walled profiles and strips with functional or decorative geometries integrated in the part in a single step was developed by IB Steiner engineering consultants and Hybrid Composite Products GmbH, both in Spielberg, Austria.

Monster Press Is Energy Miser

WEB EXCLUSIVE The largest injection press made to date by Engel in Austria (U.S. office in York, Pa.) is molding 6500-liter HDPE underground tanks at Otto Graf in Teningen, Germany, and is doing it with extremely low energy consumption.

New Presses, Robots And Low-Pressure Process

At its annual Technology Days conference and exhibition in Lossburg, Germany, Arburg GmbH + Co.

Injection Molding Compounders Molders Get Control Of Their Materials

The combination of an injection molding press and a twin-screw compounding extruder represents a new paradigm for processors: They create their own materials as they mold them.

Precision Molder Takes on LSR

Liquid Silicone Rubber (LSR) injection molding makes up just 10% to 15% of U.S. medical or automotive applications that are also served by high-consistency silicone rubber (HCR), EPDM, latex, natural rubber, TPEs, flexible PVC, and even porcelain ceramic. Nonetheless, LSR molding is attracting growing interest (see Learn More), enough to prompt the formation of a new division dedicated to LSR by GW Plastics in Bethel, Vt.

K 2007 Injection Molding: Lots of New Machine Choices For Exotic to Everyday Molding

If you were looking for a new machine to mold micro- or mega-sized parts, multiple materials, long fibers, high-speed/high-cavitation packaging, exotic multi-material combinations with compounding on the machine, or just a cost-effective press for general-purpose use—K 2007 had it all.

Injection Molding LSR: Three 'M's of Innovation: Mega, Micro, and Multi

Liquid silicone rubber is breaking out of its niche into a broader array of applications, helped by new developments in materials, machinery, and processing. Larger parts, micro-parts, foams, and multi-color or multi-material combinations are key areas of innovation.

What's New at the Show in INJECTION MOLDING

At the big “K” Show next month, top billing goes to new all-electric machines aimed at every segment of the market, from general-purpose to high-end.

New Injection Machines and Processes To Debut at K 2007

A brand-new line of all-electric machines priced on par with comparable hydraulic presses and the first public demonstration of insert molding RFID chips into plastic parts will be two highlights of the Engel display at the mammoth K 2007 show in Dusseldorf, Germany, this October.

New Screw Design for Long-Glass Microcellular Foam Molding

A combination of microcellular foam molding and long-glass fibers offers new potential for injection molding to penetrate large structural automotive parts such as door-module carriers, brackets, and front-end systems.

Electric, Hydraulic, or Hybrid? What's the Right Injection Press for You?

If you were buying an injection molding machine 20 years ago, you had to decide between a toggle or fully hydraulic clamp and that was pretty much it.

In-Mold Assembly: The New Frontier for Multi-Shot Molding

The drive to eliminate secondary operations is pushing multi-shot injection molding a step farther—toward assembling separate components in the tool via snap-fits, welding, and co-molding of incompatible materials.

NPE 2006 News Wrap-Up: Brains and Brawn - New Robots Are Handier Than Ever

Injection molding robots introduced at NPE pushed the work envelope for speed, reach, payload capacity, ease of programming, and ability to handle more sophisticated tasks.

A Custom Molder Takes the Next Step

The question John Winzeler keeps asking is, “How do you take the next step?” In the last two decades, he has transformed the Chicago metal-stamping company he inherited from his father into a high-tech specialty molding business focused only on plastic gears.

NPE 2006 News Wrap-Up: Injection Molding

Advances in electric drive technology were evident in nearly every injection machine builder’s booth in Chicago.

What to See at NPE 2006: Injection Molding

Energy-saving all-electric machines will continue to be a big draw at NPE, where new designs or upgraded models will be found in virtually every press maker’s booth.

With This New Process, You Can't Be Too Thin or Too Fast

Minneapolis custom molder Midwest Plastics Components (MPC) hopes that helping to pioneer a novel high-speed injection molding concept will give it a leg up in the emerging micro-molding market for precision thin-wall parts that weigh less than a gram.

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