best practices
Medical Molder Sweats the Small Stuff to Deliver Big Results
Embracing lean manufacturing and scientific molding keeps Freudenberg Medical on top of customer demands for defect-free deliveries as it expands into full device manufacturing, 100% automated inspection, and 3D-printed tooling for quicker product launches.
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Tooling: Reducing the Mass In Sprue Bushings
Important and frequently overlooked details of sprue-bushing design can improve the process and profits for an injection mold.
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Extrusion Cooling: It’s All About Turbulence
Regardless of what you are extruding, in order to maximize cooling you need to generate turbulence at the heat-exchange surface.
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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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CAM Adds Agility to Custom Thermoformer
CNC machining permeates ATI’s business, making its operations more efficient and responsive.
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How to Solve Common Ultrasonic Welding Problems
Understand and address the likely origins of welding problems to keep production on track.
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Medical-Tubing Innovator Bets on Silicone Solutions
Trelleborg gains footprint in silicone-based implantable medical extrusions.
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Sharper Dies Make for Smoother Extrusions
Dies that have a radius at the exit will result in poorer surface finish.
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Clamp Tonnage: More Is Better...Right?
Determining the correct tonnage provides a foundation that must be rock-solid to avoid flash and damage. But applying excessive force can create problems with the part, mold, and machine.
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Cycle Time: Science vs. Rules of Thumb, Part 1
What temperature must the polymer reach so the part can be ejected from the mold? Here, more than for any other variable, ‘rules of thumb’ unfortunately prevail.
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