How to choose the right soft material?
How to choose the right soft material? Soft materials are around our lives, from common commercial uses including toys, ski boots, athletic shoes, to the medical industry including resuscitator parts,…
What is Cutting Speed, Feed Rate and Depth of Cut in CNC machining
What is Cutting Speed, Feed Rate and Depth of Cut in CNC machining? CNC machining is a material reduction manufacturing process that involves cutting off material fragments until the final…
Guide for surface roughness
Guide for surface roughness DefinitionThe Arithmetic Average Roughness, noted as Ra, is the absolute average relative to the base length.For simplicity, the Ra value indicates the average surface roughness for…
Whitepaper of mold surface texture for injection molding
Whitepaper of mold surface texture for injection molding All plastic molders understand that the surface texture of the mold cavity and core will transfer a texture to the corresponding molded…
Top 10 Injection Molding Defects And How To Fix Them
Top-10 Injection Molding Defects And How To Fix Them Plastic injection molding requires rich experience and knowledge to be dealt with, many factors related to the mold, the machine, the…
Overmolding vs. Insert Molding What’s the difference?
Overmolding vs. Insert Molding What’s the difference? What Is Overmolding? Overmolding is a multi-step injection molding process where two or more components are molded over top of one another. Overmolding…
Electroplating Vs Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) Coating
Electroplating Vs Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) Coating What is Electroplating? The tool is placed inside a liquid solution and connected to a cathode, or negative pole of a power supply (think…
Differences Between Laser Cutting and Waterjet Cutting
Laser Cutting vs. Waterjet Cutting – Key Differences The differences between these two approaches don’t just lie in their methods but in their results and applications, too. When choosing between…
Compression Molding vs Injection Molding – How to choose the right technology for your part?
Compression vs. Injection Molding – How to Choose the Right Technology The step-by-step compression molding process works as follows:STEP 1:Create molds Tooling can be produced in a number of ways, including…
Mechanical Properties Every Design Engineer Should Know
Mechanical Properties Every Design Engineer Should Know Mechanical properties are those that determine the behavior of a material under the forces applied to it and reflect the relationship between its response to a…
