Design Guides
A Comprehensive Guide for Injection Molding
A Comprehensive Guide for Injection Molding This article is a comprehensive guide to help you understand the injection molding process, design, material performance, and methods
3D Printing
Types of 3D Printing technologies in 2022
Types of 3D Printing technologies in 2022 You might know 3D Printing is an additive manufacturing process in which parts are made layer by layer.
CNC machining
How to select the right CNC material and finish?
How to select the right CNC material and finish? CNC Machining Materials Material selection is an essential part of any manufacturing process, but engineers and
Design Guides
Design guide for injection molding
Design guide for injection molding Injection molding is a formative manufacturing technology, i.e. material is formed from an amorphous shape into a fixed shape defined
Investment Casting
What is Investment Casting?
What is Investment Casting? Why is it called investment casting? Investment casting is an industrial process based on lost-was casting, one of the oldest known metal-forming techniques.
Costs
5 tips to reduce injection molding costs
5 tips to reduce injection molding costs While it is now regarded as a fairly cost-effective process, injection moulding is fundamentally a higher cost manufacturing
Transperant materials
How to choose the right technology for transparent parts?
How to choose the right technology for transparent parts? Clear parts and prototypes have a huge variety of applications. Fortunately, they’re also fairly easy to
Soft materials
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
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 What is cutting speed When using CNC machines, cutting speeds are important
Surface roughness
Guide for surface roughness
Guide for surface roughness Definition The Arithmetic Average Roughness, noted as Ra, is the absolute average relative to the base length. For simplicity, the Ra
Injection molding
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
Injection molding defects
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
Insert molding
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
Electroplating
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
Laser cutting
Differences Between Laser Cutting and Waterjet Cutting
Differences Between Laser Cutting and Waterjet Cutting The differences between these two approaches don’t just lie in their methods, but in their results and applications,