Recycling plastic at home using 3D printed molds is relatively accessible these days, but if you do not wish to invest a lot of money into specialized equipment, what’s the most minimal ...

MONTRÉAL, March 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ - SimForm, the leading cloud-based simulation software for mold design, is pleased to announce a significant expansion of its capabilities. Originally designed to ...

Predominantly, if the metal part used in compression molding is tension or compression loaded, a ratio of metal part thickness to its extensional modulus, multiplied by the Bulk Molding Compound (BMC) ...

At the upcoming Fakuma show in Germany, Netstal will present what company officials are calling a world's first: injection-compression molding on stack molds. Fakuma is set for Oct. 13-17 in ...

Arburg GmbH + Co. KG has developed a hydraulic compression molding machine designed for a 0.5-millimeter-thick optical application. The machine and application were debuted at Chinaplas 2012 in ...

A study conducted jointly by ORNL and IACMI attempted to 3D print developmental tooling to compression mold sheet molding compound (SMC) using high-temperature carbon fiber-reinforced thermoplastics ...

Injection overmolding of unidirectional fibers and preforms is an attractive process for many good reasons. It’s fast, consistent and repeatable, and it can be performed with a machine that is ...

Niches come in all sizes, and for one Midwestern mold manufacturer, the bigger, the better when it comes to molds. When IMM walked onto Triangle Tool Corp.’s production floor, it looked very similar ...

The conversation around 3D printing and traditional manufacturing methods like injection molding or thermoforming is often oppositional, but it’s not always a question of one versus the other. In ...