Having finished the Tools of the Trade series on circuit board assembly, let’s look at some of the common methods for doing enclosures. First, and possibly the most common, is injection molding. This ...

I-Mold GmbH & Co. KG has developed a sprue adjuster, which the company said enables a toolmaker to change the direction of melt flow in the runner system of an injection mold. By a simple turn of the ...

With the miniaturization of many products, manufacturers are streamlining devices to pack more features into smaller packages. For instance, the pitch (spacing) between contacts in electrical ...

The injection molder is used to make multiple small plastic parts using a mold. In the Maker Lab, we have a MicroMolder Evo and an LNS Technologies Model 150A injection molder. Material Fees: We have ...

Joe Minkowski of Lacey Mfg. Co. Inc. says his lean molding principles are a combination of conservative molding methods and some out-of-the-box thinking that can help you make more money molding parts ...