Since it was invented in 1872, plastic injection molding has played an increasingly vital role in manufacturing various products that we encounter in our daily lives. From consumer goods to automotive components to medical devices, plastic injection molding enables the production of high-quality and cost-effective parts. In recent years, stack molds have emerged as a…
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AdvanTech Plastics is “leading” the way in the re-shoring phenomenon that is prompting many companies to bring back manufacturing from overseas. Or should we say “leading” in the drastic reduction of lead-times our customers experience in the production of their components. Recently, AdvanTech began production of a plastic housing unit for a battery charger that…
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Here are some fun facts regarding the global plastic injection molding market: $360.6 billion in 2019 Forecasted to expand to $498.98 billion by 2027 Now let’s “inject” some common sense as to the reasons this market is growing so rapidly! 1. Wide Spectrum of Custom Plastic Resins Some manufacturers may think only in terms…
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Plastic injection micro-molding, as its name would imply, is an extremely specialized manufacturing process for producing astonishingly small, high-precision thermoplastic components and parts with micron tolerances. It’s become something of a buzzword in plastic injection molding because it pushes the boundries of that manufacturing process to an extreme — a very tiny extreme. The micro-molding…
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Overmolding or insert molding? That’s the question for many medical device manufacturers who utilize plastic injection molding. While similar, these two processes have a crucial difference: Overmolding creates two plastic components that are then molded together to form the final product. Insert molding takes a pre-fabricated component, often made of metal, then joins it to…
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Seems like there’s a healthy market for plastic surgical devices, especially those manufactured by plastic injection molding. Whether they be plastic surgical instruments, plastic consumables (specimen cups, surgical trays, etc.) or plastic body implants, the global plastic surgical devices market is expected to increase over 10% from 2021 to 2028, reaching more than $22 billion…
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It’s a match made in plastic injection molding heaven: IMD (In-Mold Decoration) and PUR technology. That’s right; in this process called IMD PUR, plastic parts are decorated during injection molding through in-mold decorating and then covered with PUR (polyurethane) within the same clamping unit. This produces beautifully complex designs under a crystal clear, high-gloss surface. …
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As any high school biology can tell you, an ecosystem is “a complex network or interconnected system,” according to one definition. The inescapable conclusion from this is that no one creature or natural process is more important than any other. In effect, plastic injection molding is its own ecosystem because, like in a natural ecosystem,…
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It’s no optical illusion: increasingly, plastic lenses for optical applications are seen as a superior choice to traditional glass. There are many reasons but it comes down to this: polymers enable optical surfaces to join with other features of the product, chiefly mounting features, are lighter in weight, can be molded into an infinite variety…
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Temperature is arguably the most critical measurement parameter in the plastic injection molding process. In fact, consistently high-quality production can only be attained through precise temperature control. But traditional measurement techniques involved actual contact between the sensor and the part whose temperature was to be taken. There were a number of drawbacks to this method,…
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