At the risk of mixing metaphors (or, at least, materials), it’s a “golden” age for plastic. Let’s do the math: the market for plastic injection molded parts stands at $325 billion and is expected to surge 5.7% by 2025, with more to come after that. The hyper-developing economies of Asia, as well as improved processes…
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High tolerance may be desirable when someone cuts you off in traffic (and you don’t want to fly into road rage) but it’s something that, well, plastic injection molders just can’t tolerate. Especially plastic molders of medical devices, such as hip replacement sockets or heart valves. The answer for many plastic injection molding companies is…
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There was a time not long ago when the idea of all-plastic car would have provoked howls of laughter from car enthusiasts. Plastic? Ha! Everybody knows plastic isn’t as tough as metal, right? Plastic is for toys, food packaging, knick-knacks, what-have-you. Metal, ahh, that was the stuff real cars were made of. So much for…
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It pays to innovate. More specifically, innovation can save you millions on your taxes, if your plastic injection molding company leverages the Research and Development Tax Credit. Each year, the RDTC saves U.S. businesses $10 billion every year and has helped thousands of plastic injection molding companies become more competitive in the global marketplace at…
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The global market for plastic injection molded parts is estimated conservatively at $325 billion, and this number is expected to grow by 5.7% through at least 2025. Super-charged by dozens of exploding Asian economies, while leveraging process efficiencies as well as new resin varieties, the utilization of plastic components in increasingly more sophisticated applications present…
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The ubiquity of plastic injection molding has produced a plethora of resins to choose from. That said, there are five which are consistently at the top of any molder’s list when it comes to utility. Forthwith, a handy comparison chart: Materials Tensile Strength (73° F) (Units: psi) Flexural Modulus of Elasticity (73° F) (Units: psi)…
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Every once in a while it can be a good idea to get back to the basics of what the plastic injection molding industry does. At its most basic level, PIM (plastic injection molding) is the ultimate truly mass-production process on the planet, one that is the most economical and efficient when the goal is…
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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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Plastic Automotive Ducts Driving Out Rubber & Metal Time was when cars were made of three materials: Steel, Glass & Rubber. Period. Today the list of materials that go into cars is lengthy. And while carbon composites get all the hype and headlines, there is another material that is poised to become THE most prevalent…
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