Many companies find it difficult to reduce the cost of metal surgical instruments. The production, cleaning, and sterilization of metal components can be expensive, and there is little that can be ...

Injection molded plastics have revolutionized design, innovation, and manufacturing in the 20th century. Before 1950, most products were manufactured in stamped steel, die-cast aluminum, zinc, and ...

There are thousands of designers who design injection molded parts but there is an elite group within this large community who can actually design parts for injection molders. Injection molded product ...

Rigid and flexible polyurethane foams from General Plastics are frequently employed to create production parts in a vast range of industries, from automotive, aerospace and medical markets to ...

Peco, the British maker of model railways, uses design software from Vero UK Ltd. to make injection molds for its highly detailed track rails. Peco molds the accessories from a range of plastics, ...

Injection molding can bolster performance and cut the cost of power-transmission nuts. The performance of power-transmission nuts made from plastics can vary drastically depending on how they are ...

• Engineers are replacing metals with highperformance plastics to cut weight and eliminate material-related failures. • Designers should reconsider conventional mechanical joining techniques and look ...

Düsseldorf, Germany — Cleaning liquid silicone rubber molded parts can be difficult, but it is required for some applications. At the recent Silicone Elastomers World Summit in Düsseldorf, two ...