A new set of brass inserts is designed for placement in the mold prior to plastic injection. These molded-in inserts have a large hexagonal head on each end, as well as a large, center undercut. The ...

Molded polyurethane foam has long been used to packagecomponents. Many design engineers, however, are not aware that properlyformulated foam and carefully designed foamed parts can also be used for ...

Undercuts (such as those shown) can complicate and, in some cases, prevent part ejection. Eliminate them if possible. Undercuts on injection-molded parts are features that prevent those parts from ...

PSM International of Youngstown, Ohio, has introduced Mold-Form inserts for molded-in plastics applications. Mold-Form is a high-strength, cold-formed steel insert that PSM said gives several benefits ...

Plastic parts and assemblies are becoming more common as engineers work to reduce costs and weight in their designs. But plastics often aren’t strong enough to support fasteners such as screws or ...

(MENAFN- GetNews) 'In 1994 Schmitz, together with his father, John H. Schmitz started Aberdeen Technologies, a full-service provider of insert/injection molding capabilities as well as mold tooling ...

Mold making pioneer reports significant time and cost efficiencies utilizing this approach for low volume production, enabling molders to quickly change inserts for different products MINNEAPOLIS & ...

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 ...

This Report has been authored by:Gene Polaski at Lord Corp. A wide variety of items are molded of rubber with a metal or plastic insert in the mold. To join the rubber to the insert, an adhesive needs ...