Conformal cooling channels have emerged as a transformative enhancement to the injection moulding process. Unlike traditional straight-drilled channels, these channels are designed to closely follow ...

These five basic design requirements have to fit around the part design in the same space. If one requirement has more flexibility, it leaves greater options in the other areas. For example, the use ...

Oak Brook, Ill. — IMTECH attendees got a dose of hard metal at the inaugural IMTECH conference: precision side valve gating, conformal cooling and tooling for liquid silicone rubber. Donald Hickel, ...

This core was 3D printed from steel at Star Rapid using a Renishaw AM 250 printer. Product developers and engineers who design and manufacture plastic parts now have a powerful new weapon in their ...

Smith Dairy Products Co. has cut cycle times by 14 percent — from 7.1 seconds to 6.1 seconds — for its blow molded gallon milk jugs by installing mold blocks with water-cooling channels that are ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An author, speaker, and executive, I explore the world's industries. One of the promises of 3-D printing is that it presents the ...

Metal 3D printing has had years of success in the moldmaking sector, where new design possibilities for mold tools have supported better performance in the injection molding process. Two main ...