How to get a good mold cooling
“Radical” is not a word one expects to hear from a plastic injection molding company. Yet, it pops up more than once in conversation with steven, CAD/CAM application engineer for first-rate mold company. […]
How to choose maintenance method for mold
Some maintenance methods are really ingenious and work great when trying to simplify a job such as using a cone-shaped jig to slide o-rings onto cores and cavities or a special set of cutters used to pull insulated runners off probe tips without damaging them. Or how to use a common flow meter to detect [...]
3-D laser scanning helps inspection and reverse engineering
Traditional techniques for making a mold require several time-consuming steps that can reduce how flexible and diversified a company can be. If the moldmaking process could be accelerated, moldmakers could build more tools for different products or variations of products in a fraction of the time. In these tough economic times, diversification can mean the [...]
What is Rapid prototyping?
Rapid prototyping is the automatic construction of physical objects using additive manufacturing technology. The first techniques for rapid prototyping became available in the late 1980s and were used to produce models and prototype parts. […]
What is Automotive design?
Automotive design is the profession involved in the development of the appearance, and to some extent the ergonomics, of motor vehicles or more specifically road vehicles. This most commonly refers to automobiles but also refers to motorcycles, trucks, buses, coaches, and vans. […]
Diagnose Mold Issues and Part Quality Variations
If you review the molds you’ve built and sampled over the years along with the new molds you may be sampling today, you will probably have a list of recurring problems (flash, non-fills, unable to pack the parts, dimensional variations, warp, broken core pins, poor cosmetics, etc.). […]
More details about The Fuzzy Front End
The Fuzzy Front End is the messy “getting started” period of new product development processes. It is in the front end where the organization formulates a concept of the product to be developed and decides whether or not to invest resources in the further development of an idea. […]
Introduction to Australian Design Award
In 1958, a small group of design and industry professionals established the Industrial Design Council of Australia (IDCA), funded by the Commonwealth Government. In an era when Australian industrial design was in its infancy, the goal of the IDCA was to educate manufacturers and consumers on the value of design, encourage and promote high standards [...]
Introduction to a process of New product development
1) Idea Generation is often called the “fuzzy front end” of the NPD process Ideas for new products can be obtained from basic research using a SWOT analysis (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities & Threats), Market and consumer trends, company’s R&D department, competitors, focus groups, employees, salespeople, corporate spies, trade shows, or Ethnographic discovery methods (searching for [...]
How to cut to the core of medical molds
Hard milling intricate steel geometry for critical medical devices cuts to the core of suppler relationships. Rapid changes in technology involve a never-ending learning curve to increase value and reduce costs while advancing overall performance. To meet this challenge, get your suppliers involved as soon as possible! […]