Wire EDM or Electrical Discharge Machining is a technique used to slice through metal. The technique uses thin brass wire for the purpose and can create intricate profiles with the process. The EDM machine uses spark discharges that are fast, repetitive, and controlled for cutting. This process works with electrically conductive metals. The process is [...]
Moldflow Plastics Insight products are a complete suite of advanced plastics process simulation tools for predicting and eliminating potential manufacturing problems and optimizing part design, mold design and the injection molding process. […]
Moldflow Plastics Advisers are easy-to-use, 3D solids-based plastics flow simulation tools that allow plastics part designers and injection mold makers to predict the manufacturability and quality of their designs during the preliminary product development stages and avoid potential downstream problems which can lead to delays and cost overruns. MPA is commercially available in two products [...]
Moldflow Manufacturing Solutions are comprised of complete process and production monitoring systems that can be attached to virtually any piece of cyclic discrete manufacturing equipment, […]
Snaps allow an easy method of assembly and disassembly of plastic parts. Snaps consist of a cantilever beam with a bump that deflects and snaps into a groove or a slot in the mating part. Snaps can have a uniform cross-section or a tapered cross section (with decreasing section height). The tapered cross-section results in [...]
Inserts are used in plastic parts, to allow the use of fasteners such as machine screws. The advantage of this is that since these inserts are made out of metal, they are robust. Further, machine threads also allow great many cycles of assembly and disassembly, Inserts are installed using one of the following methods. [...]
the following are four methods of plastic molding—Gas Assist Molding,Rotational Molding,Structural Foam Molding, Thermoforming: […]
the following are four methods of plastic molding—Injection Molding, Blow Molding, Compression Molding, Film Insert Molding: […]
Plastics are synthetically produced non-metallic compounds. It can be molded into various forms and hardened for commercial use. Plastic molding products can be seen everywhere. Examples are jars, protective caps, plastic tubes, grips, toys, bottles, cases, accessories, kitchen utensils and a lot more. Even the keyboard and the mouse that you use are made through [...]
Die casting is a process that produces metal parts by forcing molten metal into reusable steel molds under high pressure. These molds also known as dies are specially designed to produce different shapes of varying complexity with a high level of accuracy and repeatability. […]