Injection Molding

JEC World 2018 preview: Tri-Mack Plastics
Tri-Mack Plastics Mfg Corp. is sharing the results of a recently completed test that demonstrates the bond strength of Tri-Mack’s overmolded thermoplastic composite hybrid parts.

JEC World 2018 preview: KraussMaffei
KraussMaffei (Hall 6, F61) is featuring several composites manufacturing technologies, covering wet molding, pultrusion, long fiber injection and overmolding. 

CAMX 2016 preview: Globe Plastics
Globe Plastics (Chino, California), a manufacturer of custom composite structures for aerospace applications, is featuring its GlobeComposites service approach, which provides support to OEM customers through design assistance, modular tooling conce...

High-definition part surface quality on injection molded parts
RocTool (Le Bourget du Lac, France; Charlotte, NC, US) has introduced a new technology, called HD Plastics, that applies the company's fast, high heating and fast cooling to the improvement and optimization of thermoplastic resin systems in injectio...

Long fiber injection molding system
KraussMaffei (Munich, Germany) has developed FiberForm, a process for injection molding long fibers in polypropylene (PP) in quantities sufficient to reduce part weight by as much as 50% compared to components made with a short fiber-reinforced poly...

CAMX 2015 preview: Victrex
Victrex (Thornton Clevelys, UK) is featuring its hybrid molding technology that allows engineers to overmold a PAEK-based composite with fiber-reinforced PEEK injection molding materials.

JEC Europe 2015 preview: KraussMaffei
KraussMaffei (Munich, Germany) will show several technologies, including those for long fiber polyurethane composites manufacturing and for thermoforming of composite sheets.

Soluble plastic tooling cores
Soluble plastic tooling cores reportedly offer lighter parts for aerospace and automotive applications.

Continuous thermoforming/injection molding processes
Jacob Plastics Group had video screens at its stand to show off its “innovative and integrative” processes for large-scale production of lightweight automotive structures.

Injection-molded composite sheet
Injection molding machine manufacturer ENGEL exhibited a new composite product, developed using carbon and glass fiber sheets supplied by Bond-Laminates, at the K 2010 plastics show in Düsseldorf, Germany.