Product developers and engineers who design and manufacture plastic parts now have a powerful new weapon in their arsenal: 3D printing. This disruptive technology has great promise for rapid ...

If you’re interested in learning more about whether 3D printers can be used for injection molding. You might be interested in a series of tests carried out by the CNC Kitchen to explore the ...

A paper presented by David Kazmer, Professor of Plastics Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Lowell at the recent ANTEC conference estimates that 3D printing currently makes sense for the ...

Recently [Stefan] of CNC Kitchen took a gander at using his gaggle of 3D printers to try injection molding (IM). Although the IM process generally requires metal molds and specialized machinery, 3D ...

Over the years 3D printing solutions have replaced or augmented a variety of traditional processes. Creating jigs and fixtures, offering fast delivery of durable prototypes, custom-making prosthetics, ...

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 & ...

Exothermic Molding Inc. is a reaction injection molding company founded in 1972 that initially served the medical, electronics, and lab instruments market. Since then, it has expanded into many other ...

Structur3D, an innovator in the advanced additive manufacturing market for soft materials based in Kitchener, ON, Canada, has partnered with Stanley Black & Decker on the development of a desktop ...

ExOne is demonstrating its Innovent+ in the Additive Manufacturing Pavilion to showcase the capabilities of this 3D printer. Stop by Booth 432308 to see example parts and watch the printer ...

To start, what is the difference between rapid prototyping and rapid manufacturing, since they both appear to use the same technologies? What are the quickest methods used today for rapid ...

New partnership set to broaden capabilities for industrial injection molding with ultrafast, large-format 3D printing 3D printed injection mold tooling enables complex geometries compatible with a ...

To mimic the dexterity of human hands, robot grippers have undergone significant advancements to pick and place a variety of products ever more deftly. Many of these advances were based on giving ...