Researchers have developed a new processing technique that could enable mass production of intricate, high-performance glass objects that cost as little as plastic ones (Science 2021, DOI: ...

Water-assisted injection molding (WAIM) is a specialised variant of conventional injection molding in which high-pressure water replaces or supplements polymer melt in the core of a part, yielding ...

Injection molding is the manufacturing process which is mostly used for the plastic items from toys and plastic trinkets to cell phone cases, automotive body parts, containers, water bottles, and more ...

Figure 1. Pressurized nitrogen gas is injected into a melt to penetrate the part via a network of thicker cross-sectioned gas channels (click to enlarge). Gas-assist injection molding was developed ...

Plastic is a lot easier to work with than glass, which is one of the reasons it's used so much more often. That may be about to change, though, thanks to a new process that allows glass to be ...

(Nanowerk News) Kazuma Kurihara and Hideki Takagi, Large Scale Integration Team, the Research Center for Ubiquitous MEMS and Micro Engineering of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science ...

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 ...

Nicolet Plastics, a Wisconsin-based manufacturer specializing in high-quality plastic injection molding, today announces the release of an innovative guide focused on the effective utilization of ...

Austrian startup NanoVoxel reports that it can produce high-precision micro-scale parts in just two weeks. The breakthrough is made possible through a combination of novel two-photon 3D-printing ...

Ultrasonic-assisted injection moulding encompasses a suite of methods that integrate high-frequency acoustic energy into conventional polymer injection processes. By coupling ultrasonic vibrations ...