Tightly integrated CAD, CAM, and analysis software permits more efficient molds. Direct-metal deposition (DMD) is a manufacturing process that combines lasers, CAD, CAM, sensors, and powder metallurgy ...

Delcam's Die Wizard automatically finds a product model's split line and forms the two die halves. PS-Moldmaker generates a 3D, solid-model assembly of the mold and tooling. The approach is said to ...

Injection molding is one of the technologies that makes the world go round. But what does it actually look like to go through the whole process to get a part made? [Achim Haug] wrote up a blog post ...

The Washington-based Plastics Industry Association has released the 2023 Customs & Practices of the Moldmaking Industry Guide to reflect the terminology, technology and protocols that have emerged ...

A joint research project by the Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology (F-ICT, Pfintzal, Germany) and the Fraunhofer Project Centre for Composites Research (FPC, London, ON, Canada) has been ...

3D printing has made it incredibly easy to produce small runs of plastic parts, but getting rid of the 3D printed look can be tricky and time-consuming. When you need a smooth and polished finish, or ...

Gas Injection Worldwide Ltd. has launched robotic metal spraying technology for making injection molds that heat and cool rapidly. The technology was developed by Oxford Moulding Technology Ltd. of ...

In the injection molding of plastics, in-mold sensors, as part of a variety of process control packages, have been around for decades. But comparatively recently, similar technology has begun to make ...

MERRIMACK, N.H.—Two companies that serve as suppliers to rubber manufacturers believe that high precision 3D printing can change forever the way parts are made, while saving money and improving ...

re:, a show featuring original artwork from eight students experimenting in the mold-making process, is the newest display in the Roski School of Art and Design. Each piece copied the original design ...