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How to Optimize Your Plastic Wall Thickness

July 31, 2020

When I recently asked one of our plastic engineers to name a time he encountered plastic wall thickness issues, he simply responded, “Name a project!” Every plastic injection molded ...

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The Four Stages of Lean Product Development

May 19, 2020

“This plastic needle looked a lot sharper in CAD!” The engineer looked at the medical component and knew the plastic part was supposed to be ...

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Selecting the Right Plastic Molding Ejection System

February 26, 2020

The last thing an operations manager wants to hear is that their manufacturing line went down and their mold has been damaged because of ejection ...

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The Plastic Engineer’s Undercut

November 27, 2019

By Shamilah Faria, Applications Engineer What keeps a plastic engineer up at night? Sometimes they want to solve problems but cannot find that perfect solution ...

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Injection Molded Plastics Design for Venting

October 25, 2019

Many a frustrated engineer has suffered through the nightmare of injection molded plastics not coming out as designed. Sometimes injection molded plastics display short shots, ...

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Design for Manufacturing

August 20, 2019

Design for Manufacturing – Plastic Part Ejection “Design is how it works” according to Ken Kocienda’s book Creative Selection, where he describes his design process ...