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 ...
Design for Manufacture
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 ...
The Plastic Engineer’s Undercut
November 27, 2019
What keeps a plastic engineer up at night? Sometimes they want to solve problems but cannot find that perfect solution without drawbacks. In the real ...
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, ...
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 ...
Plastic Injection Molding – Escape from Development Hell
July 30, 2019
Reducing Risks to Start Plastic Injection Molding Over the decades, clients have come to us for support on their new plastic injection molding projects. But ...