How to Add Ribs to Prevent Risks for Your Part Design
August 23, 2020
You’ve designed your part, gone through the hurdles of getting your injection mold manufactured, and finally have parts in hand—only to find weak parts covered ...
Design for Manufacture
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 ...
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 ...
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
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 ...
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, ...