by phygen | Nov 8, 2022 | Injection Molding, Success Stories
INJECTION MOLDING Stommen Extends Tool Life PROBLEM Stommen Engineering in Osseo, MN, builds close-tolerance plastic injection molds, mostly for the medical industry. When Stommen used titanium nitride (TiN) tool coatings, the tools would still wear out sooner than...
by phygen | Nov 8, 2022 | Injection Molding, Success Stories
INJECTION MOLDING Fighting Wear at Square D PROBLEM Square D Company of Lincoln, NE, provides injection and injection compression molding of thermoset components, often using highly abrasive compounds with glass fiber content. “Over the years, we have tried a wide...
by phygen | Nov 8, 2022 | Injection Molding, Success Stories
INJECTION MOLDING Differences in the Details PROBLEM Thermotech (since acquired by Plasman) designs and manufactures injection molded electrical and mechanical components and assemblies. The company needed to improve the release properties of several molds used to...
by phygen | Nov 8, 2022 | Injection Molding, Success Stories
INJECTION MOLDING Learning to Let Go PROBLEM Intesys is an innovative designer and manufacturer, and a large-scale custom injection molder. Manufacturing engineer Kenny Aldrich develops production processes and designs tooling to ensure manufacturability and reduce...
by phygen | Nov 8, 2022 | Injection Molding, Success Stories
INJECTION MOLDING From Impossible to Profitable PROBLEM J.D. Products, Inc., makes injection molded products for OEMs. One project, a mold to produce air filter housings that contain several barbs for attaching vacuum hoses, had difficult contours and a core pin to...