MONTRÉAL, March 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ - SimForm, the leading cloud-based simulation software for mold design, is pleased to announce a significant expansion of its capabilities. Originally designed to ...

Predominantly, if the metal part used in compression molding is tension or compression loaded, a ratio of metal part thickness to its extensional modulus, multiplied by the Bulk Molding Compound (BMC) ...

At the upcoming Fakuma show in Germany, Netstal will present what company officials are calling a world's first: injection-compression molding on stack molds. Fakuma is set for Oct. 13-17 in ...

Injection overmolding of unidirectional fibers and preforms is an attractive process for many good reasons. It’s fast, consistent and repeatable, and it can be performed with a machine that is ...

Arburg GmbH + Co. KG has developed a hydraulic compression molding machine designed for a 0.5-millimeter-thick optical application. The machine and application were debuted at Chinaplas 2012 in ...

Two of the biggest challenges in thermoplastic-composite molding are the high cost of metal tooling and the long lead times required to produce tools. Aside from the complexity of parts these ...

Fakuma trade show, October 2005: a molder tells MPW about his firm''s hot new moldmaking technology. Very substantial cycle time reductions, he says, and parts are better too. We thank him, try to ...

The conversation around 3D printing and traditional manufacturing methods like injection molding or thermoforming is often oppositional, but it’s not always a question of one versus the other. In ...