Some tips on machining plastic prototypes

Some tips on machining plastic prototypes

The prototyping stage of product development is crucial to the success of a project, though this aspect of development is usually hurried or not being considered enough. Prototype parts are used for communications, engineering studies, market studies or promotions, to...
About rapid tooling and injection molding

About rapid tooling and injection molding

Compared with traditional machining methods, rapid Tooling (RT) is a process that using Rapid prototyping techniques with conventional tooling process to produce a mold quickly from CAD data in less time and at a lower cost.  Rapid Tooling can act as a bridge to...
Necessity and procedure analysis of mold trial

Necessity and procedure analysis of mold trial

There’s much flaw of forming parts were happened during softening and injection molding period, yet sometimes it also relates to faulty tool design, the possible factors include: cavities quantity, cold/hot runner system, type, location & size of gate, as well as...
Factors that affect the machinability of steel

Factors that affect the machinability of steel

Whether for molding making or prototyping, metal material like steel, aluminium, copper, brass, titanium are always widely used. Therefore, researching the machinability of these material is necessary, to make the machining easier, lower the cost, and improve the...