Ticona (Florence, Ky.) and Trexel (Woburn, Mass.) announced on March 3 that they have teamed up to develop an injection molding screw that reportedly improves mechanical properties in long-fiber ...

Injection moulding is a manufacturing process used to produce single parts and products using various materials, most commonly thermosetting and thermoplastic polymers. Today, injection moulding is ...

A two-stage Injection Control Unit (ICU) is said to provide levels of accuracy and reliability until now unavailable to injection molders using reciprocating screw technology. Launched by plastication ...

A new micro-injection module from press maker Arburg GmbH + Co. KG uses two screws — one for melting the material and one for injection. Other alternatives use a combination of a screw and a piston ...

Trexel has developed a new screw design that, when used in conjunction with Trexel’s MuCell microcellular foam process, will minimize damage to long-glass-fiber (12 mm or longer)-filled materials. The ...

For at least a decade, gas-assisted injection molding (GAIM) processes have been used successfully to form hollow, tubular products, such as appliance handles, using fiber-reinforced thermoplastics.