Additive manufacturing & 3D

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Smart Molding International 2-2024

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Automotive Medical Optics Packaging Preforms & closures Technical molding

Events

Arabplast Asiamold Chinaplas Equiplast Fakuma formnext Intermold Interplastica IPF K show Koplas MD&M West NPE Plast Plast Eurasia Plastimagen Plastindia Plastpol RosMould RosUpack

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Blending Chilling and cooling Decorating and marking Degating Dosing Drying Equipment cleaning Joining and assembling Parts handling Purging Recycling Мaterial handling

Molding technologies

Blow Molding Cleanroom molding Foaming Gas‐assisted injection molding IML & IMD Injection‐compression molding Inmold coating Insert molding Micromolding Multicomponent molding Powder injection molding Reaction injection molding Thin‐wall injection molding Variotherm process Water‐assisted injection molding

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Advanced mold design Hot runner Mold cooling Multicavity mold Quick mold change Rapid tooling Stack mold Temperature controller

Automation & control

Control system Data processing Industry 4․0 Inspection & QC Pressure control Process control Robotics Software and simulation Temperature control Vision system

Materials

Additive and masterbatch Bioplastic Compound and composite Engineering plastic LSR PET Purging compound Recycled plastic Rubber Special plastic TPE

Shows

19. - 22.

November 2024

Formnext
Frankfurt am Main,

Germany

04. - 07.

December 2024

Plast Eurasia

Istanbul,

Turkey

07. - 09.

January 2025

Plast Eurasia

Istanbul,

Turkey

More Shows

Fiber-reinforced chassis for light commercial vehicles

Sustainable solution with polyurethane resin / High productivity through continuous production / Simple assembly, superior crash performance

Articles

Wear-free process monitoring during production

New HASCO presents new proximity switches for precise, contact-free position monitoring

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Additive manufacturing & 3D

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Injection molding with 3D printing — How it's used

News 15.04.2016

Arburg Innovation Centre opens at KIT in Karlsruhe

The inauguration ceremony for the new Arburg Innovation Centre (AIC) at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany, was held on Monday 11 April 2016.

Videos

Milacron shifts gears to 3D printed injection molds for rapid part prototyping

Videos

Revolutionizing the Injection Molding Process Using 3D Printing

See how 3D Printing technology helps to create an injection mold for functional testing at reduced time and cost.

Сase studies

Additive parts make for smooth running

igus: freeformer processes the company’s own high-performance plastics.

Сase studies

Somos PerFORM: Wehl & Partner offers 3D printed tooling for much faster production

Сase studies

USA molder uses advanced scanning for quality inspection

‘Point cloud’ seen more clearly with advanced 3D laser scanning equipment.

Articles

Will 3D printing be the demise of plastic injection molding?

While there are certainly cases where 3D printing makes sense, the reports of the death of injection molding have been greatly exaggerated.