In order to reduce costs and increase efficiency, it has always been the policy of industry to continuously spend money on Research and Development. Now it appears that this has paid off for the... Read More

Food packaging is looking to get a boost due to the ingenious work of Wageningen Food & Biobased Research, based at Wageningen University, The Netherlands. They intend to research the use of... Read More

During the moulding process, it may be that you would like to incorporate other materials in the design to create the finished prototype. This is undertaken by adding 'inserts' into the mould prior... Read More

Just when you thought that CNC was the latest craze in injection moulding and that computers could help no more, we have a look at how software can ensure issues with injection molded parts are a... Read More

It is all too easy to forget that with so much hi-tech equipment filling our offices and factories these days that it really does pay to concentrate on the basics, as this can have a large impact... Read More

Injection Blow Moulding is used to produce large quantities of hollow parts which can be used for storage or sale of food products. It uses materials such as Polyethylene, Polypropylene and... Read More

The basic process of injection moulding involves cooling the heated plastic, allowing the resin to set into the desired shape of the product being manufactured. This can be undertaken by running... Read More