by Tim Toth | Oct 29, 2018 | Blog, Miscellaneous, Troubleshooting
When you have been in the injection molding trade as long as I have, it sometimes gets a little stagnant as far as building and running molds. “I like having to build an injection mold that no one else wants to attempt.” The thing I thrive on the most in...
by Tim Toth | Oct 28, 2018 | Blog, Troubleshooting
Being the owner of an injection molding business as well as a mold maker for 36 years, I have encountered a variety of problems with molds, machines and molded parts. Sometimes the fix for the problem is so obvious that you just pass it right up. I would like to share...
by Tim Toth | Oct 19, 2018 | Blog, Miscellaneous
On my way into the shop this morning, I stopped at a gas station for a cup of coffee and there on the counter was a display of LifeSavers (You know… “A Hole Lot of Fun Candy”). It brought back memories of the good old days back in the late 70’s at...
by Tim Toth | Oct 11, 2018 | Blog, Injection Molding
As a rule, an injection mold should be made for only one type of product. The main reason for this is that the different shapes may have different molding characteristics and the slower running shape will control the molding cycle and production output....
by Michael Fraser | Oct 4, 2018 | Blog, Featured Customer, Injection Molding, Inventors
This is one of those entrepreneur stories I had no idea how it was going to go. I met inventor and entrepreneur, Richard Smith for lunch to hear his story. You see Richard invented a male wellness product called the Pump-N-Gro which reduces some of the symptoms of...
by Tim Toth | Sep 22, 2018 | Blog, Injection Molding
After your part is developed and ready to go into the production phase, the size of the injection molding machine needs to be chosen. Determining the number of cavities in the mold is usually dictated by part cost and production time requirements. This will be...
