by Tim Toth | Mar 16, 2021 | Blog, Injection Molding, Inventors
Developing plastic parts using the injection molding process first begins with a concept whether it is a new product or changing/re-designing an existing one. Second will be the design stage. Once these two steps are completed, often a 3-D printed part is made to test...
by Tim Toth | Sep 1, 2020 | Blog, Troubleshooting
One of the most common problems in injection molding is determining the shrinkage rate of a part that is going to be injection molded. Material data sheets provide a shrinkage rate for the material that is going to be used for a part. However, this rate is only a...
by Tim Toth | Aug 21, 2020 | Blog, Miscellaneous
There are many key factors to operating a successful injection molding company. I want to talk about one that I think is one of the most important and that would be having a foreman that is dedicated and also knowledgeable in injection molding. The title...
by Tim Toth | Aug 6, 2020 | Blog, Troubleshooting
When injection molding problems appear during a production run it is usually due to a malfunction of the injection molding machine. If parts are running fine for most of the day and then things start changing, there are a few things I look at right off the bat. If the...
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...
