Molding News

  1. MTD Micro Molding Commemorates Grand Opening Of Facility Expansion 6/10/2021

    MTD Micro Molding celebrated the grand opening of its expanded medical micro injection molding facility with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on May 27. Guests included industry partners and community leaders, who had the opportunity to tour the new space in person.

  2. Precision Molding: Getting It Right The First Time 4/23/2021

    Precision injection molding ensures that, regardless of the annual production volumes, the process can be consistently repeatable. Learn the critical steps that need to be considered for success with an injection molding project in order to get the process right the first time.

  3. Elements Of Design: Dealing With Suspect Parts 3/11/2021

    Injection molding has numerous key parameters that must tie together in order to make a repeatable molding process. Learn about a solution that utilizes cavity pressure curves, key process parameter tolerances, and automation to automatically reject parts that do not make the cut in the molding process.

  4. How Thin Can We Go? 7/13/2020

    One of the most common questions from medical OEMs seems simple: How thin can we go? But the answer is: it depends. One of the main factors is material choice. While there may be many questions involved in figuring out how thin you can go, this article offers some insights.

  5. Navigating From Additive Manufacturing To Injection Molding 9/23/2019

    Engineers, designers, and product developers have found these two processes work well together in the product lifecycle, starting with the design-risk mitigation of 3D printing prototyping and then shifting to the manufacturing method of injection molding for higher volumes.

  6. 5 Ways To Ensure An Accurate and Timely Injection Molding Quote 8/10/2017

    If you are planning a plastic injection molding project, and want to ensure excellence and product delivery - review these five considerations to make certain the result is exactly what you need.

  7. What Are Antimicrobial Materials For Plastic Injection Molding? 8/11/2015

    When antimicrobial materials are used in plastic injection molding for medical device components, the reduction in infection is significant and measurable. By Rena Ivory, Crescent Industries, Inc.

  8. How To Choose Injection Molding Partners, Part 1 7/10/2015

    Selecting the right injection molding partner is crucial for a successful project. The costs and timescales can be a significant part of a project budget. 

  9. The 3 Things Every Medical Device Developer, Manufacturer, And OEM Should Know About Injection Molding 7/10/2015

    Injection molding is used extensively throughout the medical device industry. In the continued search for compliant, cost effective production methods, more and more companies are switching to fabrication techniques that offer economies of scale, such as injection molding, for both high and low volume production. 

  10. Thermoplastic Injection Molding Design For Medical Prototyping — Key Considerations 5/13/2015

    Like many industries, the development path for medical devices differs with every product and its unique requirements. However, all medical devices have a series of FDA approval gates to clear and clinic trials to administer and analyze that often dictate a device’s path to market.