Molding Videos, Webinars, and Podcasts

1. Design Considerations To Successfully Manufacture Complex Overmolds 11/19/2019

   Overmolding is a great injection molded feature you can utilize in your design to capture color contrasts, add flexibility or eliminate assembly. Take advantage of this feature by learning how to design your part for overmolding. This webinar will cover how to set up your design for complex overmolding, material evaluation and best practices for proper adhesion, and feature specifications to consider for good overmolds.

2. The Differences Between Rapid And Traditional Manufacturing 11/19/2019

   The plastic injection molding industry and its manufacturing processes have evolved through the years. This webinar will help the viewer gain an understanding of the differences between the rapid and traditional manufacturing processes and how each directly influences and impacts the outcome of parts, costs and speed to market.

3. What Is Overmolding? 11/19/2019

   This video offers an overview about what overmolding is to the injection molding process.

4. What Is An Undercut? 11/19/2019

   This video demonstrates the use of side actions to solve undercuts in a part design in the injection molding process.

5. Webinar: How Rapid Prototyping Accelerates Medical Device Development 4/1/2019

   This webinar by Protolabs discusses how rapid prototyping accelerates medical device development. Topics covered include the utilization of rapid manufacturing, how to reduce the development cycle, and how to reach validation, FDA approval, as well as the reduction of upfront development costs.

6. Rapid Injection Molding: Design Essentials For Overmolding, Insert Molding 5/24/2017

   This webinar from Proto Labs focuses on the main topic of rapid injection molding, how it works, design limitations, and design considerations.