Low-cost desktop injection moulding
Low-cost desktop injection moulding – here, Mitchell Brown from VERT Design, explains how they did it using Asiga‘s desktop 3D printing solution. Our product design company was engaged to develop a variation of a…
KraussMaffei unveils continuous pultrusion system
German machinery and injection moulding supplier KraussMaffei Group has unveiled its first complete system for continuous pultrusion, iPul. During its competence day pultrusion held 28 June, KraussMaffei said the system had a production…
Proto Labs buys more Arburg machinery as part of European growth strategy
Proto Labs, the rapid prototyping and contract manufacturer for 3D printing, CNC machining and injection moulding services, will invest in six ARBURG moulding machines in its latest phase of expansion. Proto Labs in…
New, innovative adjustment plates from HASCO
When designing injection moulds, it is important to pay attention to achieving a defined distribution of the clamping pressure over the mould parting surfaces. The main surface pressure should always act close to…
ETH Zurich Researchers & Cytosurge Reveal New FluidFM Printer
ETH Zurich is making quite the name for itself in 3D printing. From Concrete Canoes to printing human cartilage, they are certainly on a roll. While these are more recent headlines, today we’re harkening back to…
Tool and metrological technology indispensable for Industry 4.0
Industry 4.0 is progressively emerging as the crucial factor in the race for leading-edge technology and market shares in the future. And time is running out for the German machinery and plant manufacturers….
ABS resins offered in filament form for 3D printing
Trinseo’s Consumer Essential Markets (CEM) business unit has partnered with German company Advanc3D Materials, a materials supplier for additive manufacturing, to produce filament made of the former’s ABS resins. The Trinseo products that…
New Robotic System can 3D print entire buildings
MIT scientists have designed a new robotic system that can 3D print the basic structure of entire buildings, an advance that would make building houses a faster, less expensive process. The building could…
AIM Launches New Molding Certificate Program
The American Injection Molding (AIM) Institute has launched a brand new Injection Molding Certificate Program. This program was developed recognizing that molders should be able to apply diverse techniques to establish an optimized…
Double cantilever chair concept leverages developed in collaboration with DuPont Performance Materials
At this year’s Royal College of Art graduation show, industrial designer Frederic Rätsch is presenting a visual design concept of flexible seating in public spaces, developed in collaboration with DuPont Performance Materials. The…


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