There are many ways to manufacture parts for your business. Two of the most common are die casting and injection molding. Each process has advantages and disadvantages. Let’s have the experts at The Toolroom explain each process and help you decide what is best for your engineering needs. Die casting’s process involves casting metal under…
The recent COVID pandemic brough the world to a halt, and this amplified an already strained supply chain and tedious economic climate. The economic security of the United States as seen by steady employment numbers and sold operation of critical industries also requires a resilient supply chain. A resilient supply chain is not one that…
Designing and manufacturing custom plastic injection molds is our specialty! A mold is a hollow form usually made from stainless steel. Plastic is injected into the mold in the manufacture of plastic parts. Molds are used in mass production as they result in quality parts at faster speeds and reduced costs. The number and type…
Traditional product design starts with an idea and results in the manufacturing of a final product. Reverse engineering begins with a product and works in the opposite direction to identify product components and their relationships with one another, uncover materials and methods used in its manufacturing and create a corresponding physical representation of the item….
Concurrent engineering is a method of designing and developing products, in which several departments work on different stages of product development simultaneously. If done correctly, concurrent engineering increases the efficacy of product development by reducing time to market and overall costs while maintaining or even improving the final product quality. The idea of concurrent engineering…
Rapid production tooling is an agile and cost effective way to inject various plastic parts into small batches, such as would be used for prototypes. Once a steel or aluminum mold is created with a rapid mold process, it is utilized as a part of a molding process to create multiple copies of one piece….
You are not imagining things. Empty shelves at the grocery store and empty lots at the car dealer are a familiar sight. Unfortunately, these shortages are also emptying our wallets with higher costs on items from fast food breakfast to popular toys. Headlines are pointing to a broken supply chain to explain these issues. Consumers…
When you need to produce complex plastic parts and components, there are multiple manufacturing processes available. Two of these are plastic injection molding and 3D printing. Time, budget, precision and volume are considerations when deciding which option is right for your business. Here we take a look at each process and the benefits for both….
Injection molding. To the masses, it sounds like industry jargon or just another random process among thousands that make up the manufacturing chain. In fact, the technology behind injection molding is complex, intricate and worthy of better understanding. Injection molding is a manufacturing process that allows for parts to be produced in large volumes. It…
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) is a man-made chemical used to make fluoropolymer products and coatings that are resistant to heat, oil, stains, grease, and water. Until 2013, PFOA was best known for use in the process of making Teflon, a nonstick coating for cookware and other applications. The largest use of PFOA in recent decades is…