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The automotive industry has always been an outstanding representative of high-end manufacturing, thanks to its high degree of technical complexity and integrated project management. RPWORLD is a reliable supplier/subcontractor for Tier I and Tier II projects.
The sprues, runners, and gates of an injection mold are like the corridors and doorways between nozzle and mold cavity. So how exactly do they work?
A company well-known for superior analytical instruments and laboratory equipment opted for RPWORLD to produce 100 units assembly parts of a Spectrometer per order, the total demand is 400 sets per year.
Here are topics about how to avoid sink marks on plastic injection molded parts from the beginning such as selecting proper materials, improving product design, etc.
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In this video we look at different places to locate the gate and the best sort of gate to use, covering tab gates, hot tip gates, and pin gates.
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4 ways to improve part design through customisation, material considerations, iterative prototyping with multi-cavity tooling, and the use of digital manufacturing resources
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Ross Robotics is currently finalizing development of the Scale 2.0 robot platform, which are currently being used in the nuclear industry and are being adapted for use in oil & gas and in intensive agriculture. The company came to RPWORLD for assistance in developing customized products.
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The client is a well-known automotive company. They developed a new headlights, and then come to RPWORLD for high quality aesthetic model. The mold is used for appearance reviewing and lighting testing, which sets high process standard for after treatment. what’s more, the lead time is 20 days.
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Plenty of parts we build need complex detail if they’re going to do what we want. In this video we go through some of the more complex features, including clips, pickouts, gears and internal bayonet features, to show you how to make them work with a bare minimum of fuss.
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Never design parts that you are unable to find in the product catalogue. - David Anderson
During assembly, operators often complained that some parts are difficult to be picked up, either too small of too heavy. Consequently, assembly efficiency was lowered down. How can designers figure out a better idea so that operators can pick up the parts easily? Here are some advice as below.
Polymateria are British innovators and inventors of the world’s first self-destructing plastic technology. The company approached Protolabs for digital manufacturing support in raising awareness of the issue and their ground-breaking technology that could ultimately help solve it.
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Compare injection-moulded thermoplastics to ‘thermoplastic-like’ materials in stereolithography
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In this Insight video we look at two concepts that are closely intertwined – undercuts and bump offs.
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Having initially developed the blood sampling product, Ascilion found the guidance from the Protolabs Team invaluable. Advice on the choice of materials and iterations to the design meant the prototype was optimised for injection moulding. Saving time and costs.
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