The build relies on a pair of beefy 3hp motors to drive the screw-based injection ... mold and then releasing it and ejecting the finished part. A Raspberry Pi handles the operation of the machine ...

First, and possibly the most common, is injection molding ... the shape of the cavity. The machine itself has three major parts; the hopper, the screw, and the mold. The hopper is where the ...

Injection molding: a lot harder than you'd think! I picked up a benchtop injection molding machine to play with, and thought ...

It contains four injection molding presses with clamp forces ranging from 3 tons to 90 tons. The presses are instrumented with state-of-the-art process monitoring and control systems. Hydraulic ...