Guide for surface roughness
Guide for surface roughness Definition The Arithmetic Average Roughness, noted as Ra, is the absolute average relative to the base length. For simplicity, the Ra value indicates the average surface…
Whitepaper of mold surface texture for injection molding
Whitepaper of mold surface texture for injection molding All plastic molders understand that the surface texture of the mold cavity and core will transfer a texture to the corresponding molded…
Top 10 Injection Molding Defects And How To Fix Them
Top-10 Injection Molding Defects And How To Fix Them Plastic injection molding requires rich experience and knowledge to be dealt with, many factors related to the mold, the machine, the…
Overmolding vs. Insert Molding What’s the difference?
Overmolding vs. Insert Molding What’s the difference? What Is Overmolding? Overmolding is a multi-step injection molding process where two or more components are molded over top of one another. Overmolding…
Electroplating Vs Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) Coating
Electroplating Vs Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) Coating What is Electroplating? The tool is placed inside a liquid solution and connected to a cathode, or negative pole of a power supply (think…
Differences Between Laser Cutting and Waterjet Cutting
Differences Between Laser Cutting and Waterjet Cutting- A brief introdction The differences between these two approaches don’t just lie in their methods but in their results and applications, too. When…
Compression Molding vs Injection Molding – How to choose the right technology for your part?
Molding vs Injection Molding How to choose the right technology for your part? The step-by-step compression molding process works as follows:STEP 1:Create molds Tooling can be produced in a number of…
Mechanical Properties Every Design Engineer Should Know
Mechanical Properties Every Design Engineer Should Know Mechanical properties are those that determine the behavior of a material under the forces applied to it and reflect the relationship between its response to a…
VaporFuse Surfacing – an enhanced post treatment for your 3D parts
VaporFuse Surfacing an enhanced post-treatment for your 3D parts With the constant growth of Additive Manufacturing and its fields of application, the demand for 3D-printed parts is also increasing.Today, market-ready…
Everything you need to know about Anodizing Aluminum
Everything you need to know about Anodizing Aluminum How are anodic coatings applied? The anodizing processes involve submerging the aluminum component into an acid electrolytic bath and then passing an…
Materials for SLS 3D Printing
Materials for SLS 3D Printing Selective laser sintering is a popular technology among 3D printing processes as it can be used with a wide range of materials. The most currently used…
An Overview of Stereolithography (SLA) Materials
An Overview of Stereolithography (SLA) Materials SLA uses a UV laser to cure liquid resin into hardened plastic in a process called photopolymerization. Different combinations of the monomers, oligomers, photoinitiators,…
White paper of HP Multi Jet Fusion
White paper of HP Multi Jet Fusion How does HP Multi Jet Fusion work?IntroductionHP Multi Jet Fusion (MJF) technology is a powder-bed fusion 3D printing technology that allows for the…
Dental 3D printing guide
Dental 3D printing guide 3D printing technology and the dental industry is a natural match. First of all, the tooth characteristics of each patient in the dental industry are different, so…
3D Printing Filament Guide For Beginners
3D Printing Filament Guide For Beginners Selecting the right 3d filament types is important for your project. Hopefully this 3D printing filament guide can eliminate the guess-work for the beginners. The chart…
