Injection molded plastics have revolutionized design, innovation, and manufacturing in the 20th century. Before 1950, most products were manufactured in stamped steel, die-cast aluminum, zinc, and ...

Building custom parts often means learning new skills or getting out of your comfort zone, especially if you want to create something that is really cool. While most hot rodders can fabricate brackets ...

“Jack put the coins in and I remember standing with him at the machine saying, ‘Look at how f---king cool this is! Look at those dials moving! This is so bad--s!’” How often do you hear a story about ...

Plastics processing is a complex system of dialing in and maintaining quality parts as efficiently as possible. Companies with solid process setups start presses quickly, producing no more than three ...

An injection molded, threaded cap made from a 3D-printed metal mold insert, right, created on a Mantle P-200 machine. Within reach of you right now are probably five to 10 plastic products, or parts ...

Whenever Lydia Peñuelaz visits the San Antonio Zoo, the Alamo City native simply must bring home a piece of the past — specifically a colorful figurine from one of the zoo’s original Mold-A-Rama ...

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