The 2026 trade fair year begins for Arburg with the Swiss Plastics Expo in Lucerne, Switzerland, January 20 to January 22. A forward-looking exhibit will be presented at stand C1061 in hall 1: an ...

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

Need a plastic mesh in a custom pattern? 3D print it, no problem. But what if one needs a curved plastic mesh? That’s ...

Many engineers and maintenance personnel mistakenly believe plastic components either require special plastic lubricants or no lubricants at all. In fact, these parts need to be lubricated to reduce ...

We’ve been following [Vik Olliver]’s progress on the μRepRap project with interest for some time now. The project’s goal is to build a 3D printer that can print feature sizes down to about 10 ...