Precision Plastic Injection Molders
Have a design of a plastic part or product that you feel is best suited for plastic injection molding? Great! When you’re looking to finally contact a molding manufacturer, you must perform a thorough evaluation for fit. What areas should you focus on when hiring a potential molder? In this blog, we review the features that make a reputable molder stand out from all the rest. [Read more…] about Features to Explore When Hiring a Potential Molder
In our previous blog, Selecting the Appropriate Resin Grade for Your Application, thermoplastics are categorized into three different resin grades; commodity, engineering, and specialty/high-performance. These categories of resins have special properties that they are known for. However, during the plastic injection molding process, some of the thermoplastics properties can diminish. This is where additive applications, a complex blend of materials, can help to stabilize or enhance properties that were lost during processing. With the blend of additives, plastics can be made safer, cleaner, tougher, and more colorful. [Read more…] about What Additive Applications Improve Resin Characteristics?
Choosing the best resin plays a crucial part in about every facet of the plastic injection molding process. There are thousands of different injection molded thermoplastics to choose from with widely varying properties. With the rising popularity of plastics, they are being used in more applications than ever before because of their reputable characteristics: strength, endurance, and resistance. This article will help guide you towards a resin that would be the best match for your molded parts. [Read more…] about Choosing the Best Resin for Your Molded Parts
The discovery and creation of plastic products have changed the way we live our lives every day. For plastic injection molders, it is becoming a norm to incorporate an environmentally responsible business plan to any effective long-term strategy. Not only due to the growing number of laws and regulations that businesses must comply with, but because the public expects businesses to take part in preserving the environment for their communities and future generations. [Read more…] about Protecting Our Future: The Benefits of Recycling Plastics
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njection and extrusion molding are two popular plastic molding methods in the industrial and manufacturing sector that are used to make products with varying shapes and sizes. Depending on the product and the customer, both processes have their individual strengths. Midstate Mold & Engineering is strictly a plastic injection molding manufacturing company, but it is always helpful to our customers to know the difference between each process. [Read more…] about Plastic Molding Methods: Injection vs. Extrusion
When looking to work with an injection molding manufacturer, quality control is a process that ensures customers receive quality products. A customer’s biggest fear is to have a manufacturer create their product by the thousands and then there happens to be a massive recall from a defect that could have been avoided. At Midstate, we have quality control procedures in place from the beginning to the end of the manufacturing process that will meet or exceed our customer’s requirements. [Read more…] about Quality Control: What to Look for in Your Parts Manufacturer
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