Robots are becoming more prevalent on the floor of many plastics shops, particularly injection molding facilities, and they come in all shapes and sizes. Robots also can be in other processes to ...

Automated Assemblies' Express 3000 system consists of a sprue picker, granulator and hopper loader and is designed to provide molders with a closed-loop material recovery system for less than $13,000.

Torrington, Conn.-based Wittmann Battenfeld Inc. has developed a way for injection molders to retrofit presses with automation equipment like sprue pickers and robots even when their manufacturing ...

While it might sound dumb, the mold will determine the cycle and the quality of the parts. The mold should accomplish two things: First, it's a hole we fill with plastic. This determines the shape of ...