Plastic medical parts are sometimes machined, but frequently they are produced using plastic injection molding instead.

The advantages conferred by foam injection molding are widely understood and appreciated. However, there are limits to the process. Germany''s Institute for Plastics Processing has developed an ...

Optical components are important in many industrial applications like optical sensors or for lighting purposes. As a part of consumer electronics products, such as cameras or DVD players, they play an ...

European researchers claim to have successfully demonstrated the embedment of organic PV (OPV) modules into structural plastic parts via large-scale industrial injection molding (IM). IM is a ...