Plastics Today

The Troubleshooter: How to Identify and Correct Shear-Related Splay Defects

In the injection molding process, the three root causes of splay defects are heat, moisture, and shear. Splay conditions caused by shear can be hard to identify at times — it is a common defect with ...
Plastics Today

The Basics of Plastic Injection Molding Troubleshooting

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 ...
Morningstar

First Mold Releases Technical White Paper Revealing That the Majority of Injection Molding Defects Originate in the Design Phase

ZHONGSHAN, China, March 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- "Common Injection Molding Design Mistakes and Optimization Guide" was not just breaking news within the First Mold, but a major announcement. The ...
Nature

Multiple objectives optimization of injection-moulding process for dashboard using soft computing and particle swarm optimization

Plastic injection moulding process involves several stages. Initially, the polymer material and additives are fed into the heating system of the injection moulding machine. Subsequently, the heated ...
Nature

A hybrid optimization approach for intelligent manufacturing in plastic injection molding by using artificial neural network and genetic algorithm

Plastic injection molding stands as a ubiquitous and indispensable technique in the production of plastic parts, wielding its influence across an array of industries such as automotive, electronics, ...