At the NPE 2009 show in Chicago, half a dozen exhibitors showed new cooling equipment that emphasized improved performance at about the same or lower cost. Major themes at the show were new equipment to meet EPA restrictions on R22 refrigerant next y

Q. We are molding long automotive parts that are to be chrome plated. These parts have long flow paths and require sequential valve gating to fill properly. But the parts often have surface marks that cause visible flaws after plating, resulting in h

Gasgoo.com (Shanghai) - A total of 1.73 million passenger automobiles were sold in the month of May, according to statistics from Gasgoo.com (Chinese). That figure represents year-on-year growth of 13.6%. 652,022 of these vehicle sales were from own

After acquiring its key competitor earlier this year, it didnt take long for officials at U.S. Block Windows to recognize that logistics issues plus their own low-cost captive molding capacity were reason enough to pull molds from a Chinese processor

Three new multi-shot tooling concepts that involve stationary cavities and indexing cores use injection overmolding to eliminate post-mold welding operations and improve part quality and productivity while reducing scrap. One approach brings part ass

Gasgoo.com (Shanghai) - According to China Passenger Car Association statistics compiled by Gasgoo.com (Chinese), a total of 921,732 sedans were sold in China in the month of May, up a slight 0.6% year-on-year. May marks the first month in a long tim

Gasgoo.com (Shanghai) - Fiscal reports for the first quarter of the year show that a number of Chinese automobile manufacturers have suffered negative year-on-year sales growth. First quarter net profit results range from 7.93 billion RMB earned by S

An Austrian injection moulding machine supplier and an Italian toolmaker have developed a novel technology said to drastically improve injection-blow moulding processes. Moulding machine supplier Engel Austria has announced that a joint development p

Weve all seen the presentations, a series of impressive-looking color plots showing a finite element mesh, with professional-looking color gradients representing peak stresses. Heads nod knowingly, and the experts conclude that the part is well desig

Gasgoo.com (Shanghai) - A total of 333,691 domestic own brand SUV s were sold in the month of April, statistics compiled by Gasgoo.com (Chinese) show. That figure is up 38.4% from a year ago and represents an overall market share of 54.6%, compared t

Gasgoo.com (Shanghai) - The Chinese passenger automobile market showed slight signs of recovery in April. According to China Passenger Car Association statistics compiled by Gasgoo.com (Chinese), over 404 automobile models were sold in the country ov

A joint project between three German injection molding companies has created a temperature control system in which CO2 replaces H20, according to supplier gwk. Brand-new perspectives and possibilities are offered by dynamic temperature control using