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When creating a new high-density polyethylene (HDPE) piece — whether it’s bottle caps, crates, pipe fittings, tank components, or household items — it is crucial to get everything right. Due to the forgiving nature of HDPE, it has become one of the most commonly used material where molding is concerned (which explains why it is […]

A procurement manager from a medical devices company is asking for 500,000 injection-molded polycarbonate housings a year, certified with ISO 13485 clean room and full traceability. An automotive Tier-1 supplier is looking for a molder with the capability of producing glass-filled nylon structural parts using 1,500-ton presses round the clock with IATF 16949 certification. One […]

The method of testing an AC contactor makes the distinction between a plant that produces reliable switching equipment from one that wastes money on warranty repairs and field failures. An AC contactor is, for the most part, a straightforward device: it consists of an electromagnetic coil, a movable iron core, and a series of main […]

You have started the overmolding process wherein applying a soft TPE grip on an ABS handle or even a silicone gasket over the PBT housing seems to go wrong straight away with the first product from the facility. Maybe it’s a situation when the overmold is popping off just like a sticker that comes off […]

When a medical device engineer located in Atlanta required a working prototype of a new type of device for surgery, the project faced a rigid timeline. The investor presentation would occur in three weeks, while the new part needed to have complex internal structures that couldn’t be machined in any way, and the surface finish […]

By Huang Xiaolei | Benlong Automation This week, a shipping container departed from our Wenzhou factory, bound for a circuit breaker manufacturer in Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India. Inside was a semi automated arc chute assembly machine, custom-engineered to suit the specific production workflow for Miniature Circuit Breakers (MCBs) at the Indian facility. While not a high-complexity […]