Design News for Mechanical and Design Engineers

Protomold's Sample Cube has been designed to illustrate several important considerations when designing any part to be injection molded. The cube showcases a range of available surface finishes and examples of good and bad form for bosses, gussets, and ribs. It also demonstrates the impact on part quality of overly thick or thin sections, as well as ways to incorporate holes and their potential effect on resin flow.

Sometimes it seems like you can't read a newspaper, watch TV, or listen to the radio without fi nding references to stem cells and their enormous medical potential. Often, the discussion focuses on the controversy over embryonic stem cells. Rarely, if ever, do the reports mention a far more common and much less controversial source of the cells.

Ballard Power Systems, headquartered in Burnaby, British Columbia in Canada, is the world leader in the design, development, and manufacture of zero-emission proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells. The company’s technology is already powering a number of products and applications, including buses, cars, forklift trucks, and residential cogeneration systems.

The opera gives it's fans great music, timeless stories, and unmatched spectacle. Figaro Systems of Santa Fe, New Mexico gives them something that many have never had: access to the language. Protomold, of Maple Plain, Minnesota has been instrumental in helping Figaro bring modern technology to this most traditional of art forms.

Get your copy of the Journal of Rapid Injection Molding and CNC Prototyping, a quarterly print journal providing innovations, ideas, and news on the design and application of rapid injection molding. 

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Since its 2003 launch, Protomold's Design Tips monthly email newsletter has been a popular and useful resource for our customers. Now, 12 issues are available in this handy, downloadable volume. Each compilation features useful tips, advice, and guidelines on everything from selecting materials to designing parts efficiently and cost-effectively. Catch up today.

Since its 2003 launch, Protomold's Design Tips monthly email newsletter has been a popular and useful resource for our customers. Now, 12 issues are available in this handy, downloadable volume. Each compilation features useful tips, advice, and guidelines on everything from selecting materials to designing parts efficiently and cost-effectively. Catch up today.

Since its 2003 launch, Protomold's Design Tips monthly email newsletter has been a popular and useful resource for our customers. Now, 12 issues are available in this handy, downloadable volume. Each compilation features useful tips, advice, and guidelines on everything from selecting materials to designing parts efficiently and cost-effectively. Catch up today.

Since its 2003 launch, Protomold's Design Tips monthly email newsletter has been a popular and useful resource for our customers. Now, 12 issues are available in this handy, downloadable volume. Each compilation features useful tips, advice, and guidelines on everything from selecting materials to designing parts efficiently and cost-effectively. Catch up today.

Every process has its guidelines and limitations. Injection molding is no exception, and Protomold's rapid injection molding process has a few additional requirements of its own. Download our free guide to learn how to get the best possible results.