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Learn to design better products for 3D printing, CNC machining, injection moulding, casting and sheet metal fabrication and how to use DFMA techniques. Explore materials and post-processing methods.

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Injection Moulding
Threaded Inserts for Plastics
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Manufacturing Processes
Thermoforming
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Manufacturing Processes
Metal Forming
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Manufacturing processes

Compression Moulding
Compression moulding is a manufacturing process which uses heat and pressure to mould plastic resins and thermosets into a desired shape
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Advanced Machining Processes
Advanced machining processes are cutting-edge techniques used to shape, cut, or remove material from a workpiece
Metal Forming
During metal forming, the metal is plastically deformed by a force that exceeds the material yield strength where strain hardening occurs

Design Guides

Self-tapping screws for plastics

Self-tapping screws for plastic form or tap its threads when screwed into plastic and are installed into pre-drilled or moulded pilot holes

Mechanical Design

Threaded Inserts for Plastics

Threaded Inserts for plastics provide reusable metal threads and secure tight threaded joints in thermoplastics and thermosets. These threaded inserts have more pull-out force on a mating part than a self-tapping screw in plastics. They are also designed for easy and fast installation into plastics using in-moulding, cold, heat or ultrasonic pressing.

O-ring compression force
Injection moulding surface finish design guide – DfM

Additive Manufacturing

Material Jetting
Material Jetting is one of the 7 types of Additive manufacturing technologies in which droplets of material are selectively jetted and cured to form part
Binder Jetting
Binder Jetting is an Additive Manufacturing process in which a binding liquid is selectively deposited to join powder material together to form a 3D part
Powder Bed Fusion – SLS, DMLS, EBM & MJF
Powder bed fusion is an AM technique that uses either laser, thermal energy or electron beam to melt and fuse the material to form a ...

Injection Moulding

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Injection Moulding
Plastic Injection moulding is a widely used manufacturing process to produce plastic components due to its affordability, effectiveness, and high reliability.
Threaded Inserts for Plastics
Threaded Inserts for plastics provide reusable metal threads and secure tight threaded joints in thermoplastics and thermosets. These threaded inserts have more pull-out force on ...
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Thermosets versus Thermoplastics
Thermoset plastics and thermoplastics sound similar, but their properties and applications differ vastly