In the composites industry, compression molding is among the apparently simplest processes available for fabrication: Insert material, close mold, add pressure, add heat, wait, cool mold, open mold, ...

ROSEMONT, ILL. — While it may seem like injection molding is the only way to produce caps and closures, it turns out to be far from the truth. Compression molding is offering many companies another ...

NEWELL, W.Va.—Bellofram Elastomers is adding new equipment to its U.S. manufacturing facility with 12 new compression molding presses for its diaphragm division. The equipment ranges from 250 to 400 ...

That composite laminates made from oriented plies of B-staged pre-impregnated unidirectional (UD) carbon fiber (prepregs) produce finished parts with the lowest mass, among the highest mechanical ...

MCM Composites announces its capabilities in thermoset insert molding, providing customers with components designed for strength, durability, and precision applications. The company’s thermoset insert ...

Piper Plastics (Chandler, AZ) reports that it has developed a proprietary high-pressure molding technology that yields near-net-shape polymers up to 2 inches thick without porosity, voids or sinks.

Alsdorf, Germany — Newbilt Machinery GmbH & Co. KG is making record pressing machines — a throwback to an earlier age of vinyl that now is booming, thanks to growing demand from music lovers and ...