Using a Glue Gun To Teach Injection Molding

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Using a Glue Gun To Teach Injection Molding

Interesting idea from the UK’s Mindsets online. I haven’t found any pictures or video of the actual process or its products, so it may be one of those many brainstorms that turns out to be, ah, well…let’s just say “more interesting as an idea than in practice.” Still, I am intrigued. Feels like it could be a jumping-off point for some very clever small-shop process.

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14 thoughts on “Using a Glue Gun To Teach Injection Molding

  1. Richard Harris says:

    No this is in production and has been for a long time Many teachers including me have used it. iw works, The version I had used a flat wire strip to make the mould.you could bend it to any shape you required.

  2. Richard Harris says:

    Double post

  3. 影月 says:

    I’ve done exactly this and gotten fairly good results. Avoid using the trigger and just push the glue in from the back in one smooth motion to get less bubbles.

  4. Tyr Grisfal says:

    What about a caulking gun?

  5. Tyr Grisfal says:

    What about a caulking gun?

  6. Tyr Grisfal says:

    What about a caulking gun?

  7. Jeremy Arnold says:

    Not new, I was taught this technique to prototype silicon rubber buttons during my industrial design course. Drill or Mill an appropriate mold in plastic (or even wood?) and inject hot glue. 
    You can get very professional results, I’m surprised I don’t see more DIY devices using this.

  8. kathleen hunt says:

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  9. Kaysun Engineering Team says:

    This is an interesting idea! We’re an injection molding company and think that using a glue gun can make for some great lessons in injection molding — squirting the glue into a prefabricated piece of metal, waiting until it dries and popping it out — and perhaps bring awareness to the manufacturing process.

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