My first attempt at injection molding with PETE plastic (Mountain Dew bottles). The molded part is the shape of a fishing lure (crankbait). This type of fishing lure needs to have a buoyant body to keep it upright in the water. The PETE plastic used in the video is more dense than water so it is not a functional lure.
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Someone needs to start a MakerBot-IPM company. While 3D printing is great, there are some things for which injection plastic molding are much more suited.
very impressive setup for the small shop! i need one.
That’s a pretty impressive project from plastic bottles… :)))
great work! if you want a machine that is still small but capable of making a part every few seconds you should buy the machine I have on ebay.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/SP3-Injection-molding-machine-molder-/181033811740?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a2674bf1c
Interesting video.
I would give you 10 out of 10 for your first attempt at injection molding with PETE plastic. I truly believe that your future attempts would give you more success.
I would also say that this shared set up is an impressive setup for the small shop!
Seems like an interesting video. I would like to point that prototype injection molding is the next best thing for companies that do not want to spend too much in production.
This is a very helpful post for the plastic molding, i hope this is really helps me to complete my project.
Very well explained! It is going to be very useful especially for the first time users.
Nice Post!
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Congratulations on bringing injection molding into your own home! We’re an injection molding company, so it’s great to see some interest outside of our facility.
I think this is such an initiative and more over you have shared the video which will for sure help the lot of people to get along with the same well.
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