Micromolding, where small is not only beautiful, but profitable, too

摘要

All things small are making a big splash in manufacturing, and micro molds to make micro parts in micromolding machines are creating big Opportunities for plastics processors. Micro components are nothing new in the world of manufacturing, but have been around for more than 100 years—think small metal fabricated components used to make Swiss watches. Applications began expanding about two decades ago, again mostly in metal fabricated parts for electronics applications. The arrival and subsequent shrinking of computers, cell phones, and digital recording devices such as the iPod and the iPod Nano, which demand smaller and smaller plastic parts, have opened that world to injection molders and moldmakers.