Editor's note: Consultant Bill Tobin of WJT Assoc. is a regular contributor to IMM and offers some advice on warranties for new molds. W hen you purchase a car or a computer, you get a card from the manufacturer that starts a clock. This is a guarantee that the product will perform as expected for...

Editor's note: By now, it's rare to find a molder who is unaware of microcellular foaming technology, or MuCell, as its developer, Trexel Inc., has named the process. Its advantages in reducing plastics use and cutting cycle time have been documented by devoted licensees (see "Microcellular Foaming...

M embers of the management team at United Plastics Group Bensenville will tell you that they are in the mobile phone business . . . and the computer business . . . and any other business their customers are in. That's because the parts and subassemblies being manufactured here are more than that...

I f you can imagine a combination of processes and materials, a molder in the structural plastics industry has probably experienced it. The demanding applications that call for structural plastics often require equally demanding product development, resulting in the use of a multitude of molding...