Injection Moulding Resource Centre

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Enhance your knowledge and expertise with Protolabs' Injection Moulding Resources. Explore our tips and tricks for the Injection Moulding design and production processes. Thanks to our in-house experts, we're able to offer you this comprehensive Resource Centre packed with our top rated blogs, webinars and free online courses. Keep reading to uncover more.

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Thermoplastic materials

Material Alternatives for Plastic Injection Moulding

During shortages, use these substitutes for ABS, PC, PP, and other commonly moulded thermoplastics
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Beginner's Guide to Injection Moulding

Beginner's Guide to Injection Moulding

Learn what product designers must consider when designing a part for injection moulding, including: warp, surface finish, stress, resin additives, and more.
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9 mistakes to avoid when designing injection moulded parts

9 Mistakes to Avoid When Designing Injection Moulded Parts

Navigate these challenges to improve design, shorten production time, reduce costs on injection moulded parts
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self-mating part

Creating self-mating parts in injection moulding design

Creating self-mating parts in injection moulding design
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How to Leverage Low-Volume Injection Moulding

How to Leverage Low-Volume Injection Moulding

How to Leverage Low-Volume Injection Moulding
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Design Essentials for Injection Moulding

How draft, radii, wall thickness and other design factors improve part manufacturability
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Injection Moulding Blogs

Plastic Injection mould part

Injection moulding – What are the advantages and disadvantages?

Learn more about the advantages and disadvantages of Injection moulding and how to help minimise moulding costs
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Luer Lock Design

Navigating From Additive Manufacturing to Injection Moulding

Designers can benefit from integrating 3D printing and injection moulding for an end-to-end product life cycle from prototyping to production.
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Green plastic part

Understanding Injection Moulding Tolerances

Why is tolerancing critical in the moulding process? It ensures your parts are made accurately and function properly.
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Injection Moulding Defects and How to Prevent Them

This blog explores some of the most common injection moulding defects, how to identify them, how problematic they are and how to prevent them.
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An A-to-Z Guide for Injection Moulding Terminology

No matter your level of experience, as engineers, we often come across a term that we don't quite understand. Visit Protolabs to explore our A to Z of IM.
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What is Short Run Injection Moulding? Benefits and Use Cases

Understand what benefits short run injection moulding can provide to product teams, such as reducing time to market and development costs.
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Luer Lock Design

Navigating From Additive Manufacturing to Injection Moulding

Designers can benefit from integrating 3D printing and injection moulding for an end-to-end product life cycle from prototyping to production.
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Overmoulding and Insert Moulding—Additional Injection Moulding Functionality

Overmoulding and Insert Moulding—Additional Injection Moulding Functionality

Overmoulding and Insert Moulding—Additional Injection Moulding Functionality
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Injection Moulding Insight Series

Explore our Protolabs Insight Series. A library of recorded resources in both video and podcast format.

Injection Moulding Courses

Our team of Injection Moulding professionals are dedicated to sharing their knowledge, to help positively influence you and your future projects. Continue reading to learn more

InspirON Academy

InspirON Academy

Training and educational resources to help you develop personally and professionally

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Design Tips

Get actionable advice on common manufacturability issues and material selection

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