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  • Design suggestions to enhance mouldability
  • Resin selection guidelines
  • Cost & benefit tradeoffs with rapid injection moulding
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Design Tips Compilation Volumes

Catch up by downloading all seven complimentary volumes today; there are twelve handy tips in each volume.
2012
JanuaryTips on Clips Part 2: Make it Snappy (Current Issue)
2011
DecemberTips on Clips (Part 1)
NovemberBeing Transparent
OctoberMould Finish vs. Part Finish
SeptemberRound Like a Wheel, Not Like an Egg
AugustThrough Thick and Thin
JulyShining Some Light on Lenses
JuneThe Protomold Guide to Looking Good
MayChoosing Sides
AprilWhat Colour is Your Prototype?
MarchDesigning Outside the Box
FebruaryDraft on Tap for Stress Release
JanuaryThe Skinny on Living Hinges
2010
DecemberBreaking Down Gates
NovemberLiving in the Material World
OctoberKeeping Your Part in Line
SeptemberPickouts for Interior Undercuts
AugustMatched Mating Parts
JulyEjector Pins: Pushing Your Parts Around
JuneTexture: When Things Get Rough
MayMaking Choices at the Resin Buffet
AprilDo the bump!
MarchWoe With the Flow (and How to Avoid It)
FebruaryNew Decade, New Rules



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