By BILL BREGAR
Injection Molding Product News United States
Littlestar Plastics Inc.
Littlestar Plastics Inc. developed IndiCert for threaded fasteners.
Getting threaded inserts into a plastic part, or any other material, is a challenge — whether they are molded in or mechanically inserted. It’s no wonder the automotive industry, among others, is increasing the use of adhesives instead of hard fasteners.Even so, there are plenty of plastics parts that require threaded fasteners. And credit a molder with coming up with a better way, at a low cost, to check for missing and improperly installed threaded inserts.
This month, Best Practices takes you to Machesney Park, Ill., near Rockford, the home of Littlestar Plastics Inc. and its invention, IndiCert. The company does fabrication and machining, and injection molds plastics on eight injection presses with clamping forces ranging from 40 to 200 tons. (…)
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