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A PDF of the write-up for our first injection molded parts can be found here.
The fabrication of our pieces has been exciting because it has allowed us to bring to life what we have designed and has also revealed to us many of the functioning and non-functioning parts. For each piece, we have had a problem, and through this have learned of the importance of beginning production early to allot time for debugging and fixing molds if needed. Within this past week, we've had to re-machine two molds. However, for those molds working from the start, we were able to start fabricating pieces. We have been using the ENGEL machine and experimenting with the following parameters to be able to reach the adequate production values: shot size, packing time, and cooling time.
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