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Injection Molding

Reaction Injection Molding (RIM)

Gas-Assisted Injection Molding

Mucell® Injection Molding

Insert Molding

Multishot Injection Molding

In-Mold Decoration

Over-Mold Decoration

Metal Injection Molding (MIM)

High-Pressure Die-Casting

Ceramic Injection Molding (CIM)

Investment Casting

Sand Casting

Pressing Glass

Pressure-Assisted Slip Casting

Viscous Plastic Processing (VPP)

Parts with complex shapes and surfaces

These processes can be described as “plastic-state forming” because of the soft, malleable, and, generally, hot state of the materials as they are molded. It is these methods of production that are most responsible for the explosion in the number of cheap, molded plastic products now available. Nevertheless, ...

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