Plastic parts are everywhere, and injection molding is the most widely used manufacturing process for making them. So what exactly is injection molding? How does it work and why is it so popular?

The manufacturing world has been revolutionized by the emergence of rapid prototyping, an umbrella term for a range of manufacturing techniques that can fabricate prototypes and parts in a quick and cost-effective manner.

Computer numeric control (CNC) machining is an automated manufacturing method that uses cutting tools to selectively remove material from a stock piece until the desired shape is achieved.

CNC milling is one of the most impressive technological advances of this century. Although most people are more familiar with 3D printing as a way to produce precise physical prints, CNC milling has been around for longer and is still widely used today.

Most of the manufactured products you see around you are created as a result of machining processes. This has been the case for centuries now, with the various steps involved in the process evolving dramatically through the ages.

The method of producing blanks or parts by pouring liquid metal into a moulding cavity having a shape identical to the shape and size of the part and leaving them to cool down for solidification, is generally called the forming or casting of liquid metal.