Machine Design

How to Build Your Own Injection Molding Machine

Learn how Action BOX made a desktop injection molding machine and use the takeaways from their process to build your own.

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Plastics Today

How to Build a Desktop Injection Molding Machine

If you’re the type who likes to bring their work home with them, that can be problematic when you’re in the injection molding field.

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TINY HOMEMADE INJECTION MOLDER

3D printing gets tricky when you need to print hundreds or thousands of the same thing. Action BOX built a tiny injection molder they dubbed INJEKTO to speed up their manufacturing.

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INJEKTO INJECTION MACHINE REACHES 2.0

Last time we looked in on Injekto — a homemade plastic injection machine — it was at version 1.0. A recent video from the team shows version 2.0 which is much improved and can work with 3D printed molds.

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VICIOUS LITTLE DESKTOP SHREDDER PULVERIZES PLASTIC WASTE

We’ve all likely seen video of the enormous industrial shredders that eat engine blocks for lunch and spit out a stream of fine metal chips...

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DIY SHREDDER CREATES INSULATION

Action BOX built their own heavy-duty shredder capable of dismantling things like cell phones and other robust handheld objects...

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