HTI Plastics Received MDR Certification to produce CE and CA devices
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by htiplastic
1M ago
Lincoln, NE – HTI Plastics, a world leader in injection molded plastic parts, has been producing pharmaceutical applicators in the feminine hygiene market for over thirty (30) years.  For a majority of 2023 our quality and engineering departments worked diligently on our companies EU MDR (European Union Medical Device Regulation) submission to obtain the certification to sell CE and CA devices in to the European and United Kingdom markets. “Gaining our certification against the MDR 2017/745 regulation is a great and important achievement for ourselves and our customers as our supply chai ..read more
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How to get your Injection Molded Plastics Project Started
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by htiplastic
5M ago
Welcome to the second edition of our Basics of Injection Molding blog series.  In this edition we will look at what the next steps are in moving forward with an injection molded plastics project.  What do you do, where do you go, what questions should you ask?  Those are all questions we have had proposed to us when a prospective customer or current customer comes to us with a new project, especially a custom injection molded plastics product. FIRST STEPS GETTING STARTED ON AN INJECTION MOLDED PLASTICS PROJECT So, let’s dive in, you settled on injection molding as your manufact ..read more
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Plastic Injection Molding – The Basics
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by htiplastic
8M ago
Welcome to the HTI Plastics Basic Principles of Injection Molding Blog series. In this series we will look at topics related to the basics of this type of manufacturing responsible for so many products we used every day.  We will examine, topics such as a general overview of what injection molding is, common terminology, information injection molders need to quote a project, details of injection molding tools/molds and how a project gets from a concept to a finished good, ready for public consumption. In the first edition of the Plastics Injection Molding Blog series, we will take a look ..read more
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Information Required to Quote Your Plastic Project
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by htiplastic
10M ago
A lot of information needs to be gathered in order to quote a plastics manufacturing product. Below are the steps and details of what HTI Plastics needs and requires to quote toe specific project. 1) Drawings a) At a minimum, a drawing of the part is required to be able to estimate the part weight and cycle time. 2) CAD Models a) 3D CAD models are very much preferred, as they communicate the part design and function to the engineers much more effectively. b) A 3D CAD model is required by 99% of mold builders to be able to obtain a quote for tooling. c) HTI can model the part for you but this ..read more
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Sister company, Apex Plastics offers PET Juice/Beverage Bottle Mfg.
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by htiplastic
1y ago
As a professional blow molding company, our sister company, Apex Plastics, in Brookfield Missouri offers high quality PET Juice/Beverage Bottle manufacturing. Apex Plastics offers 4 size options, including 8oz, 16oz, 32oz, and 59oz bottles. One thing unique about Apex Plastics’ PET (polyethylene terephthalate) bottles is that they come with lids attached, keeping dust, and other elements out of the bottles. As a convenience to our customers, we offer mixed pallet sizes of juice bottles in order to handle multiple bottle size orders. Of course, as always, Apex uses high quality PET plastic mat ..read more
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Quality Begins with Engineering
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by htiplastic
1y ago
At HTI Plastics, we believe quality engineers lead to quality products “Quality begins with engineering.” That’s HTI Plastics’ philosophy for product quality. Our focus on professional engineering has evolved throughout many years of experience analyzing exactly what leads to a quality product. We realized very early on that engineering is pivotal to quality, all product designs begin with engineers and good designs are necessary for manufacturing successful products. Without superior and highly trained engineers, there would not be quality products. This HTI Plastics philosophy hasn’t change ..read more
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HTI Plastics at Supplier Showcase (Shot Show ’23)
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by htiplastic
1y ago
Come visit us at Booth 51203, Monday and Tuesday. THE VENETIAN 5TH FLOOR PALAZZO BALLROOM Meet with 500+ suppliers offering countless materials and solutions for your manufacturing needs at the SHOT Week Supplier Showcase. The SHOT Week Supplier Showcase is a dedicated event for suppliers to display their shooting, hunting, and outdoor material supplies, off the main trade show floors. If you use or produce tools, machinery, plastics, fabrics, OE materials, logistics, software or other products and services for the shooting, hunting, outdoor and law enforcement industries, then SHOT Week’s Su ..read more
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Quality Mold Design for Manufactured Products
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by htiplastic
1y ago
Quality Mold Design. In order to repeatedly make a high-quality molded part, all of the key inputs have to be considered – part design, material selection, mold design, and establishing a robust process. At HTI Plastics, we consider all of these elements on a new project. This article is going to focus on mold design. There are many items to consider when designing a new mold in order to determine how best to build a tool. First, the part design has to be reviewed to determine if there were any features that would make the part difficult to mold – items like undercuts or deep texture that wou ..read more
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Injection Pressure is a Key Variable in Injection Molding
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by htiplastic
1y ago
Injection pressure is a key variable in injection molding because it takes a significant amount of pressure to mold thermoplastic parts. LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, USA, November 3, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ — Injection pressure is a key variable in injection molding. This is because it takes a significant amount of pressure to mold thermoplastic parts. Modern injection molding machines are capable of 30,000-40,000 psi injection pressure. The amount of pressure required to injection mold a part depends on many variables such as polymer grade, part geometry, runner system, tool temperature, polymer flow ..read more
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It’s National Manufacturing Day!
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by htiplastic
1y ago
Woohoo! It’s National Manufacturing Day! Every year, America’s manufacturing sector opens its doors to celebrate Manufacturing Day on the first Friday of October, falling on October 7 this year. Thank you to all of our valuable HTI Plastics customers and team members. The post It’s National Manufacturing Day! appeared first on HTI Plastics ..read more
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