Injection moulding
concept · 1872 · Electric age
Shaping plastic by injecting it into a mould.
What it is made of
- Auger — has part. An auger feeds the plastic.
Principles and materials it uses
- Plastic — uses. Plastic is moulded.
- Hydraulics (Pascal’s law) — uses. Hydraulic presses.
Where it is used
- Plastic bottle — is used in. Preforms are moulded and then blown.
- LEGO bricks — is used in. Precise moulding of the parts.
Things built in a similar way
- Extrusion — works like. Both methods shape material by pushing it through tooling.