How to Use injection molding in a Sentence

injection molding

noun
  • Their legends are made via injection molding and won't fade over time.
    — Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 28 Mar. 2022
  • Plakie made injection molds for the ornaments and started selling them.
    — Vince Guerrieri, Popular Mechanics, 20 Dec. 2019
  • Its injection molding process is demonstrated in the following video.
    — New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2025
  • For example, creating mold inserts used in the injection molding of plastic end-use parts.
    — Carolyn Schwaar, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
  • Plastic injection molding is a method of mass producing plastic parts by forcing molten plastic into a mold.
    — Giana Han, al, 9 July 2020
  • Out of this, spaghetti-like strings of Bioceramic emerge that are then cooled and granulized to form a feedstock ready for injection molding.
    — Tim Barber, Wired, 18 July 2022
  • With injection molding, for example, the pellets can be used to make a variety of items, including faux-plastic forks.
    — Tom Bentley, Popular Mechanics, 2 May 2021
  • Projects that once had to be done overnight can now be completed in a matter of hours, making the tech a viable replacement for traditional injection molding.
    — Jared Lindzon, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Keter has almost 800 injection molding machines in its plants around the world, and the company can track the performance of each one, every day.
    — Willem Sundblad, Forbes, 18 May 2021
  • In just over a year, the company made close to 100 different permutations of the design, all with far less waste than injection molding.
    — Frederick Reimers, Outside Online, 16 Mar. 2022
  • The injection molding process begins with the user pouring a liquid elastomer mixture into the injection chamber.
    — New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2025
  • To speed things up, Kotz and his colleagues have now extended their nanocomposite approach to work with injection molding, a process used to mass produce plastic parts like toys and car bumpers by the ton.
    — Robert F. Service, Science | AAAS, 8 Apr. 2021
  • The secret sauce, thanks to advances in plastic injection molding, was a drop-in film cartridge that eliminated the difficulties some people had threading roll film.
    — Marcia Greenwood, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
  • The company redesigned its assembly line to use die-casting and injection molding instead of complex machining, reducing cost and build time.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Traditionally, injection molding is thought of as the least expensive way to manufacture plastic parts.
    — Bill King, Forbes, 20 May 2022
  • Researchers hope future iterations, possibly made with injection molding or stamped metal, will push their performance even further.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Souden and the rest of the students in the class get their hands dirty, making models with 3D printers and using injection molding techniques to create physical products.
    — Jeff Banowetz, chicagotribune.com, 4 Apr. 2022
  • Used by Graf in 1988 to win the Golden Slam, the injection molding pushed compression molding of graphite by the wayside for the time being.
    — Tim Newcomb, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
  • However, injection molding requires the time-consuming upfront process of creating the metal mold used to manufacture the final products.
    — Bill King, Forbes, 20 May 2022
  • Polymer packaging requires injection molding, which normally uses high pressure.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Tom Barr, a third-generation mold maker in Michigan, makes plastic injection molding equipment for the auto industry, among others.
    — Scott Horsley, NPR, 30 Apr. 2025
  • The resin shortage is a problem for Sogefi, which uses almost 4 tons of the substance each week in its injection molding operations, and for several of its suppliers.
    — Washington Post, 8 May 2021
  • The shape is created using injection molding, which gets you a dense, tough mat that resists cracking, warping, and wear, providing long-lasting protection for your vehicle’s interior.
    — Andrew P. Collins, The Drive, 15 Apr. 2026
  • The company also craned in a 12-ton, 30-foot-long injection molding machine used to make the durable, bendy and recyclable Zogoflex toys for which West Paw is known.
    — Alicia Wallace, CNN, 16 Oct. 2020
  • Lounge or parlor chairs were originally made of wicker, for ventilation and lightness, but then the wicker was replaced with metal, then braided plastic string, and, finally, cheap and ugly plastic-injection molding.
    — Penelope Green, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2022
  • The mask involves run-of-the-mill injection molding with either additive manufacturing (3D printing) or craftsmanship machining.
    — Matthew Putman, STAT, 1 May 2020
  • Each pair takes on a different football boot from the past and uses injection molding to surround the studs with a clear TPU case, allowing the shoes to be seen as they were originally made but also worn on surfaces away from the pitch.
    — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • The expansion, which opened last week, will house 40 additional injection molding machines to increase production capacity and will result in more than 40 new jobs, the company said in a news release.
    — Robert Rhoden, NOLA.com, 24 Oct. 2017
  • The Dothan center would also expand those capabilities to include injection molding of non-medical products and the production of absorbent underpads for the human and animal health markets.
    — Howard Koplowitz | [email protected], al, 5 Oct. 2020
  • As part of a third-generation GM family, Bucchi just joined the company a year ago after working as a manufacturing engineer for a plastic injection molding shop.
    — Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 3 July 2020

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