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	<description>Medical Injection Molding Experts in SF Bay Area and Silicon Valley Since 1973</description>
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		<title>Medical Tooling Problem Solving – Injection Molding Challenges Resolved</title>
		<link>http://quashnick.com/2010/07/medical-tooling-problem-solving-injection-molding-challenges-resolved/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 10:18:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terry Quashnick</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Injection Molding]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is your approach to resolving medical tooling and molding problems? Answer: It must be discerned whether the problem is with the materials or the molding before heading towards a resolution. For example, if there is a problem with a plastic part that is due to flash, then it is considered a tooling issue. However, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mold Transfer is a Specialty Task Requiring Expertise</title>
		<link>http://quashnick.com/2010/07/overseas-mold-transfers-are-specialty-tasks-requiring-expertise/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 10:16:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terry Quashnick</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Overseas Mold Making Warnings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quality Mold Repair]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[How do you move tools from overseas or execute mold transfers? Answer: When transferring molds from overseas, the best practice is to find a facility that has an in-house tooling capability. It is important the facility is able to accomplish large-scale repairs on molds. Therefore, the skills required for execution are available within the company [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Multi-Shot Injection Molding – Over molding Multiple Materials</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 10:14:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terry Quashnick</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Injection Molding]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Multi-Shot]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Over-molding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Plastics Adhesion]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What is involved in overmolding and multi-shot molding? Answer: Overmolding as a two-shot process has been done for many years and continues to expand within the industry. Currently, a significant number of materials can be combined together during production to achieve this effect. One important element of two-shot molding is the two materials must be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Engineering New Injection Molded Plastic Products – Development</title>
		<link>http://quashnick.com/2010/07/engineering-new-injection-molded-plastic-products-%e2%80%93-development/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 10:12:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terry Quashnick</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Engineering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Molded Plastics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[R&D]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[How does involving your mold-maker early in the process impact your engineering and development of new plastic products? Answer: The mold-makers involved in the trade of high-quality tooling must have several years of experience. The majority of mold-makers go through apprenticeship and training programs sponsored by the state. Not only have they received state certification, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medical Molding Production – High Speed Manufacturing</title>
		<link>http://quashnick.com/2010/07/medical-molding-production-%e2%80%93-high-speed-manufacturing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 10:10:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terry Quashnick</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[High Speed Manufacturing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[High Speed Production]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medical Molding]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[How do you achieve high-speed production of complex parts? Answer: The key component is an understanding of the volumes required. If the volumes are a million pieces per year, sometimes a four-cavity mold is needed or a high-quality tool. For high-speed or high-volume production, using high-quality tools is important. The tools should hold up with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mold Design Best Practices – New Products</title>
		<link>http://quashnick.com/2010/07/mold-design-best-practices-new-products/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 10:08:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terry Quashnick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What are the best practices in new product mold design? Answer: After product development has been secured and generation of plastic parts has begun, the best practice is to have those plastic parts designed by an expert. Generally, this would be a trained plastics engineer specializing in the various aspects of the process: tooling, molding, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FDA – Quality Plastic Parts Manufacturing</title>
		<link>http://quashnick.com/2010/07/fda-%e2%80%93-quality-plastic-parts-manufacturing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 10:06:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How would you describe value-added quality tracking for FDA requirements in the manufacturing of plastic parts? Answer: The quality system is useful for more than just the parts that are manufactured for the FDA. Parameters are tracked for molds and materials in order to go back in time as necessary to determine the root cause [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iconic Injection Molders – Bay Area</title>
		<link>http://quashnick.com/2010/07/injection-molders-bay-area/</link>
		<comments>http://quashnick.com/2010/07/injection-molders-bay-area/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 19:12:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derek</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Injection Molders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medical Injection Molding]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Plastic Injection Molding for the Medical, Biotech and Hightech industries. For 39 years Quashnick Tool Corporation has developed custom plastics for the who’s who of technology companies in the greater San Francisco Bay Area. Knowing what’s at stake when it comes to developing and maintaining quality plastic injection molds and the parts produced is the secret [...]]]></description>
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