Six Frequently Asked Questions about Laser Machining

For a lot of companies, products are their main source of revenue. Therefore, it makes sense that the process behind their product design should be done with great effectiveness and efficiency. Before hitting the shelves, a product must go through various types of process and one of them is plastic injection moulding.

From big jars to small baby pacifiers, the injection moulding process is an indispensable part of product production. Without it, our products will not get the desired shape we see in the finished product.
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How Tools Are Made

As you look around your garage, you probably see an assortment of tools and materials that could all be used in some way to make something, whether it’s a basic table for the backyard or something far more complex. Tools are the backbone of modern industry and trade, and while they are essential in almost any construction project, we don’t often stop to think about the process of making the tools themselves. What makes the makers? How has the product design process evolved over the centuries? Here, we take a brief look into the history of hand tools and how they are made today.
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How to Make Your Invention A Reality

Though we may not realise it, many of us are capable of inventing something truly life changing.  At some point or another, most of us have come up with an idea for how something could work better, or more efficiently, and a few of us have come up with a completely novel idea. The difference between most people and the few who turn their inventions into reality is that true inventors have the conviction to follow their ideas through, and the business sense to know when they’re onto a winner. Here, we detail some of the processes involved from inception (that’s your job) to product design to finished product.
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The Evolution of Toolmaking

The evolution of toolmaking can in many ways be shown to reflect the evolution of human society. Methods of manufacturing and product design have driven change for thousands of years. In fact, the periods before recorded history (known as ‘pre-history’) have been named after the materials with which the tools of that time were made, highlighting their significance. Let’s take a look at the evolution of toolmaking throughout time.
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A Brief History of Steel

Steel is all around us. It is used in major constructions such as skyscrapers, stadiums, roads and railways, as well as smaller product design such as bolts, nails and screws. Those who have never paid close attention, however, may not have any idea of how steel is made — or indeed, that it needs to be made at all. In fact, steel is a mix or ‘alloy’ of iron and anywhere between 0.2 and 2.1 per cent carbon. It’s that carbon content that gives steel it’s hardness.
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Understanding the Tool Making Process

A tool maker understands the product design and creates parts, tools and dies, to be used in the manufacture. The tool maker’s advice may also influence the industrial designer – so that the idea can be made easier. The tool maker will typically work in a specialist machinist shop, and using a number of different hand tools and even often other large equipment such as lathes, milling machines, grinding machines, jig borers to make those tools and parts. Many tool makers now use computer aided design, and computer aided manufacturing and machining tools to execute their tasks. For example if you need a die to cast your new components, it is the tool maker that makes this die for you. If your die has been used for considerable time and it has become worn out, it is the tool maker who repairs it for you. Certain delicate jobs, however, require a tool maker to perform cutting, grinding, and finishing tasks by hand.
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