What is Lightweighting and Why is it Important?

What is Lightweighting and Why is it Important?

Lightweighting is important to create more economical products with a smaller environmental footprint. For decades, engineers have looked for ways to lower component and assembly weight to create greener and more economical products. As production processes and raw...
Plastic Injection Molding Material Selection

Plastic Injection Molding Material Selection

For plastic injection molding, different polymers, resins, and blends all have different advantages and drawbacks. When it comes to designing a new plastic component, it’s important to understand that no material is a one-size-fits-all solution. Characteristics...
Plastic Machining Benefits

Plastic Machining Benefits

As a secondary machining process, plastic machining can help save cost and heighten quality control for injection molded plastic components. While plastic injection molding remains the cornerstone of plastic components manufactured at Boyd, plastic machining is one of...