This critical review is motivated by an increasing interest of the microfluidics community in
developing complete Lab-on-a-Chip solutions based on thin and flexible films (Lab-on-a …

Rapid heat cycle molding (RHCM) can eliminate the weld line, increase flow length, and
improve surface quality of the molded parts. However, the cycle time is much longer as …

Injection molding technology has been in development for almost 150 years. Injection
molding is a molding technology that melts the material with the aid of a screw and an …

Micro-injection moulding is one of the key technologies for micro-manufacture because of its
mass-production capability and relatively low component cost. The surface quality in …

A heated mold with temperature above the polymer‐softening temperature is highly desired
in precision injection molding. The elevated mold temperature reduces unwanted freezing …

High‐frequency proximity heating was used to rapidly heat injection molds. The principle is
based on the proximity effect between a pair of mold inserts facing each other with a small …

Thin-wall injection molding has a lot of obvious advantages such as saving materials,
reducing production costs, weights and shape sizes, etc., and accelerates the rapid …

The polymer injection products produced by using the current injection molding method
usually have many defects, such as short shot, jetting, sink mark, flow mark, weld mark, and …

Microinjection molding (μIM) is a fast‐developing technology which is used to produce
polymeric microcomponents or components with micro/nanoscale features, such as are …

Although the hot embossing process is gaining popularity in molding polymer micro/nano
structures, it needs a breakthrough improvement in reducing cycle time before it can become …