Are you looking for a way to make your automotive manufacturing process easier? The answer may lie in the capability maturity model, or the CMM. Simplifying your manufacturing process can help you streamline production, which can save you money. It can also give you a major advantage over your competition. Fortunately, at Nova, we have...Continue Reading
In the last couple of years, we have seen a huge increase in automation across industries. From different software and machinery, it comes in all forms. Although there are many different opinions about this and the advanced technology that is coming out, there is an impact on various industries without a doubt. One industry that has...Continue Reading
Did you know that the average car is made of 300 pounds of plastic? That’s approximately 8% of a vehicle’s weight. It turns out that plastics are all around us, including on our roads and in our cars. Thanks to plastic injection molding, vehicles are now safer and more efficient than ever. But where do...Continue Reading
Did you know that mirror frames were among the first molded “plastic” parts ever made? This dates back to around 1866! Plastic injection molding is in wide use in the manufacturing process of plastic parts. The automotive, aerospace, and medical industries are just some of the many that use this method. In plastic injection molding,...Continue Reading
Does your company need to order a large number of plastic parts for products that you produce? If so, you should strongly consider going with plastic molded parts made using a plastic injection molding machine. Companies in a wide range of industries have taken advantage of the custom injection molding process over the years. The automotive industry,...Continue Reading
Plastic injection molding can be used to make thousands or even millions of items and parts at a time. This ability to output massive quantities of units has made injection molding useful to many industries, which is why most modern cars’ interior and exterior surfaces are made in this way. Car manufacturers only take the highest...Continue Reading
Some studies suggest that up to 50% of the modern automobile is made up of plastic. Yet, the plastic in the car only accounts for 10% of the car’s total weight. Already the first advantage of these plastic automotive parts is clear. They add much less weight to a car than other parts. So, are...Continue Reading
Most people don’t think about their cars as parts. It’s just the thing that gets them to and from work, to the market, and to haul their kids around. They are happy when it starts and runs well. Even when it doesn’t, you think of the car as a whole. Yet, many parts were carefully...Continue Reading
The auto parts industry is worth almost $70 billion in the United States. It’s one of the larger manufacturing industries in the country and for good reason. All these parts are needed for the auto industry. Every time you get in your car to drive it, there was so much behind the scenes to get it...Continue Reading
The American auto industry is currently worth over $104 billion. Its size means that sustainability and quality are more important than ever before. Advancements in automotive injection molding effectively improve the production process. Read on to learn some specific recent advancements and why they matter. Automation in Automotive Injection Molding Automation injecting molding is a production...Continue Reading
