FABtours

06/08/2012

Cool (short) video about anodizing aluminum!

04/27/2012

Interesting turn of events: China offshores manufacturing to the US.

Stung by rising costs at home, big Chinese manufacturers now see the United States as a more lucrative spot to open plants in America.

12/08/2011

Manufacturing p**n for the day: How StudioNeat makes the Cosmonaut, a wide-grip stylus for touchscreens. Aluminum machining, injection overmolding, package printing/assembly and all.

Mr. Rogers shows us how the Cosmonaut was made. www.studioneat.com

10/21/2010

Interested in how things are made? Check out Warren Ginn's Materials and Processing Blog. Every post is a gem! http://ow.ly/2XbMY

08/16/2010

Join us at Da/Pro Rubber tomorrow for our 7th FABtour! We'll get a first hand look at hot stamping, intset molding, and more! Sign up at: http://FABtours.org

Custom Molded Rubber, Plastic & TPE Products - Da/Pro Rubber, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of custom molded rubber, plastic, TPE products. Whatever you create, we have the capability, knowledge and experience to be your molding partner. We work hand-in-hand with our customers to design and manufac...

08/12/2010

08/12/2010

Each white piece is used to clamp the esophagus of a sheep in a slaughter house - aren't you glad you asked?

08/12/2010

Dropping finished plastic products into a bin.

08/12/2010

Al Cotton talks about an 8-part mold in which one cavity is messed up, so only 7 parts are kept.

07/16/2010

Wow! Nypro is huge! Like, part of the Wal-Mart supply chain huge! They wouldn't let us take many pics, but what I could get I'll be posting soon! Oh, and did you know they are making insulin *inhalers*?! Cool stuff all around!

07/08/2010

The Nypro tour has been moved to next Thurday, the 15th of July! Sign up at http://FABtours.org!

FABtours organizes tours of manufacturing facilities in the Boston area for small groups of engineers and designers who are looking to find local, reliable manufacturers to produce their designs.

06/09/2010

Off to Res-Tech this morning for our 5th FABtour! Look for pictures on Facebook tomorrow!