Injection molded acrylic lenses are the centerpiece of a new generation of automotive headlamps developed by Magna International Inc. Introduced as standard on higher trim levels of the 2018 Chevrolet ...

Liquid silicone rubber is a new player in automotive headlamps. The story of how it got there really started a couple of years ago. Back to a presentation at the VDI Association of German Engineers' ...

A recent headlamp-assembly project at tier-one automotive supplier Visteon included about 20 design fine-tunings, scores of meetings, and reviews over an 18-month period. Mainly because each element ...

3D printing is all well and good for prototyping, and it can even produce useful parts. If you want real strenght in plastics, though, or to produce a LOT of parts, you probably want to step up to ...

Simply adopting a high-flow resin grade and throwing it into any old machine is not the recipe for successfully molding a component with a flow- length-to-wall-thickness ratio of 100–200:1. “You must ...