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Our Design Tips email newsletter arrives in subscribers' inbox once a month, delivering helpful advice and suggestions for efficiently and cost-effectively designing parts and selecting materials that meet your specific product needs. Subscribe to Design Tips today or browse through our past issues listed below.


Topics covered:
  • Design suggestions to enhance moldability
  • Resin selection guidelines
  • Cost & benefit tradeoffs with rapid injection molding
  • Engineering surveys, trivia and more!


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Design Tips Compilation Volumes

Catch up by downloading all seven complimentary volumes today; there are twelve handy tips in each volume.
2012
JanuaryBigger and Better (Current Issue)
2011
DecemberTips on Clips (Part 2)
NovemberTips on Clips (Part 1)
OctoberBeing Transparent
SeptemberMold Finish vs. Part Finish
AugustRound Like a Wheel, Not Like an Egg
JulyThrough Thick and Thin
JuneShining Some Light on Lenses
MayGuide to Looking Good
AprilChoosing Sides
MarchWhat Color is Your Prototype?
FebruaryDesigning Outside the Box
JanuaryDraft on Tap for Stress Release
2010
DecemberThe Skinny on Living Hinges
NovemberBreaking Down Gates
OctoberLiving in the Material World
SeptemberKeeping Your Part in Line
AugustPickouts for Interior Undercuts
JulyMatched Mating Parts
JuneEjector Pins: Pushing Your Parts Around
MayTexture: When Things Get Rough
AprilMaking Choices at the Resin Buffet
MarchDo the Bump!
FebruaryWoe With the Flow (and How to Avoid It)



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