How to Design for Laser Plastic Welding
LIVE VIRTUAL EVENT – DEC 10 at 11 AM
Learn how to design your parts for laser plastic welding. This technology produces clean, precise welds in quick cycle times. Take full advantage of it by learning how to optimize the design of your plastic parts for laser welding. Registration is free.
Check out all our live events.
Learn about the latest in plastic welding, assembly, and additive manufacturing. You can register for upcoming webinars or download past events.
Technology
Use our wide array of innovative technologies to weld, stake, or assemble your next application. Our technologies include nanoSTAKE, InfraStake, Rapid Conductor, Hybrid Vibration welding, and more.
Custom Automation
Yes. We build customized standalone equipment and fully automated assembly lines.
3D Printing
Can Extol help me with 3D printing?
Yes. Partner with us on your additive manufacturing journey. Get 3D printed parts for prototype, tooling, and production.
Integration
Yes. Our Integration Support division works specifically with integrators and supports them throughout the life of the equipment.
Learning Center
Explore our Learning Center to discover plastics joining and assembly technologies.
Services
We support you throughout your value stream. Let us help evaluate feasibility, develop a manufacturing concept, troubleshoot an issue, and more.
Laser plastic welding is the clean, precise process your application needs
Laser plastic welding is a proven, powerful, and effective way to join plastics. It’s been used in industry for over 20 years and its ability to weld a wide variety of part sizes, with precision weld joints, minimal flash, and no particulate is.
Extol partners with HP to launch Digital Development Center™ for 3D printing
Extol has launched a new Digital Development Center™ (DDC) to provide parts and engineering support to help customers develop high-value applications for additive manufacturing using HP Multi Jet Fusion technology.
How to determine the strength of a plastic staking joint
Design engineers often ask us, “How strong will my staked joint be?” Usually, they’re designing a plastic assembly that needs to be staked, and they need to know how to design the part.
Getting nanoSTAKE on your next project
So, you’ve seen the new revolutionary nanoSTAKE technology and you are wondering how you can get it on your next plastic staking application. There are two great ways to do that. You can purchase a turnkey nanoSTAKE machine directly from Extol, or you can purchase nanoSTAKE through your preferred integrator. Either way, you get expert technology service from our knowledgeable team. Let’s talk more about what is included in a nanoSTAKE integration package and how they work.
Start Monitoring Melt Force to Improve Your Hot-Plate Welding Process
If you do any hot-plate welding, you should start monitoring melt force to improve your weld consistency and quality. Extol’s Rapid Conductor hot-plate welder is equipped standard with three servo-driven platens: the upper and lower press platens, and the heated platen. Servo control eliminates the need for hard stops and ensures that all the pressure applied by the welder goes directly into the components being welded.
New Enhanced Lamp Improves Performance of ISM20 InfraStake
In the InfraStake process, infrared energy comes from a tungsten halogen lamp inside the module. Reflective surfaces inside the module focus the IR energy from the lamp onto a plastic boss to heat it prior to staking. So, the output of the lamp is an important factor in the InfraStake process.