For many years, metal grilles and screens have been attached to plastic housings and frames by the use of additional fasteners. These fasteners may be screws, clips, rivets, hot-melt glue or adhesive....

When it comes to miniature plastic parts assembly such as cell phones and other products, a robust machine that can precisely control process parameters (Heat, Pressure, & Cycle time duration) for...

The two most common devices for connecting glass flat-panel displays to printed circuit boards (PCBs) are the elastomeric connector and the heat-seal connector. The elastomeric connector is the older...

Thermal Press International, Inc. offers the widest range of solutions and technologies for thermal assembly. Thermal Press specializes in precision heat staking, heat sealing, thermal insertion, and...

Many devices such as cell phones, PDAs, laptops and MP3 players are in great need of real estate within the products' enclosures to mount critical components and hardware. In the past, locating a...

Technical article describing processes, applications and technologies involved in the heat sealing and thermal welding of plastic films, laminated foils, textile materials-films, plastics, and heat...

Technical Article in the characteristics and requirements for the designa nd implementation of heat staking as a technique for plastic assembly. Includes basic design guidelines and process details...

Procedures, process parameters, and guidelines for plastics assembling...

The heat stake process is used in many high technology fields and consumer products manufacturing and offers many benefits....

For plastics heat sealing, anisotropic and formono-isotropic liquid crystal display (LCD) assembly heatseal connector (HSC) to printed circuit boards (PCB connectors), front panel displays, or other...