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The Advantages of Investing in Employee Education

How Beaumont utilizes the AIM Institute to improve our workforce

Over the last 25 years, the Beaumont Family of Companies has grown and evolved to continue fulfilling the needs of the injection molding industry. One common denominator has remained the same: our people and investing in employee education.


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BAP Expands Material Characterization Division to New Facility

BAP Expands Material Characterization

Beaumont Advanced Processing (BAP) is excited to announce we are expanding yet again.

As of June 1st, 2022 our Material Characterization Division, which includes Test Specimen Molding, Therma-flo™, and Moldflow Material Characterization, will be moving to a new facility.


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Measuring Viscosity: Capillary Rheometer vs. Injection Mold Rheometer

Thermoplastics viscosities are described as having a pseudo-plastic non-Newtonian behavior. This type of behavior means that as you push the material at a faster rate, the polymer exhibits a reduction in viscosity. There are two critical factors that affect the viscosity of plastics: temperature and shear rate.

In our material characterization lab we measure viscosity utilizing two primary, capillary based systems: Autodesk Moldflow Injection Molding Rheometer (IMR) and Capillary Rheometer. (We will touch on Therma-flo™ separately in a later article.) Each piece of equipment and associated test method has its own benefits and drawbacks, but the IMR remains the preferred method for material characterization to simulate the injection molding process.


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Beaumont Advanced Processing: Who Are We?

When most of our industry thinks about Beaumont, the first thing that comes to mind is usually John Beaumont’s patented Meltflipper® technology. After all, that is our legacy product and what put Beaumont on the map.

Many people are surprised to find out just how extensively Beaumont has developed over the last twenty-one years. Now, Beaumont has four companies under its umbrella: Beaumont Technologies (the former Beaumont Runner Technologies), Beaumont Development, Beaumont Advanced Processing, and the American Injection Molding Institute. We offer comprehensive services to the injection molding industry, including Moldflow® simulation, consulting, education & training, material characterization, and even production injection molding.


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Beaumont’s Ben Ellis Wins Outstanding Young Injection Molding Engineer Award from SPE

Beaumont Advanced Processing’s Development Manager Ben Ellis has won the inaugural Outstanding Young Injection Molding Engineer (OYIME) Award from SPE‘s Injection Molding Division. This award “recognizes injection molding engineers age 35 or younger who have made exceptional contributions and accomplishments in the molding industry.”


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Beaumont Advanced Processing Expands to Offer Cleanroom Molding

ERIE, PA – Beaumont Advanced Processing (BAP) ended 2018 by achieving a major milestone: the company passed its certification audit and is now offering cleanroom injection molding that is classified to Class 8 standards per ISO 14644-1:2015 guidelines.


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