Engel injection molding machine information The history of injection molding machines follows a similar pattern to the narrative of the technology itself. The machine's first appearance in our story is as an all-metal, hand-operated hot die machine that could melt metal into ingots. The first known injection molding machine was invented by Roy Plank and Werner von Siemens in Germany in 1832, along with someone else, who we will probably never know. Plank and von Siemens were experimenting with platens that could be used in large-scale production of steam engines and other large machines when they discovered that they could apply molten metal under pressure through precisely controlled orifice openings. Their method of operation became known as the Plank process, or injection process (Die Jetztgestellung).This method was not described very clearly by either Jim Welch or Joel Engel on their respective blogs until recently (cite: http://injectionmoldmachine.com/joele...orkel-pl...