Demystifying plastic injection moulding – Terminology Part 3
Our third blog on demystifying plastic injection moulding terminology focusses on some more obvious terms.
Basics of Moulding
Plastic Injection Moulding – The difference between Soft and Hard Tooling
Mould tooling is integral to the process of injection moulding in plastic. Plastic injection mould tooling, or tooling design, determines the quality of moulded parts and components. Different moulding processes require different types of tooling methods.
Demystifying plastic injection moulding – Terminology Part 2
To get to the point that you have a production ready design for injection moulding, your plastic injection moulding company will discuss the different design and functional features you would like your part to have.
Demystifying plastic injection moulding – Terminology Part 1
Since the first plastic injection moulding machine was invented 150 years ago, plastic injection moulders have continued to innovate to transform great ideas into functional components.
Design for injection moulding – 5 considerations for a quality part
Plastic injection moulding is perfect for high volume production of plastic parts and components for a wide range of industries. This is largely due to the fact that once in production, it is an extremely efficient, cost effective and quick method of making parts.
Plastic injection moulding for large parts
When looking for a supplier of large injection moulded parts it is important to understand what machines they have. In addition to the clamping force of the machines, there are other major considerations to take into account …
Engineering bioplastics for injection moulding
Plastics play a crucial role in our lives. They appear in almost everything we use, from our cars, computers and televisions, to food packaging, toys and leisure goods. Plastics are incredibly useful yet, as society is becoming increasingly aware, are beginning to present a growing environmental threat.
Specialised materials for injection moulding offer unique properties
As injection mould manufacturing processes have evolved, so too has the development of specialised technical engineering materials.
A pragmatic approach to plastic injection mould tooling
By combining our direct metal laser sintering (DMLS) and CNC machining into a single production system, we’ve developed a range of innovative techniques for the manufacture of plastic injection mould tooling. Using this hybrid manufacturing system, we can offer: The ability to reduce lead times for plastic injection mould tooling, to just a few weeks Special tool inserts that eliminate the problems of gas traps in plastic injection …
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4 advantages of plastic injection moulding
Plastic injection moulding is an established and widely used manufacturing process. Here are just 4 of the major advantages of plastic injection moulding.