Companies that need an efficient, cost-effective way to launch new injection molded products still rely heavily on contract injection molding manufacturing in China. About thirty years ago, US companies started doing contract manufacturing with China and learned that doing business…
A variety of surface finishes can be applied to injection molded parts. Parts made of plastics and other materials can have various finishes, either for aesthetic purposes or for functional ones. By utilizing different types of surfaces, one can influence…
A tool loom should be incorporated into every injection molding operation. There are a wide range of capabilities in such departments, ranging from ejector pin replacement to welding and rewiring parting lines. Molding facilities should also consider building their own…
How Does an Injection Mold Work? A (plastics) injection mold is a durable tool, that is, it will survive for long periods of time (useful life) if it is properly designed, constructed, and maintained. It is thus distinguished from one-time-use…
What Factors Affect Mold Performance The plastic mold building is very complicated. So many details need to work together. From design, machining, assembling, test and fix then finally go into the service. A lot of factors will affect the quality…
How to choose correct injection mould? Injection mould design types and configurations vary enormously due to the many technical requirements of the moulded components to be produced. For this reason, the categorisation of mould tool type can only be generally…
How To make Plastic Mould A complete account of the very many methods of mould making would be out of place in a book devoted to the causes and cure of faults in injection moulding. There are several excellent articles…
Successful injection moulding depends on the ability of the machine to operate under the correct conditions of pressure，temperature, and speed of operation for the component being moulded and the material being used. It also depends on the ability to control…
It does not always follow that the cleanest factory is the most efficient, nor that the dirtiest one is the least. It is, however, quite clear that good housekeeping aids efficiency and that bad housekeeping can be detrimental to profitability,…