Custom Injection Molding

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  • Thin Wall Injection Molding: Machine and Mold Requirements

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    Machine & Mold Guide Thin wall injection molding is a race between filling the cavity and the melt freezing inside it. Wall sections under about 1 mm build a frozen skin within a fraction of a second. The machine must push plastic through a narrowing channel before the flow path chokes shut. That single demand…

  • Details of Mold Design

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    Mold Design Guide Details of Mold Design: The Sequence That Prevents Rework Mold design is a sequence, not a collection of parts. Get the order wrong — detail the cooling before the gate layout is settled, for example — and you redo work. Here is the order experienced mold designers follow, and why each step…