by Tim Toth | Sep 22, 2018 | Blog, Injection Molding
After your part is developed and ready to go into the production phase, the size of the injection molding machine needs to be chosen. Determining the number of cavities in the mold is usually dictated by part cost and production time requirements. This will be...
by Tim Toth | Sep 12, 2018 | Blog, Injection Molding
Electronic products usually require EMI/RFI shielding. Parts require a secondary operation to apply either foil, paints, vacuum metalization among other applications. Toth Mold/Die Inc. has been producing a part for over 10 years with an EMI/RFI shielding resin. The...
by Tim Toth | Jun 7, 2018 | Blog, Injection Molding
In my opinion, the injection molding process is the quickest and most reliable form of producing a thermoplastic part. Cycle times can be as fast as three seconds and can produce one to 128 parts with each cycle. The repeatability of the part dimension is...
by Tom Toth | Aug 21, 2016 | Blog, Injection Molding
Scheduling and running production of injection molded parts is an important operation of any molding company. Most molding companies usually have several sizes of injection molding machines which are categorized by the shot size and also the tonnage. Shot size means...
by Tim Toth | Jun 26, 2015 | Blog, Injection Molding
Since I have been in the injection molding trade, scheduling production runs has changed drastically over the years. When I first started in the injection molding trade, scheduling production runs were very predictable. Companies would forecast what their expected...
by Tim Toth | Jun 10, 2015 | Blog, Injection Molding
One of our customers approached Toth Mold/Die Inc. with a request to produce a 5 in. long tube with a .375 in. o.d. x .265 in. i.d. using the injection molding process. The reason for injection molding this part and not extruding it was because the length of the part...
