by Tim Toth | Jul 16, 2020 | Blog, Injection Molding
Overmolding brass, steel or plastic inserts can be very challenging. Overmolded inserts are usually held in place by shutting off on each half of the cavity or core. Most of the time, there needs to be a preload of .002/in. – .005/in. to insure there is no...
by Tim Toth | Oct 11, 2018 | Blog, Injection Molding
As a rule, an injection mold should be made for only one type of product. The main reason for this is that the different shapes may have different molding characteristics and the slower running shape will control the molding cycle and production output....
by Michael Fraser | Oct 4, 2018 | Blog, Featured Customer, Injection Molding, Inventors
This is one of those entrepreneur stories I had no idea how it was going to go. I met inventor and entrepreneur, Richard Smith for lunch to hear his story. You see Richard invented a male wellness product called the Pump-N-Gro which reduces some of the symptoms of...
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...
