by Tim Toth | Sep 1, 2020 | Blog, Troubleshooting
One of the most common problems in injection molding is determining the shrinkage rate of a part that is going to be injection molded. Material data sheets provide a shrinkage rate for the material that is going to be used for a part. However, this rate is only a...
by Tim Toth | Jun 30, 2020 | Blog, Inventors
Toth Mold/Die Inc. has been successfully working with inventors for over 35 years. First off, all I would like to define what an inventor is in my eyes. An inventor is someone who has a dream of making a product that will be purchased by the public or be used by the...
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 Tim Toth | Apr 10, 2014 | Blog, Inventors
I was just thinking about some of the projects we have developed and produced over the last 30 years. One of the first products we did for injection molding was a computerized backgammon game. A group of inventors came to us back in 1978 and asked us to develop...
by Tim Toth | Mar 5, 2014 | Blog, Miscellaneous
Injection molding machine operators are an important factor in the final injection molded part that is produced. There are a wide range of skill levels required from injection molding machine operators. The first level is rather easy and basically requires little...