by Tim Toth | Jul 27, 2018 | Blog, Injection Molds
Injection Molding Process An injection mold used in the injection molding process, consists of a two piece mold that is opened and closed to allow plastic to be injected under tremendous pressure when the mold is closed, to create a part. After a short...
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...
by Tim Toth | Feb 6, 2014 | Blog, Injection Molds
A prototype mold is low cost injection molding tooling mainly used in order to obtain working parts. Modifications can easily be made quickly to this type of tooling. Life expectancy of this type of mold is approximately up to 1,000 parts. Some of the parts can be...
by Tim Toth | Jan 9, 2014 | Blog, Injection Molding
Part tolerances in injection molded parts are one of the most important factors in a finished molded part. In the plastics industry, there are two levels of part tolerances for injection molding, commercial and fine. The difference between the two is big enough to...
by Tim Toth | Jan 3, 2014 | Blog, Injection Molds, Plastic, Plastic Products
In injection molding the use of cam-action slides in injection molds is the most common and most efficient method to cast any type of undercut on a plastic part. During the initial design stage, the first thing that is looked for on a part print or a solid model is to...
