by Tim Toth | Oct 28, 2018 | Blog, Troubleshooting
Being the owner of an injection molding business as well as a mold maker for 36 years, I have encountered a variety of problems with molds, machines and molded parts. Sometimes the fix for the problem is so obvious that you just pass it right up. I would like to share...
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 | 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 | 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...