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133. Rapid Injection Molding: The Need for Speed
Rapid injection plastic molding is exactly what the name implies. It is hard to imagine that anyone could offer services that can guarantee fully functioning injection custom molds in a day or two, but that is actually the fact.
This is precisely what rapid injection plastic molding is all about. These plastic molds are made of high grades aluminum.
It works by automating as much as possible in the mold making procedure. By taking the customer's 3-D model and automating the product design and production tooling of the mold, the lead times are cut down to a fraction of the conventional process.
One of the central parts of the automation process lies in the design of the plastic part. By working with knowledgeable designers, many features, can be minimized or eliminated.
Some of the factors that must be considered are as following:
Part draft angles and radii
Ejection
Using straight pulls whenever possible
Simple approaches to side actions
The CNC milling process
Part size limits
Advantages of rapid injection molding
A way to bridge the time gap between prototype and full production tooling. If you need a working injection mold right now, this is the answer. Short run production time to get your product in the marketplace immediately. Gives engineers a working model to approach a full-blown design for a production tool.