Injection Mold – Technical

RESIN PROPERTIES
Your selection of material will determine the performance of the part manufactured using injection molds. It is also important to how the mold will fill. To determine the properties of the most common resins used.
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INJECTION MOLDS & PROCESSES
What are the differences between compression, injection, injection-compression, thixomolding and transfer molding?

All of these processes require matched metal dies designed to be clamped under pressure. The key difference is how the molding compound is introduced into the mold.
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MOLD STEELS
In an age that demands high productivity in manufacturing there is no substitute for high quality injection molds in your molding processes.

Most of the steel that Total Solution Plastic uses in our injection molds is purchased is purchased from LKM (Lung Kee Metal), which is a very fine and reputable company traded on the NY Stock Exchange. Their quality has been compared to DME here in the USA. We also purchase from Moldmax and Uddeholm to mention a few…of course the ultimate decision is made by our customer.

MOLD DESIGN GUIDE
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PROTOTYPING
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INJECTION CLASSIFICATIONS
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Glossary of Terms

Google Sketchup will help you model or design you product

IDES provides a free search engine for plastic material datasheets called Prospector

Free online dictionary