difference between metals and plastics When you buy metal for injection mold making, it is either in ingot or semifinished form. In making the injection mold, the metal is either melted and cast, or mechanically worked or machined to form…
CURIOSITY One aid to development or restoration of curiosity is to train oneself to be observant. An injection mold design engineer, especially, should be observant of objects about him that have been created by man. He must ask how the object…
Plastics Casting This section is used for casting both finished tools and cores,not like injection moulding products. Since all tooling plastics cure by chemical reaction, this section must be equipped and organized so that no contaminating foreign substances contact the…
1 Be sure to understand just what the customer wants. Do not try to guess. 2 Follow the estimator’s original design ideas and approved customer drawings in order to be sure the molding will be produced as estimated and as…
Facilities and Organization The following discussion outlines facilities and organization usually required for a complete self-contained shop formaking plastic molds. In setting up a captive shop other departments already established within the company may be drawn upon to perform several…
