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Understanding Injection Molding

30 December 2019

Terrence Hayes

When it comes to producing plastic parts, you have many manufacturing options and processes you can choose from. And, while you must always choose what works the best for your business, its unique needs, and its budget, many people do find that injection molding is a solid choice.

This manufacturing method can be used for all kinds of plastic parts and pieces. Of course, before you can determine if it's right for your business or not, you need to know a few things about it and how it works.  

An Automated Process

When you think of injection molding, you might think of a long line of people working over little plastic molds. However, that's not really how injection molding works, not even close. It actually works via an automated process that requires hardly any supervision on your part. Once the machinery is set up, it will continue to run and can simply operate and create your parts on its own.

In this regard, you do have to invest upfront for the setup and design of your mold and machinery, but once you have done that, you don't have to worry about additional costs or having to hire someone to do any additional work or run the machinery.

Compatible With Fillers

Many people enjoy using fillers with their plastic products due to the increased strength and reduced density that they provide, making for products that are both lightweight but still durable.

Thankfully, injection molding, like other forms of plastic production, is compatible with the use of fillers, which are added in before the molding process takes place, allowing for their benefits to extend to the manufacturing process itself.

Identical Construction

With many plastic items, it is important that each item be completely identical to the one produced before it and that these items be interchangeable. Thankfully, injection molding can handle identical output, though the molds will have to be specially and carefully designed for this to happen.

Thus, if you are considering injection molding, be sure to let the mold manufacturer know ahead of time that each item produced must be exactly the same. As long as the molds are produced with care, each part can be completely indistinguishable from the next.

Injection molding can work for many plastic projects. Be sure to speak with a plastic injection molding company about your specific project to ensure it's right for yours. If it is, you should find, like so many others, that injection molding is a great, innovative way to produce the plastic parts you need.

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