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Injection Molding

How to estimate the injection molding cycle?

Injection mold cycle times are often something of a mystery, so planning becomes tricky. It often ends up resulting in wayward quotes, delayed deadlines, and unhappy clients. By learning the main variables, you can de-mystify the process, make better plans, and manage your production with confidence from inception all the

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Injection Molding

What Are the Best Practices for Injection Molding Wall Thickness?

Are you frustrated by plastic parts that come out of the mold warped, full of sink marks, or simply too weak? These costly defects often trace back to one fundamental design choice: wall thickness. Getting this wrong leads to endless troubleshooting, wasted materials, and production delays that hurt your bottom

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Injection Molding

What Are the Essential Guidelines for Injection Molding Wall Thickness?

Defects like sink marks or warpage in your plastic pieces are the result of one determining design choice: wall thickness. Failure can lead to material waste, lost production time, and high expense — all translating into harm coming from your bottom line. Complying with proper wall thickness rules is the

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Materials Recommendations

How Do You Choose the Right Steel for Your Injection Mold?

Choosing the wrong mold steel can lead to costly failures, production delays, and poor part quality. It’s a high-stakes decision that can sink an entire project. Imagine your mold cracking prematurely or your high-volume run getting ruined by wear and tear. You’re left scrambling for a solution, losing time and

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Design

Which CAD/CAM Technologies are Best for Your Injection Mold Design?

The wrong choice for the right software can put you in the awkward position of making expensive mistakes, delayed projects, and perpetual aggravation right in your profit and loss column. I’ve been there and understand how important the right choice is to achieving your goals. The perfect CAD/CAM technology is

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