A variety of frequently used products, including simple in plastic molding objects like bottle tops as well as remote control casings, syringes, and more, are produced via injection moulding. When producing dozens or millions of identical pieces from a mould, injection moulding is typically employed.

What are the benefits of injection moulding?

Injection moulding is a popular choice among businesses because It works extremely well.While 3D printing or CNC machining a single part can take many minutes or even hours, most injection moulding cycles only last 10 to 60 seconds. You can combine numerous smaller components in one larger mould, even though the intricate geometry takes about 120 seconds to form. You may produce hundreds of identical components each hour at a reasonable cost by doing this to maximize productivity and make the most of each mould.

 High reproducibility and dependability are provided.

A full-scale steel manufacturing mould can survive for over 100,000 cycles, while an aluminium mould maker typically lasts between 5,000 and 10,000 cycles. Additionally, since each item is made using the same mould during plastic injection moulding, your products will be similar.

Material reuse is possible

Despite producing less post-production material waste than many other manufacturing processes, injection moulding nevertheless produces too many scraps. To save money and lessen material waste, you can simply regrind, melt, and reuse any sprues, runners, or other unused plastic pieces.

When to investigate alternate production processes due to drawbacks

1. Starting price

                It can take a lot of time and machining to make steel mould tools if you commit to them for big production volumes (100,000+), and this can be a considerable capital expense. Your cost per part will change if you require less parts, thus it may be worthwhile to look at other solutions, such as using aluminium moulds.

2. Second lead times

                     The manufacturing of steel tooling can take up to 12 weeks. Look into our on-demand production if you need to start production earlier. By employing aluminium moulds and digitizing our front-end process, we can ship anywhere between 25 and 10,000+ pieces within 15 working days or less of the time you first upload your CAD. Parts can sometimes be delivered in a single day.

Other technologies, such 3D printing or CNC machining, may offer a more.