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About mold for injection plastic

Injection molds are an important part of the plastic injection molding process. They are used to create the shapes and sizes of the plastic parts that are produced. In this blog post, we will discuss what you need to know about injection molds, including the different types and the materials they are made from.

What is an injection mold?

An injection mold is a tool used to create precise, reproducible shapes in plastic. molten plastic is injected into a mold cavity, where it cools and hardens to the shape of the cavity. Molds can be simple or complex, and can produce a variety of shapes.

What are the different types of injection molds?

Injection molds are used to create products from plastic materials. There are three different types of injection molds: standard, rotational, and two-shot.

Standard injection molds are the most common type. They are used to create products with a simple shape. Rotational injection molds are used to create products with a more complex shape. Two-shot injection molds are used to create products with two different colors or materials.

What are the different materials injection molds are made from?

There are different materials that injection molds can be made out of. The three most common are aluminum, steel, and plastic. Each material has its own benefits and drawbacks.

Aluminum is a lightweight material that is corrosion resistant. This makes it a good choice for molds that will be used with food or beverage products. However, aluminum is not as strong as steel and is more expensive.

Plastic is the least expensive material and is lightweight and corrosion resistant. However, it is not as strong as aluminum or steel and can melt if exposed to high temperatures.

Injection Mold Manufacturing

WHY CHOOSE TKB Injection Mold Manufacturing?

Your injection mold manufacturing makes your product from concept to reality?

Your injection mold is manufactured with the ideal precision?

Want custom plastic molds to without flashes and with durable mold die life?

Then start mold manufacturing at TKB Mold, and let’s creat an ideal injection mold solution for your product.

Out standing engineering team for export molds

Rich experience in mold fabrication

Advanced manufacturing equipment

Quality assurance of ISO9001: 2015 system

Fast delivery time

Excellent after sales service

 

TKB Process  for Injection Mold Manufacturing

To make a good quality export plastic injection mold, processes as below for your reference:

DFM Report, Mold Flow analysis, conclude 2D/3D Mold drawing, approval to mold fabrication.

Mold steel preparation—Processing—Mold Base Processing—-Electrodes Processing—-Mold Parts Processing—-Quality Control—–Mold Fitting and Assembly—Inspection—-Mold Trial—Mass Production Trial—Inspection PASS—Pack and export the Mold

TKB types of plastic injection mold

Since plastic injection mold is widely used for many industries, TKB mold has advantage for producing high precision injection molds as follows:

Automotive Mold     +

Medical Mold     +

Electronics Mold     +

Home Appliance Mould +

Industrial Mold  +

Aerospace Mold   +

Overmold +

Precision Molds   +

major mold applications

Main Quality Control Procedures

TKB has independent quality control department to control every quality inspection step from incoming material, production process, assembly, packing, as well as cargo shipment. We have established quality evaluation program for each process to assure best quality and most professional service to our customers.
We carry out full inspection reports like monthly/seasonal/yearly quality analysis report, CPK, FAI, IQ, OQ, PC, PPAP, PFMEA etc.
1.DFM quality control
2.Mold flow quality control
3.Mold steel hardness check
4.Electrodes Inspection
5.Core and Cavity Inspection
6.Pre-assembly Inspection
7.Trial Report and Sample inspection
8.Production process quality control
9.OQC inspection

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FAQ

Date:2021-8-10

FAQ/ Frequently Asked Questions

 

 

As a plastic mold and injection molding company in China, we prepared answers for following most frequent asked queries for you, for more queries are always be here for you.

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1. What info needed to get a correct mold quotation? How fast does it take to quote a project?

1)2D or 3D product drawing is needed for a mold quote;

2) If special requirement on mold steel, mold life, cavity quantity, hot runner requirement, part material, forecasted year quantity. Complete information will help to a most suitable cost effective, value added mold solution.

3) Normally take 2 working days to quote a new mold project seriously, and expedite quote is also available.

 

 

2. What’s the payment condition in TKB Mold?

1) New customer for mold: T/T 50% deposit, 50% against sample approval.

2) Mold modification: 100% upon sample approval.

3) Injection molding parts: 50% deposit, 50% before shipment.

4) VIP customer special terms: to be negotiated.

 

 

3. What’s the price terms/freight TKB mold will offer?

  • Normally TKB will offer ex-work TKB price for injection mold and plastic parts.
  • Free mold trial shotting samples free of charge and with freight to collect.
  • VIP customer special terms: to be negotiated.

 

 

4. What’s lead-time for a plastic mold and injection molding processes?

  • Injection mold lead-time counted from mold drawing approval and receipt of deposit to first mold trial(T1), and the difficulty of the molds determines how much time is needed, normally 20 to 60 days.
  • Injection molding lead-time counted from sample approval and receipt of deposit to production finish, order quantity determines how much time is needed, normally 7 to 15 days.

 

 

5. Will TKB send DMF to customer?

Yes,TKB Mold will send DFM (design for manufacturing) analysis and even mold flow analysis prior to the start of mold construction for customer review/approval.

 

 

6. Will TKB send mold design for approval?

After DMF approval, TKB will send the mould design for approval, and TKB will not start steel-cut before getting customers written approval of mold design.

 

 

7. How many plastic samples will be free provided?

TKB normally would provide 10~20 shots first mold trial shooting samples with gate(if have) free of charge according to the size of the parts, it would be freight to collect.

 

 

8. Which side provides plastic resin for injection mold trial?

TKB can provided plastic resin, if needed customer can provide the plastic resin the same.

 

 

9. How to make sure of quality before shipment?

shipment can be arranged only after TKB QC inspection PASS, or customer QC inspection PASS, or third-party inspection PASS if required. And TKB will always be there to provide full support.

 

 

10. How will TKB keep record of all mold data.

TKB will keep record of all final approved 2D, 3D mold drawing, modifications document, and send to customer for file to avoid future confusion in case engineering change is needed.

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