Plastic Injection Molding plastic molding parts

injection molding part design for dummies

When businesses have a need for high volume, intricate parts, they turn to plastic injection molding. This process provides a high level of production while minimizing the cost per unit. JW Mould, an ISO 9001-2008 certified manufacturer offers high-quality, low-cost solutions. 

Q: How do I know if injection molding is the right process for my product?

A: The geometry of the part, the amount of parts needed, your tooling budget and the application the part is being used for will all influence your decision to injection mold the part.

Q: What type of information is required for quoting a molding project?

A: We'll need more specifics like the annual quantity needed, material preference, part prints or CAD files, part samples (if available), description of part application, including UV exposure, chemical resistance, FDA requirements, time frame for prototype parts and time frame for production parts.

Q: What material should I use for my project?

A: Most material is application specific. If you don't have a material selected for your application, we can help and offer some guidance. Often several resins can be sampled but the customer has final approval before proceeding.

Q: What is the typical process of a new project?

A: We will evaluate your part design and modify it to be efficiently injection molded. Then, we will build the mold for the part. Next, your mold will be put into an injection molding press to make production parts. On average the entire process takes 4-7 weeks.

Q: How long does it take to build an injection mold?

A: 4-7 weeks on average, depending on the complexity and cavitations of the mold.

Q: Do you offer prototyping service?

A: Yes, we could.

Q:What types of molding services do you offer?

A: We design the mold for production, make the mold, and run production parts. Prototyping service is available, if necessary to the project.

Q: Do you offer extended molding services such as assembly, packaging or decorating?

A: Additional secondary operations can be performed by approved 3rd party vendors who we work with