Injection Molding Design
Improve Your Parts with Custom Injection Mold Design
A successful plastic injection mold requires collaboration between your organization and the injection molder. Based on their expertise and industry experience, they will help you develop and optimize the design of your custom mold, select the appropriate material, and ensure the injection molding process meets the required quality and regulatory standards.
Certain industries, like healthcare, heavily rely on custom injection molds for producing plastic medical products such as syringes, inhalers, vials, and other proprietary medical devices. In these demanding applications, the mold design is a critical aspect that can affect the quality and performance of the final product.
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Make the Most of the Custom Injection Mold Design Process
Plastic Part Mockup and Mold Design
Injection Mold Manufacturing
The first step is to design the plastic part for manufacturing. This includes creating a model of the part and defining its size, shape, and features. Next, we will create a custom mold to produce the plastic part. We’ll help you consider the part geometry, material, and production volume.
Our Moldflow® plastic injection molding software simulates the filling of a mold with molten plastic, predicting how the plastic will flow and fill the cavity. This simulation helps identify potential issues, such as air traps, weld lines, and sink marks, which could result in defects. By using this information, designers can optimize both the part and the custom injection mold design. At Omega Plastics, our team is equipped with industry-standard hardware and software technologies to create high-quality custom injection molds including Solidworks, Cimitron, MasterCam, SurfCam, and PTC CREO (PTC Pro Engineer).
Once the custom injection mold design is complete, we manufacture the mold with the right tooling. With mold testing and process control, we ensure the mold produces high-quality parts. This may involve producing a small batch of parts and inspecting them for defects and cleanroom injection molding. Depending on any defects, further optimization may be required. Any adjustments here will help maximize production efficiency and part quality.
Once the custom injection mold has been tested and validated, it can be used for rapid mass production of the plastic parts. The production process typically involves injecting molten plastic into the mold cavity, allowing it to cool and solidify, and then ejecting the finished part from the mold.
Produce High Quality Parts with Custom Injection Mold Design and Expert Design Assistance
A strong relationship between your organization and your injection molding partner is critical to part performance and compliance. At Omega Plastics, we ensure the highest level of performance for your mid to low-volume parts through process optimization, quality control, expert material selection, and critically industry-informed custom injection mold design. With over 30 years of experience, we are a proven partner you can rely on for part excellence. Contact our engineering team today to achieve your production goals.
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