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Plastic Moulding
Plastic molding is the plastic working through the Injection moulding machine, The melted plastic will automatically molten by the molding machine after erupting out in all of the plastic moulding methods, injection moulding technology has been the most widely used on the word today.
The method comprises the following steps: getting the thermoplastic plastic or the thermosetting plastic imported into the heating cylinder of the injection moulding machine, and when it is completely melted, it will produce heat and frictional heat by the pressure of the plunger or the screw, and is injected into the mould cavity of the closed mould, after curing, and then open the mould and take out the finished product.
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Plastic Moulding Knowledge Guidance
1 The basic knowledge of plastic molding.
1.1 The characteristics and composition of plastic injection moulding.
Plastic Injection moulding is to fill the molten moulding material in a closed mould with high pressure. The pressure that the plastic molding cavity needs to be subjected to about 400 KGF /CM2, approximately 400 atmospheres.
With such a high pressure to make a product is its characteristic which is not the only an advantage but also disadvantages. In other words, the mold always has to be made stable, therefore its’ price is always high. So must be mass-produced in order to buckle with high-priced mould costs.
For example, the production of each batch must be more than 10000PCS to be reasonable. In other words, plastic molding work surely has to be a mass-production.
A few steps of the plastic molding process :
1.1.1 Closing
Close the door of injection molding machine and then start moulding
1.1.2 Clamping mold
Moving forward the moving half in order to get the mould closed. When the mould is closed which means is also locked.
1.1.3 Injecting (including holding press)
The barrel screw is quickly pushing forward, injecting the molten formed plastic material into the mould cavity to full fill it.
Keeping the press at the same time after full filling it, this action is particularly named “holding press.” The pressing that the mold has to bear when it just gets full filled, generally called ‘Injection Press’ or ‘one press’.
1.1.4 Cooling off (and the next step of the plasticization project)
The process of waiting for the material getting cool formed in the mould cavity is called “cooling off”, At this time the injection device is also ready for the next step, this process is called “plasticization process.
The moulded material is placed in the hopper, inflow into the heated tube to heat, it is based on the rotation of the screw turning the raw material into the molten status.
1.1.5 Opening the mould
Move the moving board to the backward and the mould will be opened.
1.1.6 Opening the security door
Opening the security door, then the machine will be in the standby status.
1.1.7 Picking up
Taking out the product, checking carefully if there is anything left in the mould cavity, and this whole forming operation is called moulding cycle time. The finished product is shaped by the shape of the mould.
The mold is composed of the left mould and the right mould, These two sides of moulds are left with voids, and the material would flow into the voids and get compressed to finish the product.
There are three main lines of the path of the molding material before it flows into the left side and right side, sprue, runner, gate, and so on.
1.2 Injection molding machine
Injection moulding machine is distinguished from two large projects, they are divided into two, clamping device and injection device.
1.2.2 clamping device
Closing the mould, the molding material would be cooled off and solidified in the mould cavity. Opening the mould cavity and take out the finished product is the action of the clamping device
1.2.3 Injection Device
Injecting the plastic material into the mould cavity called ‘Injection device’
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The following describes the ability of the injection moulding machine, there are three provisions to distinguish the ability of it.
A. Clamping force
When the injection is made, the mould won’t be opened by the maximum clamping force, expressed as the number of TON.
B. Injection volume
The weight of a shot is generally expressed in terms of grams.
C. Plasticizing capacity
A certain amount of time able to melt the amount of resin, this is generally expressed in terms of grams.
The most important part is the clamping force, the area of the moulded article is referring the mould perpendicular to the shadow of the opening and closing direction (basically the moud’s area). The average pressure within the mold added to the projection area is called the clamping force. If the mold “projection area × average pressure” is greater than the “clamping force” then the left and the right side moulds will be pushed out.
Clamping force = projection area x average pressure within the mold In general, the mold can withstand the pressure of 400KGF /Cm2, so base on this figure to calculate the clamping force, but the clamping force often based on the shape of forming materials and the shape of the product’s vary.
The difference between the larger parameters such as PE, PP, PS, ABS materials, these raw materials are used to make the shallow box, the parameter is 300KGF /CM2.
If the depth of the box is deeper then the parameter is 400 KGF / CM2, If it is the small but high precision products. The projection area is about 10CM2 or less, its parameters are 600KGF / CM2.
The smaller parameters such as PVC, PC, POM, AS materials, these materials are also used to make a shallow box, the parameters of 400KGF / CM2, if it is a deep box of its parameters is 500KGF / CM2, if it is a small and high precision products, projection area of about 10CM2 below, its parameter is 800KGF / CM2.
To working with Plastic Moulding is not easy, if you have a project that needs plastic molding service you need to find a professional plastic molding company to support you, to reduce your plastic mold and Injection moulding cost.
Find a Chinese molding company to support you will be one of the best options, plastic mould and moulding parts from China mold company has inexpensive price and short lead time, this is no reason that you do not choose your plastic molding supplier from China.
On the world, over 80% or overseas companies that buy products from China, China is the biggest manufacturer country on the world, this is no doubt about this,
Sincere Tech is an injection mold company in China, offer injection mould, plastic moulding service to the world, 90% of our mold and parts are export to American, Europe, and the world.
If you want to know more information about service, you are welcome to send us an email, if you need price for your project, please send us your requirement for quotation, we will offer you the best price and service. Hope to work together in the near future.
Injection Mold
In modern industrial production, mold is an important technology used in shaping products (including metal products and nonmetal products) for all of the industries. Meanwhile, it is the ‘magnifying glass of efficiency and profit’ to the raw material and equipment, because the value of the final product made in the mold is often tens of, even hundreds of times as valuable as that of the mold itself.
The mold industry is the basic industry of the national economy, and it is called ‘the mother of industry’. Every aspect of human life such as clothes, food, housing, and transportation is closely connected with the mold industry. Therefore, the level of injection mold technology has been a significant symbol to measure a country’s developing level of mechanical industry.
And mold can be divided into two kinds of them: mold for metal products and nonmetal products.
The metal products mold include cold-press mold, pressing mold, forging mold, press casting mold, precise casting mold, stamping tool, punch tool, and dust metallurgy mold, etc. These kinds of mold have extensive apply-cation in electrode-cranial products, automobiles, aviation instruments, and other metal products.
The nonmetal products include plastic injection mold, ceramic mold, rubber mold, glass mold, food mold, and ornament mold. These kinds of molds have extensive apply cation in our lives, at this page we are talking about injection mold. this is the most papular modern technology which used in our life everywhere.
An injection mold used to form a plastic product using the injection molding process. A standard injection mould is made of a stationary or injection side containing one or more cavities and a moving or ejection side.
The resin, or raw material for injection moulding, is usually in pellet form and is melted by heat and shearing forces shortly before being injected into the mould. The channels through which the plastic flows toward the chamber will also solidify, forming an attached frame. This frame is composed of the sprue, which is the main channel from the reservoir of molten resin, parallel with the direction of the nozzle, and runners, which are perpendicular to the direction of the nozzle and are used to convey molten resin to the gate(s), or point(s) of the gate and feeding the molten material into the mold cavity. The sprue and runner system can be cut off and recycled after molding. Some moulds are designed such that it is automatically stripped from the part through the action of the mould. For example, the submarine gate or banana gate, if using hot runner systems then there will be no runners.
The quality of the injection molded part depends on the quality of the mould, the care taken during the moulding process, and upon details of the design of the part itself. It is essential that the molten resin is at just the right pressure and temperature so that it flows easily to all parts of the mold. The parts of the injection mold must also come together extremely precisely, otherwise small leakages of molten plastic can form, a phenomenon known as flash. When filling a new or unfamiliar mould for the first time, where shot size for that particular mould is unknown, a technician should reduce the nozzle pressure so that the mold fills, but does not flash. Then, using that now-known shot volume, pressure can be raised without fear of damaging the mould. Sometimes factors such as venting, temperature, and resin moisture content, can affect the formation of flash as well.
Injection Mold Material
Traditionally, molds have been very expensive to manufacture therefore they were usually only used in mass production where thousands of parts are being produced. Injection Molds are typically constructed from hardened steel or aluminum. The choice of material to build a mold is primarily one of economics. Steel molds generally cost more to construct, but their longer lifespan will offset the higher initial cost over a higher number of parts made in the mold before wearing out. Aluminum molds can cost substantially less, and when designed and machined with modern computerized equipment, can be economical for moulding hundreds or even tens of parts.
Requirements for the injection mold
ejection system
An ejection system is needed to eject the molded part from the cavity at the end of the molding cycle. Ejector pins built into the moving half of the mold usually accomplish this function. The cavity is divided between the two mold halves in such a way that the natural shrinkage of the molding causes the part to stick to the moving half. When the mold opens, the ejector pins push the part out of the mold cavity.
cooling system
A cooling system is required for the mold. This consists of an external pump connected to passageways in the mold, through which water is circulated to remove heat from the hot plastic. Air must be evacuated from the mold cavity as the polymer rushes in. Much of the air passes through the small ejector pin clearances in the mold. In addition, narrow air vents are often machined into the parting surface; only about 0.03 mm (0.001 in.) deep and 12 to 25 mm (0.5 to 1.0 in.) wide, these channels permit air to escape to the outside but are too small for the viscous polymer melt to flow through.
All of the information we referred from Wikipedia, but we sort out together for easy to read, if you want to know more, please go to injection mold Wikipedia.
Gas Assist Injection Molding
Gas-assist injection molding is a process that utilizes an inert gas (normally nitrogen) to create one or more hollow channels within an injection molded plastic part. At the end of the filling stage, the gas (N2) is injected into the still liquid core of the molding. From there, the gas follows the path of the least resistance and replaces the thick molten sections with gas-filled channels. Next, gas pressure packs the plastic against the mold cavity surface, compensating for volumetric shrinkage until the part solidifies. Finally, the gas is vented to the atmosphere or recycled.
Gas-assist injection molding has been around for well over two decades and many people have had concerns over patent, rights and royalty fees. Within the past few years, some of the original patents have expired. And now, gas-assist molding is widely practised. Design engineers and processors alike are discovering that this technology is an attractive option for certain applications and offers many benefits. It is the responsibility of the manufacturer to ascertain that their practice or technology is not covered by current patents.
Variants of the Process
The main two applications of Gas-Assisted Molding are to either inject the gas into the component cavity (internal gas injection), or to use the gas on the outside surface, but still within the mould cavity, to consolidate the component (external gas injection).
Internal Gas Injection
Most widely used process
Benefits of Internal Gas Injection Moulding
- Substantial cost reductions resulting from:
- Reduction in molded plastic weights, and therefore the cost of the material.
- Reduction in molding time cycles, and therefore the cost of production.
- Reduced in-mold pressures, and therefore less wear on molds.
- The use of the gas as a means of transmitting pressure uniformly throughout the molding.
- Elimination of sink marks.
- Avoidance of plastic packing from the molding machine.
- Reduced in-mold pressures by up to 70%, and therefore reduced press lock forces enabling larger moldings on smaller machines.
- Reduced power consumption.
- Reduced molded-in stress, and therefore improved dimensional stability with no distortion.
External Gas Injection
used for the enhanced surface definition
Benefits of External Gas Injection Moulding
- Can eliminate sink marks.
- Virtually eliminates moulded-in stress and therefore distortion.
- Improves dimensional stability.
- Applies pressure more efficiently, and therefore less pressure is required:
- reducing lock forces or machine size.
- reducing wear on moulds.
- reducing power consumption.
- More design freedom:
- thicker ribs with reduced wall thicknesses.
- multi-rib components.
- flat PP and PE products.
A number of variants of gas use are incorporated into the Internal gas injection process:
- Full Shot Internal Gas Assisted Moulding
- Short Shot Internal Gas Assisted Moulding
- Plastic Expulsion Process PEP
- Moving Core Gas Assisted Moulding
- Gas Cool for Internal and External Gas Moulding
Each variant has its uses and benefits.
Why Gas Injection Moulding?
Techniques have been developed whereby inert gas nitrogen is injected into the still molten plastic in the mould cavity. Acting from within the component shape, the gas inflates the component and counteracts the effects of the material shrinkage. The effect is to keep an internal pressure on the material until it solidifies and skins at the mould cavity surface. This is independent of any gate freezing.
Raw Materials
Most thermoplastics can benefit from the use of gas-assisted moulding including Polypropylene (PP), ABS, HIPS, Polycarbonate (PC), PPC and Nylon (including glass-filled grades).
Tooling
Machined steel. Must be specially designed with mold flow analysis to enhance the hollowing-out of thick areas
Cost
Tooling costs are generally high. Part prices generally higher than with injection molding.
Advantages
- Material savings (weight, cost) for thick-walled parts up to 40%
The combined benefits of not packing a moulding are less material is used. By not having to pack the material, and in thicker components the resultant hollow core, can save as much as up to 40% on the * Reduced Cycle times by 50% or more when compared to standard injection molding of thick-walled parts Another major benefit is the reduction in machine cycle times that can be achieved. With no molten core to solidify, the material in the mould cavity solidifies quicker thus enabling the component to be ejected sooner.
- Smooth surface in comparison with structural foam
External gas injection provides an enhanced surface definition of the component.
- Lower clamp forces
- Improved holding pressure effect
- High flexural stiffness and torsional rigidity
- Low internal stress level and low warpage for thick and thin wall combinations (uniform shrinkage and pressure)
- Reduction of sink marks
- Design freedom
- Fewer weld lines due to fewer injection points
- Longer flow lengths or lower number of injection points required for large thin-walled molded parts because gas channels act as flow leaders
Disadvantages
Special care must be taken in designing parts. The high cost of tooling and mold flow analysis, since the process is very complex, must have rich experience with gas assist injection molding troubleshooting
Applications
Most injection molded parts can benefit from the use of gas-assisted moulding. Applications from consumer goods to automotive parts benefit from the process. The typical are: Toys, auto parts & anything with thick areas.
External Gas Assisted Moulding Applications:
- Flat panels for office equipment.
- Computer enclosures.
- Furniture, i.e. tabletops.
- Automotive panels.
- Domestic appliances – e.g. fridges.
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Injection Mould China for your market
When it comes to injection mold manufacturers china, there are a number of misconceptions that people typically have. One of the biggest misconceptions is the sense that an operation that is being conducted in China is one that is largely unreliable. This cannot be further from the truth. In fact, this is an extremely reliable operation that is based in China and is turning out products that are of high quality. In order to fully understand this, it is equally important to understand the history of this type of operation as well as its current status.
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What makes this particular operation better than those that have come before it? In the past, the the hallmark of operations of this type were that quality was sometimes not consistent and sometimes quality barely existed at all. This is especially true of some of the operations that were conducted in China. As a result, people started to have their fair share of doubts about whether or not plastic mould injection operations within the country of China could produce products of reasonable quality. Fast forward to today and those questions have been answered.
In truth, today’s operation is quite reliable and very successful. The reliability issues have been successfully put aside and any questions about quality have them put to rest long ago. Today’s operation distributes products to multiple international customers and is able to produce virtually any type of moulded plastic product for any use. The entire system utilizes a state of the art process, using the latest software to design the products that are ordered and then mass produce them as quickly and efficiently as possible. All of this is done without compromising quality in any way, shape or form.
The best part about it all is that the mistakes that were made throughout the early history of such operations has been taken into account in order to ensure that those types of issues do not happen when products are produced today. In fact, there are more than 15 years worth of operations from which to gain experience and perfect the way that everything is handled ranging from the way that orders are taken to the way that they are produced and shipped out. The fact that software is used to create virtually any type of product minimizes the chances for errors and allows everything to move along very rapidly. The end result is that the only limitation on the types of products that can be produced is the imagination of the individual who is ordering the product in the first place.
In addition, each product gets its own project manager and everything can be produced at a cost that is more than reasonable. This helps to proliferate these types of operations and even though the system is based in China, high quality products are produced each and every day which are then shipped out to locations all over the world. Imagine virtually any plastic mold part such as those parts used for calculators, DVD players or printers, and they can probably be traced directly back to operations of this type. Without them, it would be virtually impossible to operate in the world the way it is understood today.
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Plastic Moulding
Plastic moulding is the plastic work through the Injection moulding machine, The melted plastic will automatically molten after erupting out in all of the plastic moulding methods, injection moulding has been the most widely used. The method comprises the following steps: getting the thermoplastic plastic or the thermosetting plastic imported into the heating cylinder of the injection moulding machine, and when it is completely melted, it will produce heat and frictional heat by the pressure of the plunger or the screw, and is injected into the mould cavity of the closed mould, after curing, and then open the mould and take out the finished product.
Plastic Moulding Knowledge Guidance
1 The basic knowledge of plastic molding.
1.1 The characteristics and composition of plastic injection moulding.
Plastic Injection moulding is to fill the molten moulding material in a closed mould with high pressure. The pressure that the plastic molding cavity needs to be subjected to about 400 KGF / CM2, approximately 400 atmospheres. With such a high pressure to make a product is its characteristic which is not the only an advantage but also disadvantages. In other words, the mold always has to be made stable, therefore its’ price is always high. So must be mass-produced in order to buckle with high-priced mould costs. For example, the production of each batch must be more than 10000PCS to be reasonable. In other words, plastic molding work surely has to be a mass-production.
A few steps of the plastic molding process :
1.1.1 Closing
Close the security and then start moulding
1.1.2 Clamping mold
Moving forward the moving board in order to get the mould closed. When the mould is closed which means is also locked.
1.1.3 Injecting (including holding press)
The screw is quickly pushing forward, injecting the molten formed plastic material into the mould cavity to full fill it. Keeping the press at the same time after full filling it, this action is particularly named “holding press.” The pressing that the mold has to bear when it just gets full filled, generally called ‘Injection Press’ or ‘one press’.
1.1.4 Cooling off (and the next step of the plasticization project)
The process of waiting for the material getting cool formed in the mould cavity is called “cooling off”, At this time the injection device is also ready for the next step, this process is called “plasticization process. The moulded material is placed in the hopper, inflow into the heated tube to heat, it is based on the rotation of the screw turning the raw material into the molten status.
1.1.5 Opening the mould
Move the moving board to the backward and the mould will be opened.
1.1.6 Opening the security door
Opening the security door, then the machine will be in the standby status.
1.1.7 Picking up
Taking out the product, checking carefully if there is anything left in the mould cavity, and this whole forming operation is called moulding cycle time. The finished product is shaped by the shape of the mould. The mold is composed of the left mould and the right mould, These two sides of moulds are left with voids, and the material would flow into the voids and get compressed to finish the product. There are three main lines of the path of the molding material before it flows into the left side and right side, sprue, runner, gate, and so on.
1.2 Injection molding machine
Injection moulding machine is distinguished from two large projects, they are divided into two, clamping device and injection device.
1.2.2 clamping device
Closing the mould, the molding material would be cooled off and solidified in the mould cavity. Opening the mould cavity and take out the finished product is the action of the clamping device
1.2.3 Injection Device
Injecting the plastic material into the mould cavity called ‘Injection device’
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The following describes the ability of the injection moulding machine, there are three provisions to distinguish the ability of it.
A. Clamping force
When the injection is made, the mould won’t be opened by the maximum clamping force, expressed as the number of TON.
B. Injection volume
The weight of a shot is generally expressed in terms of grams.
C. Plasticizing capacity
A certain amount of time able to melt the amount of resin, this is generally expressed in terms of grams.
The most important part is the clamping force, the area of the moulded article is referring the mould perpendicular to the shadow of the opening and closing direction (basically the moud’s area). The average pressure within the mold added to the projection area is called the clamping force. If the mold “projection area × average pressure” is greater than the “clamping force” then the left and the right side moulds will be pushed out.
Clamping force = projection area × average pressure within the mold In general, the mold can withstand the pressure of 400KGF / Cm2, so base on this figure to calculate the clamping force, but the clamping force often based on the shape of forming materials and the shape of the product’s vary, the difference between the larger parameters such as PE, PP, PS, ABS materials, these raw materials are used to make the shallow box, the parameter is 300KGF / CM2, , if the depth of the box is deeper then the parameter is 400 KGF / CM2, If it is the small but high precision products. The projection area is about 10CM2 or less, its parameters are 600KGF / CM2. The smaller parameters such as PVC, PC, POM, AS materials, these materials are also used to make a shallow box, the parameters of 400KGF / CM2, if it is a deep box of its parameters is 500KGF / CM2, if it is a small and high precision products, projection area of about 10CM2 below, its parameter is 800KGF / CM2.
To working with Plastic Moulding is not easy, if you have a project that needs plastic molding service you need to find a professional plastic molding company to support you, to reduce your plastic mold and Injection moulding cost, find a Chinese molding company to support you will be one of the best options, plastic mould and moulding parts from China mold company has inexpensive price and short lead time, this is no reason that you do not choose your plastic molding supplier from China, on the world, over 80% or overseas companies that buy products from China, China is the biggest manufacturer country on the world, this is no doubt about this,
Sincere Tech is an injection mold company in China, offer injection mould, plastic moulding service to the world, 90% of our mold and parts are export to American, Europe, and the world, if you want to know more information about service, you are welcome to send us an email, if you need price for your project, please send us your requirement for quotation, we will offer you the best price and service. Hope to work together in the near future.