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Custom mold & plastic parts, Rapid tooling
Our network of Manufacturing gives you easy access to diverse capabilities to serve all your manufacturing needs.
Name | Description |
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Rapid tooling | Molds with aluminum inserts with a life time of up to 20,000 runs. Machined in typically 2-3 weeks. |
Production tooling | Traditional hard molds, machined in typically 4-5 weeks. |
Single cavity molds | Molds containing only one cavity, producing one unit per run. |
Molds with side-action cores | Cores slide out of the part from the side before it is ejected from the mold. This allows for undercuts to be molded. |
Multi-cavity molds | Multiple identical cavities are machined into the mold tool. This allows for more parts to be produced per shot, minimizing the unit costs. |
Family Molds | Several parts are designed into the same mold tool. This allows for the minimization of tooling costs. |
Insert molding | Inserts are placed into the mold and molding occurs around them. This allows for inserts such as helicoils to be molded in your design. |
Overmolding | Premade parts are placed into the mold to mold over them. This allows for multi-material injection molding. |
Our injection molding service can move from prototyping to end-part production.
Name | Description |
Minimum order quantity | 100 runs |
Mold material | Tool Steel P20, Carbon Steel S50C, Aluminum |
Mold types | Rapid tooling, production tooling |
Mold storage | Minimum 2 years |
Mold lead time | 2-3 weeks (Rapid tool), 4-5 weeks (Production tool) |
Quality assurance | Inspection reports included, full dimensional report and material certifications available upon request. |
Design verification program | Similar to First Article Inspection, you will receive 2 sets of parts upon the machining of the mold to test fit before continuing with full production. |
Mold remachining | We can remachine the molds should any changes be required, changes to be reviewed on a case by case basis. |
Additional technical support | Dedicated Shunho Plastic Solutions Mechanical Engineer for technical support. |
Available materials for plastic injection molding
All thermoplastics can be injection molded. Some thermosets and liquid silicones are also compatible with the injection molding process.
ABS, Nylon (PA 6), PC/ABS, Polyurethane (PU), Acrylic (PMMA), Polypropylene (PP), Polystyrene (PS), Polycarbonate (PC), Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and POM (Acetal/Delrin).
Injection molded parts are not usually post-processed, but the mold itself can be finished to affect the surface finish of the molded part.
This way aesthetic needs or technical requirements can be achieved.
Name | SPI Standard | Description |
Glossy | A-1, A-2, A-3 | The mold is smoothed and then polished with a diamond buff, resulting in parts with a mirror-like finish. |
Semi-gloss | B-1, B-2, B-3 | The mold is smoothed with fine grit sandpaper, resulting in parts with a fine surface finish. |
Matte | C-1, C-2, C-3 | The mold is smoothed using fine stone powder, removing all machining marks. |
Textured finish | D-1, D-2, D-3 | The mold is first smoothed with fine stone powder and then sandblasted, resulting in a textured surface. |
As-machined finish | The mold is finished to the machinist's discretion. Tool marks may be visible. |
For a detailed description of the SPI standardstake a look here.