Custom Plastic Injection Molding

Our project managers and engineering team work with a “one stop shop” mindset to ensure your product is designed for the right process, and if injection moldings is best for your requirements, then we will make the tooling, material, mold press and process work for your specific application.

Injection Molding Applications:

• Low to high volume production
• Small to large parts (up to 60oz shot size)
• Wide range of available materials
• Tight tolerance molding
• Validated injection mold process
• Low cost manufacturing option
• Customized tooling and part production
• Flexible manufacturing to ramp up production
• No minimum order sizes
• Part design reviews

Here are the different types of tools available:

• Rapid 3D Printed Tooling – This tooling option is used when companies need parts very fast for testing, prototyping or production. Tolerances and amount of parts out of a mold are not guaranteed. Parts are also restricted by size and material. Typically good for small parts with low temperature materials (TPU, ABS, PP, PE, etc)
• Prototype Aluminum Tooling – This is a great option to get parts fast with lead times between 2-4 weeks depending on size and complexity. Molds are usually good for 2,500 parts or less and can be created in single, family or multi-cavities. Tools can then be used as bridge or production tools with special coatings t. In most cases, tools can continue to be used as bridge tooling or low volume production. Tool coatings are also an option to increase shot quantity.
• Production Aluminum Tooling – In the niche markets of today, all parts do not need big, expensive steel tools. Over the last 20 years, we have worked with production aluminum tools and MUD inserts that allow for shorter lead times and reduced costs because molds, if designed right, can last for 10,000 to 20,000 shots. All tools can include automation, slides, multi-cavities and/or family setups.
• Production Steel Tooling – When tolerances are tight and volumes are high, the best option is steel tooling. Steel tooling gives you the confidence of consistency from part to part at high volumes with tight tolerances as low as +/-0.001”. This is a great option when you need multiple cavities and fast cycle times to get lots of parts fast and at low costs. Typically this is a great option for tooling if you expect volumes over 20,000 parts.

To help design the right tool for the right molding material and injection press, we have the ability to do mold fill and mold flow analysis to better predict what will happen based on our tool design. Our company has also invested heavily in process validation and risk analysis, so we can understand the processing ranges of the parts we mold day in and day out. See the many different value added processes we use to support production.

Here are some of the more common injection molding materials we use:

• Nylon
• PC/ABS blends
• Polycarbonate
• Polypropylene
• Polyethylene
• PBT
• Glass fiber nylon
• Polyvinyl chloride (PVC)
• High-density polyethylene (HDPE)
• Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS)
• Acetal (Delrin)
• Soft durometer materials (including Santoprene® and Sylvin®)

For finishing, we can customize your parts by treating the injection mold tooling for optically clear, high gloss, matte or any of the standard mold textures available. We can also custom color parts in many different ways including: coloring in-house, compounding or pre-coloring materials. Our team can also add any part decorations required including paint, labels, silk screening or pad printing to show off your brand.