Plastic Injection Molding Services

Injection molding is a relatively new way to manufacture parts. It is a fast process and is used to produce large numbers of identical items from high precision engineering components to disposable consumer goods. Injection molding is often used in mass-production and prototyping. It produces such small products as bottle tops, sink plugs, children's toys, containers, model kits, disposable razors and parts of cameras. The process plastic can even mould such large items as dingy hulls and kit car body shell parts. The advantages of injection molding are: high tolerances are repeatable, wide range of materials can be used, low labor costs, minimal scrap losses, little need to finish parts after molding. The disadvantages of injection molding are: expensive equipment investment, running costs may be high, parts must be designed with specific molding consideration.

The wonderful thing about plastic injection molding is the low cost of the parts being produced when you need a large volume of parts. The downside is the cost of injection molding tooling. The toolings, or the molds, range in price anywhere from $2000 for a simple one, to over a hundred thousand dollars for a big and complex injection mold. The way the injection molders figured out how much to charge per part was to weigh the part complete with runner to determine how much plastic resin is used for each part. The size of the part determines what size injection molding machine must be used, and how big the mold is etc.

High volume injection molding capabilities and precision tool makers in their China Factory allow us to provide quick-turn service on medium to high volume orders, where they build dedicated long-run production molds. The company specializes in high volume plastics injection molding custom plastics jobs. High-end second-op machining is also available. Their PVC and plastic injection molding factories in China manufacture very high quality products that are extremely cost effective. Their warehousing and distribution facility in Austin, Texas also allows them to service custom injection molding projects in Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and other cities across the country very easily.

Injection Molding is the most advanced typical method of molding rubber products. Injection molding produces the most consistent results by automating all aspects of how the rubber gets into the mold. In injection molding, the rubber is worked and warmed and then squirted into the mold at controlled speeds, pressures and temperatures. Advantages of Injection Molding are: Provides the maximum product injection consistency, Allows the most control of flash, Because the rubber is warmed before going into the mold, fastest cycle times, Disadvantages of Injection Molding.