WHAT IS INJECTION MOULDING?

Injection Moulding is a manufacturing process involving injecting molten plastic or other materials into a mould that has been customized to create the required plastic component.

The molten materials are forced into the mould and cooled to become a solid. It is then extracted from the machine and quality checked before being passed on to the customer.

Injection moulding can create both large scale and small batches and offers excellent conformity and reliability in finished products.

ADVANTAGES OF PLASTIC INJECTION MOULDING

There are many advantages to using plastic injection moulding for manufacturing parts and products.

• The mould can be customized to create very fine detail, which enables highly accurate specifications to be met.
• Parts can be made in small or large batch sizes and to highly precise colour and texture requirements.
• Plastic Injection Moulded products tend to be attractive and robust reducing the need to manufacture replacements for longer.
• Finally the widely variety of plastic polymers that can be used allows for wide versatility and choice when create orders.

INJECTION MOULDING MACHINE

The process of Injection moulding requires sophisticated machinery that comes in different parts.

First of all, the mould is created and designed to exact customer specifications to produce the required component.

Molten plastic material is then fed into the machine and poured into the mould cavity. Here it hardens into a solid and is left to cool.

Ejector pins release the hardened part from the mould and move it to quality control.

MOULDS

Moulds can consist of single or multiple cavities depending on the complexity of the design.

Most moulds in injection moulding are made from metal,typically steel or aluminium.This is to ensure an accurate shape as well as mould itself to withstand the injection moulding process.

The moulds are precision matched to the specifications given by the customer. They can be used to create small batches and large scale orders.