Plastic Mold Factory Introduced The Importance of Design Others
Plastic mold factory accunted that Design is a big deal. It’s so big it’s a category with subcategories under it. There’s design... morePlastic mold factory accunted that Design is a big deal. It’s so big it’s a category with subcategories under it. There’s design for
Manufacturability
Function
Strength
Flexibility
Maintenance
Assembly
Aesthetic (Industrial Design)
Contract manufacturers typically play in all those buckets to one degree or another. This post will deal with plastic injection parts. During the RFQ process, potential customers share their part — either the physical part or prototype, or a set of CAD drawings. The engineer looks at it to get an idea of what they want to make and to see if there are ways the design can be improved for manufacturability.
Every product is different but, as a general rule, engineers will look for three things:
1. Which direction is the tool going to pull?
A plastic part is made in a mold. There are two halves that open and close. All the product features (any details, etc.) should be in one of the two directions of the pull. If there are features in a direction other than the pull... less
