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Monday, January 19, 2015

The Buzz on the Plastic Injection Molding Process




How 3D Printing Gets Mass Produced
 
The buzz on the Plastic Injection molding process is melting metal, rubber or plastic by pouring or injecting them into molds. A company is commissioned to design and produce a plastic injection mold. The mold begins as a bar of steel. A mold of several blocks are made which constitutes the base. The mold is usually two-halves.
 
A grinder comes into the process by doing its job of smoothing. It prepares the base. A computer guided tooling machine called the CNC completes its shape. Most go on to a second machine, especially when more detailing is needed or wanted. A snow-mobile, for example, took twenty hours to complete. The snow-mobile required additional work for a head-light.

A second tooling machine is out-fitted with a specific part. The CNC machine isn't capable of performing the task. A strong electric current is used to make the mold with the second tooling machine. The plastic cools and hardens. The mold is easily persuaded to release the product.  

Take a tour of the Injection Molding Company, and the actual process as it unfolds at  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHYouINymiY&index=1&list=PL2JWDcbnTw4X2ZA05oNsIsxpVz2gZ1LS6.

  

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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