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.
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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