China Tooling Deveiopment services
Once the shape of the plastic and metal parts is frozen we make the steel molds used to mass produce the housing and other parts. Our local engineers discuss the mold drawings with the China mold maker to assure the robustness and the aesthetic quality of the China injection molded parts.
China injection mold design engineering tends to be a lot more affordable than in the West, and a lot faster as well, with the first custom plastic parts often ready in 5 weeks.
It’s hard for one China mold maker to be good at everything, so over the years we have built up a roster of specialized China design injection factory for precision injection molds like cosmetic parts, optical lenses, gears, metal brackets and die-cast parts.
When all these custom injection molded parts come together in an complex electro-mechanical assembly a lot of tiny adjustments are needed and every iteration comes with a negotiation.
To make sure the project does not lose momentum our engineers stay at the China mold maker’s shops until the China injection mold design and manufacturing is done properly.
A mold is a hollowed-out block of steel that is injected with molten material such as plastic, which then hardens to take on the counterpart shape of the mold. An injection mold is necessary when an electronic project requires a custom plastic or metal housing.
Injection molds are made from a variety of steels. Examples of some common steels used in plastic injection molds include P20, NAK80, H13, and S7. Each vary in terms of hardness, wear resistance, compression strength, corrosion resistance, machining ease, polishability, weldability
China is well known for its unprecedented value for money with regards to injection mold design & manufacturing yet some businesses choose Western over China mold makers, assuming the quality of the steel improves the endurance of the injection mold result, resulting in a lower percentage of the costs.
Choosing for a higher quality steel might constitute to a lower percentage of the costs when made by western mold makers, yet this is only due to the high labor costs. In fact, plastic enclosure is the cost component on which you can realize the largest cost difference between China and the West.
From our experience it makes financial sense to invest in injection molding at quantities of 250 molds and up. And once you have invested in molds, the more you produce the more you save.
Injection mold design and manufacturing is an art in itself. A good mold design will increase the chance of getting well-molded enclosures and parts, yet it is also essential to use the correct plastic injection molds parameters appropriate to the parts being produced and material used; otherwise the parts may come out defective. Common Defects in Injection Molds:
Custom plastic enclosures give your electronic products the greatest freedom in shape and the lowest cost per unit.
It has excellent impact strength, clarity, and optical properties and can be molded to tight tolerances. Its disadvantages are its subjection to stress cracking and/or yellowing after long time.
ABS plastic has good mechanical toughness, dimensional stability, chemical resistance, and ease of fabrication. Its disadvantages are its poor solvent resistance and it melts easily.
Polypropylene is widely used and inexpensive but is difficult to mold to precision. Its disadvantage is its degradation caused by UV
Plastic Injection Molding is often the most cost effective option for production in large quantities, but for China low run injection molding, metal enclosures become affordable and will give your device a high-end quality look and feel.
A custom metal enclosure made in China can become cost effective at quantities as low as 200 pieces.
Our partners can develop fast turn-around milled (CNC) metal enclosures at reasonable prices. Once you get to quantities of 500 units, you can significantly lower the unit cost by going for a stamped metal housing produced using a progressive die. Alternatively, to get more freedom of form you could go for die-cast housings in zinc or magnesium.
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All molds are carefully designed to maximize its service life and to ease maintenance, all molds are made economically and functionality to meet customer's expectations. Our design engineering operation system include:
1. Shuttle and Insert Molds
2. Multiple Slide Action Molds- Consumer Electronics, Packaging
1. Molded Parts - LSR
2. Molded Parts - High Temperature Material
3. Molded Parts - Single Shot
4. Molded Parts - Two Shot
5. Molded Parts - Insert Molding
6. Molded Parts - IMD & IML
7. Molded Parts - Medical
7. Molded Parts - Medical
