{"id":77582,"date":"2022-03-08T16:11:05","date_gmt":"2022-03-08T08:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/?p=77582"},"modified":"2024-01-31T15:53:38","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T07:53:38","slug":"slug-b-injection-molding-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/slug-b-injection-molding-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Injection Molding Process: Materials, Cycle, Defects"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"77582\" class=\"elementor elementor-77582\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1a13852 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1a13852\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cf774ef\" data-id=\"cf774ef\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb1a7e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fb1a7e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><em>Table of Contents<\/em><\/p><ol><li><a href=\"#a2\">What is injection molding process?\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#a3\">Injection molding components in the molding process.\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#a4\">General injection molding process in 4 steps.\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#a5\">Custom injection molding process.\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#a8\">Plastic injection molding process &amp; case sharing.\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#a6\">Injection molding process cycle and how to reduce cycle time.\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#a7\">Common defects involved in injection molding process (causes &amp; remedy).<\/a><\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-17f99be elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"17f99be\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-99b15ee\" data-id=\"99b15ee\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9b868b elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"f9b868b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12743d3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"12743d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"a2\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is injection molding process?\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6aa5eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d6aa5eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/b-what-is-injection-moulding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">injection molding<\/a> process is a way to <a href=\"https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/b-high-volume-manufacturing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">produce parts in large volumes<\/a>. This process needs the injection molding machine, raw materials like plastic, rubber, and metal. Though there are many types of injection molding, the general process is almost the same.\u00a0<\/p><p>And the simple injection moulding process is to put the raw materials into the machine, melt materials and inject the melted material into the mold. In the end, parts cool and solidify into the shape you need.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-13a9063 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"13a9063\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-df6defd\" data-id=\"df6defd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3258046 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3258046\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Before we learn the injection molding process step by step, I&#8217;ll introduce the injection molding machine components involved in the process. So you can better understand the specific process. An injection molding machine mainly consists of clamping unit and injection unit, as shown below.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77b5acf elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"77b5acf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55ae526 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"55ae526\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"a3\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Injection molding components in the molding process<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1b36ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"f1b36ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-08d06d8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"08d06d8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f1290da\" data-id=\"f1290da\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f61e75c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f61e75c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">    Injection unit\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd355f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fd355f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The injection unit includes a hopper, a reciprocating screw, a barrel, and a heater. It is responsible for heating the material in the barrel after putting the plastic granules into the hopper and then injecting the molten material into a mold through the nozzle by a reciprocating screw. And the screw won\u2019t retract until the part in the mold solidifies. After that, the screw fills the mold for the next shot.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dbe2e9b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"dbe2e9b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" src=\"https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/injection-molding-process-1200x628.png\" class=\"attachment-fusion-1200 size-fusion-1200 wp-image-77600 lazyload\" alt=\"injection molding process\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271896%27%20height%3D%27993%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201896%20993%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271896%27%20height%3D%273993%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/injection-molding-process-1200x628.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/injection-molding-process-200x105.png 200w, https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/injection-molding-process-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/injection-molding-process-400x209.png 400w, https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/injection-molding-process-600x314.png 600w, https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/injection-molding-process-768x402.png 768w, https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/injection-molding-process-800x419.png 800w, https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/injection-molding-process-1024x536.png 1024w, https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/injection-molding-process-1200x628.png 1200w, https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/injection-molding-process-1536x804.png 1536w, https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/injection-molding-process.png 1896w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-092be4e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"092be4e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikipedia <\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b6197d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5b6197d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Clamping unit\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19ab450 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"19ab450\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Clamping parts include a nozzle, a cavity, a mold, and a movable platen. And the first step of injection molding process is clamping. In other words, closing the two halves of the mold.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-9e7ef41 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9e7ef41\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6f70280\" data-id=\"6f70280\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15a7cce elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"15a7cce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a7ea06 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5a7ea06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Both halves are fixed to large plates in the movable and fixed sides. After sufficient cooling time and the part has solidified into the shape you want, the mold opens and ejects the part out of the mold.\u00a0<\/p><p>Again the mold closes and the mold fills with the molten material injected by the reciprocating screw.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-01b8cde\" data-id=\"01b8cde\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f5914ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f5914ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"458\" height=\"339\" src=\"https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/injection-molding-mold-components.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-77602 lazyload\" alt=\"injection molding mold components\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27458%27%20height%3D%27339%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20458%20339%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27458%27%20height%3D%273339%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/injection-molding-mold-components.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/injection-molding-mold-components-200x148.png 200w, https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/injection-molding-mold-components-300x222.png 300w, https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/injection-molding-mold-components-400x296.png 400w, https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/injection-molding-mold-components.png 458w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c836f45 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c836f45\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.3dsystems.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">3D SYSTEMS<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6d0e01a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6d0e01a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b3770a6\" data-id=\"b3770a6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e577d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"2e577d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8187b1a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8187b1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"a4\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">General injection moulding process\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af6d773 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"af6d773\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48b20e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"48b20e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1. Clamping \n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f910d1b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f910d1b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We also call the first step \u201cclamping\u201d, \u201cclosing the mold\u201d. Before putting the raw materials into the injection molding machine, two halves of the mold are closed together tightly by a clamping unit. And they will keep closed until the part solidifies into the shape you want.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe2e8dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fe2e8dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/injection-molding-process-clamping-400x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-fusion-400 size-fusion-400 wp-image-77603 lazyload\" alt=\"injection molding process-clamping\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%27337%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20600%20337%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%273337%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/injection-molding-process-clamping-400x225.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/injection-molding-process-clamping-200x112.jpg 200w, https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/injection-molding-process-clamping-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/injection-molding-process-clamping-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/injection-molding-process-clamping.jpg 600w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8aedd2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a8aedd2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Images (step1-4) are all from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aireplastics.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Aire Plastics<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9615e93 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9615e93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2. Injection \n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f527945 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f527945\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The injection unit injects the melted material into the mold through a runner and fills it. At the same time the air inside escapes through vents. During this whole process, heat and pressure are very important.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c3d3b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9c3d3b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/injection-molding-process-injection-400x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-fusion-400 size-fusion-400 wp-image-77604 lazyload\" alt=\"injection molding process-injection\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%27337%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20600%20337%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%273337%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/injection-molding-process-injection-400x225.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/injection-molding-process-injection-200x112.jpg 200w, https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/injection-molding-process-injection-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/injection-molding-process-injection-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/injection-molding-process-injection.jpg 600w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae11b2e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ae11b2e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">3. Cooling \n\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ec965a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8ec965a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This step involves the molten material cooling and solidifying into the part you desired inside the mold. As the mold designers have designed the internal cooling lines for the mold. And the cooling system is well designed because it determines the cooling time which directly decides the length of the whole manufacturing process. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d667ed5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d667ed5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/injection-molding-process-cooling-400x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-fusion-400 size-fusion-400 wp-image-77605 lazyload\" alt=\"injection molding process-cooling\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%27337%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20600%20337%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%273337%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/injection-molding-process-cooling-400x225.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/injection-molding-process-cooling-200x112.jpg 200w, https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/injection-molding-process-cooling-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/injection-molding-process-cooling-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/injection-molding-process-cooling.jpg 600w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-028dbde elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"028dbde\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">4. Ejection \n\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-931df8a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"931df8a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>After sufficient time, the mold opens, and the ejection system injects the fully cooled part out of the mould. Because the part may shrink and stick to the mold, enough force must inject into it. Once the ejection action is finished, the mold is closed again, and the next injection molding process begins.<\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone wp-image-77606 size-fusion-400\" src=\"https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/injection-molding-process-ejection-400x225.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/injection-molding-process-ejection-400x225.jpg\" alt=\"injection molding process-ejection\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27400%27%20height%3D%27225%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20400%20225%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27400%27%20height%3D%273225%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/injection-molding-process-ejection-200x112.jpg 200w, https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/injection-molding-process-ejection-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/injection-molding-process-ejection-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/injection-molding-process-ejection.jpg 600w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a06ba51 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a06ba51\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dbca4b4\" data-id=\"dbca4b4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71db521 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"71db521\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The four steps shown above are the general injection molding process. In fact, the practical manufacturing process may be a little bit different.\u00a0<\/p><p>For instance, if you manufacture parts with two times of the whole process above, it is called overmolding. This type of injeciton molding process is also known as two-shot molding. As more than one component is molded layer after layer to make a solid part in the end.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-d39020c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d39020c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-276cdf6\" data-id=\"276cdf6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-558c68c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"558c68c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Let&#8217;s take manufacturing an iPhone case for example.<\/p><p>You need to mold a plastic layer in four steps firstly, and then a top rubber layer in four steps too.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0b7f75f\" data-id=\"0b7f75f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f08212 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5f08212\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"235\" src=\"https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/iPad-case-400x235.jpg\" class=\"attachment-fusion-400 size-fusion-400 wp-image-77607 lazyload\" alt=\"injection molding process-iPad case\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27786%27%20height%3D%27462%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20786%20462%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27786%27%20height%3D%273462%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/iPad-case-400x235.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/iPad-case-200x118.jpg 200w, https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/iPad-case-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/iPad-case-400x235.jpg 400w, https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/iPad-case-600x353.jpg 600w, https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/iPad-case-768x451.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/iPad-case.jpg 786w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d40de5d elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"d40de5d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8203672 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"8203672\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4484a90 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4484a90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Insert molding is another common injection molding process type. Put inserts into the mold, and then start inejction molding from step 1 to 4 above. Inserts can be any non-plastic parts. For example, when you produce a USB cable connector, the first thing is to put the iron part in the mold, and then carry on the four steps.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0986edb elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"0986edb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8dd7002 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8dd7002\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The four steps shown above are the general injection molding process when you have the ready molds, for example, the factory you choose has the exact mold you need. However, if you want to produce a totally new product, custom injection molding will be a good choice.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-190969a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"190969a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-08771d3\" data-id=\"08771d3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef6566d elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"ef6566d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27d08c6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"27d08c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"a5\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Custom injection molding process\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24c8ba1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"24c8ba1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Custom injection moulding process includes one more step: injection molding design complared with general injection molding process, which is the initial step before the injection molding machine starts to work. It consists of part design and mold design. Since a good design of products and molds can provide you with high-quality products.\u00a0Without it, you may make processing mistakes and lose a lot of money.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0d613c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e0d613c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Injection part design<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99cea8b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"99cea8b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If you want to produce a new kind of part or product, the first step is to get a drawing of\u00a0the product\u00a0design. If you have product pictures or your designers have finished the drawings of the product design, that\u2019s couldn\u2019t be better.<\/p><p>But if you only have an idea and have no reliable designers, you need to ask the professional designer team to help you to visualize your thoughts and ideas.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ca3ccb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7ca3ccb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Injection mold design\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7484df elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f7484df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>After you know the product you want to produce, then you can design the mold. As we know you have to take the finished part out of the mold after it solidifies, you have to design the part in two halves. And the mold must be durable, so the material of the mold should be steel, aluminum, and another strong one.<\/p><p>Moreover, the mold design is not that cheap, and it can take a long time to finish. So you have to consider whether the injection molding is suitable for you or not.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f388fa6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"f388fa6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fbb461d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fbb461d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-41c177e\" data-id=\"41c177e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31d7b11 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"31d7b11\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"a8\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Plastic injection molding process\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70ff3c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"70ff3c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I mention plastic injection molding process alone because it is the most widely used manufacturing method and also the origin of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/b-what-is-injection-moulding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">injection molding<\/a><\/span>. So many people regard injection molding as plastic injection molding. Its molding process is the same as the general injection molding process but the materials. The common materials are shown below. For further material information, please read the post: <a href=\"https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/b-what-is-injection-moulding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">what is injection molding<\/a>.<\/p><ul><li>acrylic (PMMA)<\/li><li>acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS)<\/li><li>nylon polyamide (PA)<\/li><li>polycarbonate (PC)<\/li><li>polyethyelene (PE)<\/li><li>polyoxymethylene (POM)<\/li><li>polypropylene (PP)<\/li><li>polystyrene (PS)<\/li><li>thermoplastic elastomer (TPE)<\/li><li>thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU)<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eaa5155 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"eaa5155\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Custom plastic injection molding case sharing\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad0647c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ad0647c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>One of my clients orders 500000 pcs of PET milk teacups. The client offers a picture of the product.\u00a0We <a href=\"https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/b-how-to-find-a-manufacturer-in-china\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">find a reliable factory<\/a> which has long-term cooperation with us and finish mold design. After the client thinks the design is OK, we start to design and make the new mold and produce cups with the designated logo.\u00a0The mold cost is about $9,375.\u00a0 The labor and the material cost is about $87,120.\u00a0 The total cost is $96,495.\u00a0<\/p><p><em>Note: This picture is not our customer\u2019s product, just for reference.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-129a713 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"129a713\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"243\" src=\"https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Custom-injection-molding-PET-milk-tea-cups-400x243.jpg\" class=\"attachment-fusion-400 size-fusion-400 wp-image-77626 lazyload\" alt=\"Custom injection molding PET milk tea cups\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27575%27%20height%3D%27349%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20575%20349%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27575%27%20height%3D%273349%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Custom-injection-molding-PET-milk-tea-cups-400x243.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Custom-injection-molding-PET-milk-tea-cups-200x121.jpg 200w, https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Custom-injection-molding-PET-milk-tea-cups-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Custom-injection-molding-PET-milk-tea-cups-400x243.jpg 400w, https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Custom-injection-molding-PET-milk-tea-cups.jpg 575w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-149b595 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"149b595\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/submit-ticket\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Help Me Injection Molding &amp; Customize<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7393716 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"7393716\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2bc2c0b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2bc2c0b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7c9451e\" data-id=\"7c9451e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d519e81 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"d519e81\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4451802 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4451802\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"a6\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Injection molding process cycle &amp; how to reduce cycle time\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a377413 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a377413\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The injection molding cycle is the whole injection molding process. The injection moulding cycle time is pretty short which depends on the machine power and shot size, usually between 1s and 2mins. Here is the formula of Injection moulding.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dea1067 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dea1067\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Injection moulding cycle time formula\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39a6bdb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"39a6bdb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>T = td + ti + tc<\/li><li>T: injection molding cycle time<\/li><li>td: intermediate time<\/li><li>ti: injection time<\/li><li>tc: cooling time<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12efdc2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"12efdc2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Intermediate time\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-076173e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"076173e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Intermediate time = Time to close a mold+Time to open a mold + Time to eject the part + Time to place the mold + Time to apply parting agent.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p><p>Besides, Time to open a mold + Time to close a mold = Dry cycle time\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>The improvements in injection molding machinery shorten the intermediate time. And the molded parts can release by themselves.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c9c020 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4c9c020\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Injection time\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68ed9dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"68ed9dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This is an injection time formula.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p><ul><li>TI*RI=CV\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/li><li>TI: Injection time<\/li><li>RI: Injection rate(cm3\/sec)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/li><li>CV: Cavity volume (cm3)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/li><\/ul><p>So if you want to calculate the injection time, you need to know the injection rate and the cavity volume. While many factors may influence the injection rate like the injection speed controls, molding conditions, cavity wall thickness, and so on. And the injection rate is 15-25cm3\/sec per ounce( according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.toray.jp\/plastics\/en\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TORAY<\/a>) using the screw injection machine.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p><p>You can estimate the volume by the size of the mold. Then you&#8217;ll get the rough injection time.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-081263d elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"081263d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b729b39 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b729b39\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Injection molding cooling time\n\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca2ab31 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ca2ab31\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Generally, the cooling time is the longest in the injection molding cycle time. And many factors affect the cooling time as below.<\/p><ul><li>Injection material<\/li><li>Mold cooling design<\/li><li>Mold material<\/li><li>Part design: wall thickness<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e62a10 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"5e62a10\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54df3a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"54df3a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How to reduce the injection molding time\n\n\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a10ba94 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a10ba94\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Since time is money, reducing this part will save money by manufacturing more parts with less time. So it\u2019s important to reduce the injection molding time and speed up the molding process.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8fe703 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e8fe703\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1. Thinner wall thickness of the molded part\n<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bbbdede elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bbbdede\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A thinner wall means less injection time in the molding cycle time. Because the thick one needs more time to melt and fill the mold.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83ec49f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"83ec49f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2. Material type\n\n<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02a7ef2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"02a7ef2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The characteristics of the injection molding material can importantly affect the injection cycle time. Some material doesn\u2019t solidify as quickly as others. We all know that the cooling time is the longest part, so reducing this part can be a good choice. And it will directly influence the injection molding cycle time.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aaa00b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"aaa00b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">3. Mold material\n\n\n<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b9cd945 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b9cd945\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Like the injection molding material, the injection molding mold material also influences the molding cycle time. Though steel is the common mold material, other highly-conductive metals like aluminum will be used as inserts within the mold to take the heat quickly from the solidifying part.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-768e51a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"768e51a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">4. Cooling design\n\n\n\n<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f990885 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f990885\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Designing the cooling lines that allow water or air to run through the steel mold cooling the molded products is a good choice. What\u2019s more, to minimize the molding cycle, you can use the cooling lines by changing the water temperatures, flow rates, or the cooling design system.<\/p><p>All in all, you need to consider all factors of keeping cycle time low. And it means you can produce more products in less time. Furthermore, the accurate estimation molding cycle time helps you to predict the production timelines and injection molding costs.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4b2c17 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"e4b2c17\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3ecacac elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3ecacac\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ce03281\" data-id=\"ce03281\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34673c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"34673c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"a7\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Injection molding defects caused in the process\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-907993d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"907993d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>There can be a lot of molding defects during the injection molding process. Sometimes you can avoid the defects by adjusting the pressure or temperature of your mold.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f94eb0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8f94eb0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Flow lines\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d12980 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1d12980\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Flow lines are shown as below. And the flow lines often have a wavy pattern in a different color. They generally appear near the gate of the mold. This kind of defect may be unacceptable if the customer finds it.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d2debd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7d2debd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"243\" src=\"https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Flow-Line-injection-mold-defects-400x243.jpg\" class=\"attachment-fusion-400 size-fusion-400 wp-image-77658 lazyload\" alt=\"Flow-Line injection mold defects\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27435%27%20height%3D%27264%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20435%20264%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27435%27%20height%3D%273264%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Flow-Line-injection-mold-defects-400x243.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Flow-Line-injection-mold-defects-200x121.jpg 200w, https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Flow-Line-injection-mold-defects-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Flow-Line-injection-mold-defects-400x243.jpg 400w, https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Flow-Line-injection-mold-defects.jpg 435w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7bde325 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7bde325\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.creativemechanisms.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">creativemechanisms<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5407a21 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5407a21\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Causes\n<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62c50a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"62c50a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The molten plastic changes its speed when it changes direction or flows through different wall thicknesses may cause the flow lines once solidify.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0364032 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0364032\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Remedies\n<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-454380d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"454380d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Increase pressure, temperature, and injection speed to make sure the material doesn\u2019t solidify before the mold is full.<\/li><li>Try to use more round corners when you design the molds to avoid the sudden direction changes that slow the flowing molten material.<\/li><li>Locate the mold gates near the thin wall and leave some distance for two gates when you design molds.<\/li><li>Make a bigger injection nozzle to raise the flow rate and avoid early cooling.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb432c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"fb432c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-403d3bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"403d3bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Sink marks\n\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d37fd82 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d37fd82\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sink marks are shown above. They typically appear in the thick place. The effect looks like erosion but is caused by the inner shrinkage of the products instead.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fca495 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6fca495\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"221\" src=\"https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/injection-molding-sink-marks-400x221.jpg\" class=\"attachment-fusion-400 size-fusion-400 wp-image-77654 lazyload\" alt=\"injection molding sink marks\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27740%27%20height%3D%27408%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20740%20408%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27740%27%20height%3D%273408%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/injection-molding-sink-marks-400x221.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/injection-molding-sink-marks-200x110.jpg 200w, https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/injection-molding-sink-marks-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/injection-molding-sink-marks-400x221.jpg 400w, https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/injection-molding-sink-marks-600x331.jpg 600w, https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/injection-molding-sink-marks.jpg 740w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2fefe3b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2fefe3b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plasticmoulds.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TOPWORKS<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d92bea elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4d92bea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Causes\n<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bcd24ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bcd24ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>When there is not enough cooling time or cure time for the part, especially the thick sections as longer time is needed in that situation, the sink marks may appear. Moreover, the low cavity pressure and the too-high gate temperature can also be the causes of the defects.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e284c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5e284c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Remedies\n<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67fb5f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"67fb5f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Higher pressure, lower temperature, and longer cooling time to allow the part to sufficiently cool. Design molds with a thin wall for easy cooling.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3572e31 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"3572e31\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04ccc5b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"04ccc5b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Vacuum voids \n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc972d3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fc972d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>There are air bubbles in the finished parts. Though small and few ones do no harm to the product quality, the big and numerous ones will weaken the part to some extent.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ef502e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4ef502e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"212\" src=\"https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/injection-molding-defects-air-bubles-400x212.jpg\" class=\"attachment-fusion-400 size-fusion-400 wp-image-77665 lazyload\" alt=\"injection-molding defects air bubles\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27768%27%20height%3D%27407%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20768%20407%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27768%27%20height%3D%273407%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/injection-molding-defects-air-bubles-400x212.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/injection-molding-defects-air-bubles-200x106.jpg 200w, https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/injection-molding-defects-air-bubles-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/injection-molding-defects-air-bubles-400x212.jpg 400w, https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/injection-molding-defects-air-bubles-600x318.jpg 600w, https:\/\/jingsourcing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/injection-molding-defects-air-bubles.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e89bb9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5e89bb9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecomolding.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ecomolding<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ea5570 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6ea5570\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Causes\n<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dfde43f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dfde43f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The pressure is not high enough to push the air out of the mold. Furthermore, a sudden cooling of the part surface in the mold, while the molten material inside is pulled outwards in this situation can be a cause. Generally, the thicker the wall of the product is, the more easily you will get voids.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c37627e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c37627e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Remedies\n<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9716db7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9716db7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Increase the pressure to force the air out.<\/li><li>Design the mold with a wall thickness less than 6mm.<\/li><li>Choose the injection molding material with a characteristic of low viscosity.<\/li><li>Lower the mold temperature.<\/li><li>The mold gate should be well designed to prevent the air from in.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f2aebf1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f2aebf1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dcb6937\" data-id=\"dcb6937\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34a8329 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"34a8329\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fe5f9c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5fe5f9c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Conclusion \n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c550f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4c550f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As you have learned above, injection molding process is complicated. if you need to make a new mold, it will be time-consuming and costly. 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