Injection molding services don’t start when the machines turn on. They start when engineer and design teams begin consultations with your group. The right plastic injection molding design means a smooth, streamlined manufacturing process that enables easier production and ensures the benefits of injection molding for your components.

Port Erie Plastics provides an inside look at plastic injection molding design services, including what they entail and how to maximize design services to experience a better manufacturing process.

Common Plastic Injection Molding Design Services

While not meant to be a complete list, these design services for injection molding projects provide a glimpse into what manufacturing companies and their engineering teams can do for your project.

• Design for manufacturing and manufacturability review entails design and engineering teams crafting a design alongside you, with knowledge of part application. This allows for proper material selection and key aspects such as wall thickness, bend radii, and more. If you are bringing a design to the table, engineering and design teams review your specs to ensure the part can be manufactured.
• Design services go hand in hand with material selection because design aspects have to be in place with material selection, and certain materials can withstand certain design aspects. Ultimately, both have to work together toward the part’s intended application.
• When crafting the design for your component, you also have to consider your tooling strategy. This includes making notes on whether it will be a multi-shot or single-shot cavity. Additionally, considerations on runners and gates must be made, as this will impact cycle times and part quality.
• Engineering teams can run samples such as moldflow or flow simulations that can gauge predictable shot filling, weld lines, sink marks, air traps, and warpage before cutting material used for tooling.
• Lastly, prototyping services can produce a rough version of your component, which can be used to alter the design as needed before full-scale production begins.

Why Design Services Matter

It’s one thing to have trust in your design and submit it for manufacturing and wait for your order to show up at its final destination. But utilizing design services will enhance your initial attempt. Consider these points if you’re on the fence about using design services for your injection molding project.

• Plastic injection molding design services can ultimately reduce tooling costs by eliminating needless aspects in an initial design and trimming down sections. This is reflected in the mold and subsequently in the final injected product.
• Not only can it reduce tooling costs, but it can also drastically reduce tooling changes.
• Design services identify potential part defects, and when those are addressed, there is a plan in place to respond and eliminate defects.
• While the main focus is to ensure part manufacturability, design services can positively impact lead times, pricing, and volumes.

Contact Port Erie Plastics for Plastic Injection Molding Design Services Today

Port Erie Plastics specializes in multiple forms of plastic manufacturing and the design and engineering services necessary to make these projects possible. We started our company with a single injection molding machine in 1953 and have expanded to other forms of manufacturing, including structural foam molding, extrusion, and more.

Our plastic injection molding design services and engineering services are made possible by dedicated engineers trained in taking projects from concepts to tangible results.

Contact Port Erie Plastics today, and let’s get started on your project design.