CNC Machined Mold Inserts
Set of inserts on the machine table, cut in one clamping for form accuracy.
CNC Machined Mold Inserts
CNC Machined Mold Inserts is one of the parts molded on tooling built at our Dongguan shop. Set of inserts on the machine table, cut in one clamping for form accuracy.
Cavity and core steel is machined on our own CNC and EDM equipment, inspected dimensionally after machining, and the electrodes are checked for dimension and surface finish before they are burnt.
Our engineering team reads customer mold standards and special requirements in English, so a specification written for a European or North American tool shop does not have to be rewritten for us.
Key Benefits
- Reply to every enquiry inside 24 hours
- Design review meeting before the design reaches you
- Quotation returned within 2 working days
- A written DFM before fabrication, so changes happen while they are still cheap
Problems It Solves
- Tooling quoted without an engineering study, so the first trial is also the first analysis
- Weld lines landing on a visible face because gating was chosen for fill alone
- Mold base components that cannot be replaced locally once the tool is in production
Who It Is For
- Tool shops outsourcing overflow cavity and core work
- Mold owners needing spare or replacement inserts
- OEMs holding their own tools and buying consumable components
- Buyers needing electrode and insert work with an inspection record
Application Scenarios
- Cavity and core plates for production molds
- Slide blocks, lifters and shut-off inserts
- Core pins, blades and ground details
- Replacement inserts for tools already in production
How the Tool Behind CNC Machined Mold Inserts Is Built
- Design
Full 3D mold design completed to one hundred percent and checked in a design review meeting.
- DFM and MoldFlow
A written DFM for your comment, and filling, packing, warpage and cooling analysis on mass production tools.
- Machining
CNC and EDM work with steel inspected dimensionally after machining and electrodes inspected before burning.
- Trial and inspection
Mold trial with trial report and sample dimension report, then final mold and packing inspection.
Technical Data
The source material for this site records the part, its category and the photograph. Dimensions, resin grade, cavity count and tolerances are project data and are confirmed in the quotation.
| Product name | CNC Machined Mold Inserts |
|---|---|
| Reference on our catalogue | Mold Component 5 |
| Category | Mold Components |
| Process | Plastic injection molding |
| Tooling built by | Dongguan JEC Mold Co., Limited, Dongguan, China |
| Designed tool life | More than 1 million shots |
| Mold standard | Customer standard, or DME / Meusburger / HASCO / Progressive / MISUMI |
| Design data formats | STEP, IGES, Parasolid, CATIA, SolidWorks |
| Quality system | ISO 9001:2015 — Design, Manufacture and Service of Injection Molded Moulds; Manufacture and Service of Plastic Injection Molded Parts |
| Part dimensions | TBC — confirmed in the quotation |
| Resin or alloy grade | TBC — confirmed in the quotation |
| Cavity count | TBC — confirmed in the quotation |
| Dimensional tolerance | TBC — confirmed in the quotation |
| Surface finish | TBC — confirmed in the quotation |
| Annual volume | TBC — confirmed in the quotation |
What Is Checked
- Customer mold specification and requirement review and discussion during the kick-off meeting
- 3D and 2D mold design review meeting before the design is sent to you, and a final check before fabrication
- Incoming material inspection
- Steel hardness inspection and steel certification
- Electrode dimension and surface finish inspection
- Steel dimension inspection after machining
- Mold trial reports with a sample dimension report (FAI)
- Final mold inspection and packing inspection
Certification
ISO 9001:2015 — scope: Design, Manufacture and Service of Injection Molded Moulds; Manufacture and Service of Plastic Injection Molded Parts.
Customization
Mold standard, cavity count, gating strategy, surface finish and mold base supplier are all specified per project. Tell us what your own standard requires and it is folded into the DFM rather than handled as a change later.
Compared With a Prototype Tool
A production mold for CNC Machined Mold Inserts is built to run for more than 1 million shots and is documented with a trial report and a sample dimension report. A rapid prototype mold answers a different question — is the design right — at a lower price and a faster lead time, and is not built for that life. If the design is still moving, the prototype stage is usually the cheaper route into the production tool.
Rapid Prototype MoldsUse Guide
- Send 3D part data in STEP, IGES, Parasolid, CATIA, SolidWorks
- State the resin or alloy, the annual volume and the mold standard
- Comment on the DFM before fabrication — that is the cheapest point to change anything
- Review the trial report and sample dimension report against your own drawing before release
- Keep the mold standard on file so spares stay available locally
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Two Cavity Mold Plate for Bowl Shaped Parts
Two-cavity plate with deep bowl forms and mirror-finished cavity walls.
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Mirror Polished Two Cavity Plate
Two-cavity plate finished to a mirror polish across the full molding surface.
View details →CNC Machined Mold Inserts — Buyer Questions
Do you make the part as well as the mold for CNC Machined Mold Inserts?
We can. Mold-making is ninety percent of our business and injection production is the other ten percent, and both sit inside the same ISO 9001:2015 scope.
What will we receive when the mold for CNC Machined Mold Inserts is tried?
Mold trial reports together with a sample dimension report (FAI). Those documents are what any later dimensional discussion is settled against.
How do you inspect the steel used for CNC Machined Mold Inserts?
Incoming material inspection first, then steel hardness inspection with steel certification, then dimensional inspection after machining. Electrodes are inspected for dimension and surface finish before they are used.
Which 3D formats can you issue for CNC Machined Mold Inserts?
We issue mold design data in STEP, IGES, Parasolid, CATIA, SolidWorks. Tell us which one your toolroom opens natively and we will work in that.
Quote CNC Machined Mold Inserts
Send the 3D data, the resin and the annual volume. A professional quotation with technical comment comes back within two working days.