Y Type Pipe Connector
Y connector with three externally threaded ports on a symmetrical split.
Y Type Pipe Connector
Y Type Pipe Connector is one of the parts molded on tooling built at our Dongguan shop. Y connector with three externally threaded ports on a symmetrical split.
3D data for this tool is issued in whichever format your own toolroom opens without translation: STEP, IGES, Parasolid, CATIA, SolidWorks.
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
- Design review meeting before the design reaches you
- Trial report with a sample dimension report (FAI) on delivery
- One shop from design through trial, with no tool transfer between vendors
- Built for more than 1 million shots, so the tool outlives the first production year
Problems It Solves
- Suppliers who cannot read a mold standard written in English
- Corrections argued verbally because no sample dimension report was ever issued
- Tooling quoted without an engineering study, so the first trial is also the first analysis
Who It Is For
- Plumbing and sanitary system manufacturers
- Automotive and appliance fluid circuit suppliers
- Irrigation and water treatment equipment makers
- Assemblers sourcing a family of matched fittings
Application Scenarios
- Barbed connectors and tee pieces
- Threaded elbows and adaptor bodies
- Multi-port manifolds and valve housings
- Y connectors and branch fittings
How the Tool Behind Y Type Pipe Connector 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 | Y Type Pipe Connector |
|---|---|
| Reference on our catalogue | Pipe&Tube 6 |
| Category | Pipe & Tube Parts |
| 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 Y Type Pipe Connector 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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View details →Y Type Pipe Connector — Buyer Questions
How do you inspect the steel used for Y Type Pipe Connector?
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.
Are you certified?
Yes — ISO 9001:2015, with the scope recorded on the certificate as: Design, Manufacture and Service of Injection Molded Moulds; Manufacture and Service of Plastic Injection Molded Parts. The certificate is shown on our quality page.
What tool life should we expect on a mold for Y Type Pipe Connector?
Our high quality injection molds are built for more than 1 million shots. The exact figure for your tool depends on the resin, the cycle and the part geometry, and we put it in the quotation rather than leaving it open.
Can you handle the side actions this part needs?
Tools with several slides or lifters go through a mold motion simulation before the design review closes, so the open-to-close sequence is proven step by step rather than discovered at first trial.
Quote Y Type Pipe Connector
Send the 3D data, the resin and the annual volume. A professional quotation with technical comment comes back within two working days.