Dongguan JEC Mold Co., Limited · ISO 9001:2015
Precision Mold Insert Set
Plastic Injection Molds

Precision Mold Insert Set

Group of machined cavity and core blocks finished ready for fitting.

Precision Mold Insert Set
Overview

Precision Mold Insert Set

Precision Mold Insert Set is one of the parts molded on tooling built at our Dongguan shop. Group of machined cavity and core blocks finished ready for fitting.

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.

The DFM we issue for a part like this carries the gating pictures, the main mold layout with dimensions, the parting and insert split lines and the ejection concept, and it goes to you for comment before fabrication starts.

Key Benefits

  • Reply to every enquiry inside 24 hours
  • Design review meeting before the design reaches you
  • A written DFM before fabrication, so changes happen while they are still cheap
  • One shop from design through trial, with no tool transfer between vendors

Problems It Solves

  • Suppliers who cannot read a mold standard written in English
  • Long silences between the purchase order and the first sign of progress
  • Warpage found at assembly rather than in the cooling study

Who It Is For

  • OEMs moving a program to an Asian tooling source
  • Product companies needing a tool and the engineering behind it
  • Buyers replacing a tool that failed in production
  • Teams needing rapid prototype tooling before committing to steel

Application Scenarios

  • Two-plate and three-plate production molds
  • Slide and lifter action tools
  • Multi-cavity family and balanced-runner molds
  • Rapid prototype molds ahead of a production tool
Manufacturing Process

How the Tool Behind Precision Mold Insert Set Is Built

  1. Design

    Full 3D mold design completed to one hundred percent and checked in a design review meeting.

  2. DFM and MoldFlow

    A written DFM for your comment, and filling, packing, warpage and cooling analysis on mass production tools.

  3. Machining

    CNC and EDM work with steel inspected dimensionally after machining and electrodes inspected before burning.

  4. Trial and inspection

    Mold trial with trial report and sample dimension report, then final mold and packing inspection.

Specifications

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 namePrecision Mold Insert Set
Reference on our cataloguePrecision Mold part 1
CategoryPlastic Injection Molds
ProcessPlastic injection molding
Tooling built byDongguan JEC Mold Co., Limited, Dongguan, China
Designed tool lifeMore than 1 million shots
Mold standardCustomer standard, or DME / Meusburger / HASCO / Progressive / MISUMI
Design data formatsSTEP, IGES, Parasolid, CATIA, SolidWorks
Quality systemISO 9001:2015 — Design, Manufacture and Service of Injection Molded Moulds; Manufacture and Service of Plastic Injection Molded Parts
Part dimensionsTBC — confirmed in the quotation
Resin or alloy gradeTBC — confirmed in the quotation
Cavity countTBC — confirmed in the quotation
Dimensional toleranceTBC — confirmed in the quotation
Surface finishTBC — confirmed in the quotation
Annual volumeTBC — confirmed in the quotation
Quality Control

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 Precision Mold Insert Set 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 Molds

Use 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
FAQ

Precision Mold Insert Set — Buyer Questions

Who do we talk to during the project?

Our engineering team has been trained on customer mold standards and corresponds in English. Response to customers is no later than 24 hours.

What will we receive when the mold for Precision Mold Insert Set 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 Precision Mold Insert Set?

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.

Do you run MoldFlow before building the mold for Precision Mold Insert Set?

For mass production molds, yes. We run the practical study in four stages — filling, then packing, then warpage, then cooling — and the cooling layout is designed from the result.

Quote Precision Mold Insert Set

Send the 3D data, the resin and the annual volume. A professional quotation with technical comment comes back within two working days.