Slide Action Injection Mold
Long mold with side slides and a multi-cavity layout set up on the bench.
Slide Action Injection Mold
Slide Action Injection Mold is one of the parts molded on tooling built at our Dongguan shop. Long mold with side slides and a multi-cavity layout set up on the bench.
Where the geometry carries several side actions we prove the open-to-close sequence with a mold motion simulation before the design review closes.
The mold is tried before it leaves us and the trial report is issued with a sample dimension report, so first-article data exists before anything is packed.
Key Benefits
- Final mold and packing inspection before the tool is shipped
- Full 3D design issued in your own CAD format
- One shop from design through trial, with no tool transfer between vendors
- Mold motion simulation on complex multi-action tooling
Problems It Solves
- Tooling quoted without an engineering study, so the first trial is also the first analysis
- Warpage found at assembly rather than in the cooling study
- Mold base components that cannot be replaced locally once the tool is in production
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
How the Tool Behind Slide Action Injection Mold 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 | Slide Action Injection Mold |
|---|---|
| Reference on our catalogue | z Plastic Mold 8 |
| Category | Plastic Injection Molds |
| 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 Slide Action Injection Mold 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
Others in Plastic Injection Molds
Injection Mold Mounted in Molding Machine
Mold clamped in the molding machine during trial, with the platen and tie bars visible.
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Injection Mold with Hydraulic Core Pulls
Mold in the machine with hydraulic couplings feeding the core-pull cylinders.
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Two Plate Injection Mold
Two-plate mold opened on the bench showing cavity and core sides together.
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Multi Cavity Injection Mold with Lifters
Opened mold with several cavities, lifters and a balanced runner layout.
View details →Slide Action Injection Mold — Buyer Questions
What tool life should we expect on a mold for Slide Action Injection Mold?
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.
Is a prototype tool worth it before the production mold?
It is when the design is not yet frozen. Rapid prototype mold making is one of our listed services, priced low and built for a fast lead time, and what the trial shows feeds the DFM for the production tool.
Can you supply replacement inserts for a tool already in production?
Precision components making with CNC and EDM machining is a service we sell on its own. Send the insert drawing or the 3D data and we will quote it as a component job.
Do you make the part as well as the mold for Slide Action Injection Mold?
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.
Quote Slide Action Injection Mold
Send the 3D data, the resin and the annual volume. A professional quotation with technical comment comes back within two working days.