Injection Mold Assembly on Assembly Bench
Mold assembly under final fitting, with plates and inserts laid up for build.
Injection Mold Assembly on Assembly Bench
Injection Mold Assembly on Assembly Bench is one of the parts molded on tooling built at our Dongguan shop. Mold assembly under final fitting, with plates and inserts laid up for build.
Final mold inspection and packing inspection are the last two steps before shipment, because a tool that passes trial can still arrive damaged.
Material arriving for this kind of tool is inspected on receipt, with steel hardness inspection and steel certification held on file against the job.
Key Benefits
- Mold motion simulation on complex multi-action tooling
- A written DFM before fabrication, so changes happen while they are still cheap
- MoldFlow filling, packing, warpage and cooling on mass production tooling
- Built for more than 1 million shots, so the tool outlives the first production year
Problems It Solves
- Weld lines landing on a visible face because gating was chosen for fill alone
- Long silences between the purchase order and the first sign of progress
- 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 Injection Mold Assembly on Assembly Bench 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 | Injection Mold Assembly on Assembly Bench |
|---|---|
| Reference on our catalogue | z Plastic Part 10 |
| 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 Injection Mold Assembly on Assembly Bench 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 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.
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Large Two Cavity Injection Mold
Large opened mold with two deep cavities and heavy guide pillars.
View details →Injection Mold Assembly on Assembly Bench — Buyer Questions
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 Injection Mold Assembly on Assembly Bench?
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 work to our own mold standard for Injection Mold Assembly on Assembly Bench?
Yes. Mold design follows your own standard where you have one, and otherwise a global standard such as DME / Meusburger / HASCO / Progressive / MISUMI. Naming the standard in the enquiry avoids re-specifying components later in the design.
How do you inspect the steel used for Injection Mold Assembly on Assembly Bench?
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.
Quote Injection Mold Assembly on Assembly Bench
Send the 3D data, the resin and the annual volume. A professional quotation with technical comment comes back within two working days.