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The Four Levels of Plastic Injection Molding Suppliers in China

August 6, 2024 by Renaud Anjoran

The 4 Levels of Plastic Injection Molding Suppliers

Have ever sent a RFQ for plastic parts? Have you been surprised by the wide disparity of the quotes from plastic injection molding suppliers in China? Asking these suppliers for quotations can be highly confusing. The prices of molds can … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Plastic Injection Molding Tagged With: injection mold fabrication companies, plastic injection molding, plastic parts

Plastic Injection Molding Pilot Runs: What You Need To Know

May 3, 2024 by Adrian Leighton

Plastic Injection Molding Pilot Runs: What You Need To Know

Plastic injection molding pilot runs are used to optimize the tooling, processes, and designs to go into mass production with a minimum of risks of defects and other unwelcome issues when parts start getting made on a large scale. But what … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Plastic Injection Molding Tagged With: pilot runs, plastic injection molding

List of 15 Great Plastic Injection Mold Fabrication Companies in China

February 1, 2024 by Renaud Anjoran

List of Plastic injection mold fabrication companies in China

High-pressure plastic injection molding is one of the most common fabrication processes. Tens of thousands of factories in Ningbo, Shenzhen, and many other places have at least a few presses running near-continuously. If you develop your … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sourcing New Suppliers Tagged With: injection mold fabrication companies, injection molding, mold fabrication, plastic injection molding

Mold Tooling Ownership: The term Chinese suppliers push for will shock you!

January 29, 2024 by Renaud Anjoran

Mold Tooling Ownership: The term Chinese suppliers push for will shock you!

Recently, in an email exchange, we found this alarming example of a term in a plastic supplier's contract about mold tooling ownership: It got me thinking about the different expectations on both the manufacturer's and customer's sides … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tooling Tagged With: mold fabrication, plastic injection molding, tooling

Mold Texturing: How to Add Desired Finishes to Plastic Parts

December 16, 2023 by Adrian Leighton

Don't leave the finish on your product open to interpretation by your mold fabricator! We help you get to grips with the mold texturing that results in the finish on your injection molded plastic parts. We explore how to specify the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: New Product Development, Uncategorized Tagged With: mold fabrication, plastic injection molding, plastic parts

Using Prototype Injection Molds for the First Production: Realistic?

November 21, 2022 by Renaud Anjoran

Using Prototype Injection Molds for the First Production: Realistic?

Some products include many custom-designed plastic parts. And the switch to mass production usually requires a high investment in high-pressure injection molds. I had a look at Kickstarter today and I saw a few examples of such products. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: New Product Development Tagged With: injection molding, plastic injection molding, prototype tooling, soft tooling

QualityInspection.org’s Top Blog Posts & Videos Of 2021

December 31, 2021 by Renaud Anjoran

QualityInspection.org’s Top Blog Posts & Videos Of 2021

The rollercoaster has continued in 2021! After a difficult 2020 when the coronavirus pandemic first hit, it's perhaps understandable that many of us might have hoped that things would settle down in 2021, however, since last year's roundup … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Good Articles Tagged With: laboratory testing, plastic injection molding, product design, raw material cost rises, supply chain risks, switching to a new manufacturer

7 Common Plastic Injection Mold Tooling Development, Approval, & Maintenance Pitfalls [Podcast]

April 9, 2021 by Adrian Leighton

7 Common Plastic Injection Mold Tooling Development, Approval, & Maintenance Pitfalls [Podcast]

Tooling is a large investment for any manufacturer, so what do we need to be wary of..? Andy Bartlett, an experienced British product designer who has 25 years of experience in product design, development, and working with manufacturers in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tooling Tagged With: injection molding, mold fabrication, molds, plastic injection molding, plastic parts, podcast, tooling, tooling approval, tooling development, tooling fabrication, tooling maintenance

All about Plastic Injection Molding and Thermoplastics [Videos]

June 20, 2019 by Renaud Anjoran

All about Plastic Injection Molding and Thermoplastics [Videos]

Do some of your products include plastic parts? If you purchase hard goods, that's probably the case. When writing a guide about plastics manufacturing last month, and I made a list of products that are made in China and incorporate … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Process Improvement Tagged With: plastic, plastic injection molding, plastic parts, thermoplastics

Avoiding 9 Plastic Injection Molding Defects: Key Preventive Measures

May 9, 2018 by Renaud Anjoran

Avoiding 9 Plastic Injection Molding Defects: Key Preventive Measures

Plastic injection molding is one of the most common production processes here in China. And most Chinese manufacturers are not very good at setting up and maintaining their presses and their molds and this leads to plastic injection molding … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Process Improvement Tagged With: plastic injection molding, reducing defects

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