{"id":437,"date":"2018-05-11T12:44:11","date_gmt":"2018-05-11T04:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.teamrapidtooling.com\/blog\/?p=437"},"modified":"2024-07-23T09:50:02","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T01:50:02","slug":"what-specifications-should-i-give-for-injection-molding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teamrapidtooling.com\/blog\/what-specifications-should-i-give-for-injection-molding\/","title":{"rendered":"What Specifications Should I Give for Injection Molding?","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"main wrap\">\n<div class=\"cast\">\n<p>Are you working on the specifications that needed for tool building and injection molding? Here, we are going to talk about some specifications that might help you out.<\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0Specify materials \u2013 Affects the steel selection for <strong>Rapid<\/strong><strong>\u00a0Prototype Tooling<\/strong>\/production tooling.<\/p>\n<p>2. Estimated weight of component \u2013 You can have a rough estimation by measuring the 3D model.<\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0Expected color \u2013 Transparent, Translucent or Opaque then specify so related to the colorant selection.<\/p>\n<p>4.\u00a0Surface finish \u2013 The finish bears on the draft number on the part and steel for tooling. If texture finish, setting draft according to the roughness of that finish.<\/p>\n<p>5.\u00a0Clear about the mold splits and ejection component. Try the best to avoid splits happens on appearance surfaces.<\/p>\n<p>6.\u00a0How many quantities \u2013 Just need small quantities 10\/1000 parts or mass production later? This will be drastically affected on the mold design. If there are large volume production requirement, best is start with <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamrapidtooling.com\/services-t-18.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">low volume manufacturing<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0first and may call for multiple molds later.<\/p>\n<p>7.\u00a0If the part needed in large volume &#8211; Build the tool in product mold way. Optimizing the mold design and shortening the cycle time.<\/p>\n<p>8.\u00a0DFM \u2013 To shoot down nearly all the potential issues before moving ahead, saving your cost and time for modification.<\/p>\n<p>If you need further information or want to talk with us, contact our team at <a href=\"mailto:sales@teamrapidtooling.com\">sales@teamrapidtooling.com<\/a> to get a free <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamrapidtooling.com\/\">rapid manufacturing<\/a> quote.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you working on the specifications that needed for tool building and injection molding? Here, we are going to talk about some specifications that might help you out. 1.\u00a0Specify materials \u2013 Affects the steel selection for Rapid\u00a0Prototype Tooling\/production tooling. 2. Estimated weight of component \u2013 You can have a rough estimation by measuring the 3D &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"leo-blog-read-more read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.teamrapidtooling.com\/blog\/what-specifications-should-i-give-for-injection-molding\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What Specifications Should I Give for Injection Molding?<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"author":1,"featured_media":438,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.7 (Yoast SEO v20.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What Specifications Should I Give for Injection Molding?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Are you working on the specifications that needed for tool building and injection molding? 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