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What is Production Tooling in Manufacturing?
Production tooling refers to plastic injection molding tools that are built to withstand the rigorous demands of mass production while maintaining tight dimensional tolerances on every finished part.
To do this successfully, tooling manufacturers must bring together the finest raw materials, advanced MoldFlow software, professional tool design, and precision machining in order to build a production tool that can be cycled hundreds of thousands or even millions of shots without degrading. Not every manufacturer is able to provide this level of experience or attention to detail.
What molds can we process for you?
● Single color molds are our advantage, and double color molds, over molds (2 time molding mold), and automatic thread-removing injection mold are our “signature dishes”.
● Whether it's a cold runner mold or a hot runner mold, we have the ability to complete excellently, and our happiest thing is to see your satisfied smile.
Single color mold
Insert mold
Overmold
Bicolor mold
Automatic thread-removing injection mold
Mold Manufacturing-Main Machines
Grinder: 2 sets
Milling machine: 2 sets
High-Speed WEDM: 2 sets
Middle-speed WEDM: 2 sets
Injection Mold Manufacturing-Main Machines
EDM: 2 sets
Mirror EDM: 1 set
EDM: 2 sets
CNC: 2 sets
Injection Mold Manufacturing-Workshop
CNC machining
EDM processing
Mirror spark processing
Grinder
Mold assembly
How to make high-quality molds?
Excellent molds originate from excellent designs.
● Mold design is the most important fundamental factor affecting the quality of the mold, and of course the quality of the parts that it make.
● Mold design is a creative work, which not only requires designers to have professional skills and rich experience, but also requires rich imagination and creativity.
● A good design is one that allows the cavities to be completely filled in the shortest time, while maintaining stable and repeatable dimensional tolerances for all the features of the part.
● Achieving this level of stability over mass production runs requires very careful design and manufacture of the mold’s cooling channels. This helps the mold tool to withstand the thermal stress of thousands or even millions of heating and cooling cycles.
The selection of correct and qualified steel is the fundamental guarantee for making qualified molds
● There are many types of hardened and semi-hardened tool steels to choose from, including P20, NAK80, H13, and S136. They differ in the degree of corrosion resistance, toughness, thermal efficiency, and the ability to take a high polish.
● That’s why the choice of tool material that’s best suited for your project depends on your intended production volume, the surface finish of the part, the type of resin that’s being injected, and the complexity of the tool design.
● After communicating with you, our professional mold designers will determine which material to use based on your specific product structure, usage condition, etc.
Reasonable cost investment is a necessary guarantee for products to meet ideal requirements
● There is a saying in the industry, "70% molds, 30% injection molding", which is the importance of molds to products. There are simply too many variables to consider. However, we can identify the main cost drivers:
● Design complexity;
- 1) Number of cavities;
- 2) Mold tool steel;
- 3) Surface treatment of the mold (polishing, plating, vapor deposition, etc.)
- 4) Hot runner system
● The production molds can be a significant initial investment, but for high-volume production, the important question is cycle times and cost-per-piece. If the tool is made correctly, then it can be cycled more quickly and last much longer, which saves money in the long run. We will provide customers with a very reasonable mold cost, but more importantly, the quality and longevity of the molds are worth valuing.
A well-established supply chain
Frequently-used hot runner system
Frequently-used steel
S136
2316
718S
PAK90
420
P20
NAK80
H13
What are the advantages of using a hot runner?
01
Shorter molding cycle
Due to the lack of cooling time limitations in the gating system, the molded parts can be promptly ejected after solidification. Many thin-walled parts produced using hot runner molds have a forming cycle of less than 5 seconds.
02
Improve product quality
During the hot runner mold forming process, the temperature of the plastic melt is accurately controlled in the runner system. Plastic can flow into each mold cavity in a more uniform and consistent state, resulting in parts of consistent quality.
03
Save plastic raw materials
There is no production waste in the pure hot runner mold because there is no cold runner.
04
Beneficial for production automation and efficiency
The finished product is formed by hot runner molds, without the need for trimming gates or recycling cold runners. Beneficial for production automation.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Q1: What is production tooling in manufacturing?
Production tooling refers to highly durable plastic injection molding tools designed to withstand the rigorous demands of mass production while maintaining tight dimensional tolerances over hundreds of thousands or even millions of cycles.
Q2: What types of injection molds can you process?
We specialize in single color molds, double color molds, over molds (2-time molding), and automatic thread-removing injection molds. We can build these using either cold runner or hot runner configurations.
Q3: Why is mold design crucial for production quality?
Mold design dictates how quickly cavities fill and how consistently dimensions are maintained. A well-designed mold features optimized cooling channels to handle extreme thermal stress, preventing degradation over millions of cycles.
Q4: How do you choose the right tool steel for a mold?
The choice of tool steel (such as P20, NAK80, H13, or S136) depends on your project's specific needs, including production volume, required surface finish, type of injection resin, and the overall complexity of the tool design.
Q5: What factors drive the cost of manufacturing an injection mold?
The primary cost drivers of mold manufacturing are the complexity of the design, the number of cavities, the type of tool steel chosen, the required surface treatments (such as polishing or plating), and the integration of hot runner systems.
Q6: What are the main benefits of using a hot runner system?
Using a hot runner system shortens the molding cycle, improves overall product quality by keeping plastic flow uniform, eliminates cold runner material waste, and is highly beneficial for integrating automation into the production line.