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Injection Mold Design Handbook

  • 1st Edition - April 28, 2022
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Bruce Catoen
  • Language: English

An injection mold is the heart of any plastics molding workcell. Understanding the principles of an injection mold design and its importance to a successful plastic part is fu… Read more

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Description

An injection mold is the heart of any plastics molding workcell. Understanding the principles of an injection mold design and its importance to a successful plastic part is fundamental to the success of the product. This book helps guide the designer, engineer, project manager, and production manager in making sure that the injection mold to be designed will work as intended.

Injection Mold Design Handbook will take the reader through the process of conceptualizing and designing an injection mold that will produce the desired plastic part. Since it all starts with the plastic part, the book will first focus on key features and details of the plastic part which are necessary for good mold design. The design of the main components of an injection mold will be discussed and good design practices will be shared. Finally the process of testing and gaining customer acceptance of the mold for production will be detailed. A comprehensive appendix and detailed drawings will provide the required detail for completing a mold design.

Key features

  • Provides a concise introduction to injection molding processes, designs, and concepts
  • Outlines testing methods
  • Defines terms and discusses the component design for an injection mold

Readership

Engineers, material scientists, manufacturers; students in these fields

Table of contents

1. Introduction 2. Overview of Plastics for Mold Design3. Plastic Part Design for Mold Designers4. Specifying the Right Machine for the Mold5. Factors Affecting the Design of an Injection Mold6. Cycle Time Estimation7. Product Cost Estimation8. Mold Layout, Drawings, and Inspection9. Mold Shoe Design10. Cavity and Core Design Overview11. Ejection12. Mold Cooling13. Mold and Stack Alignment14. Melt Distribution and Gate Design15. Selection of Mold Materials16. Fasteners17. Dimensioning and Tolerancing18. Mold Design References19. Mold Testing, Approval, and Troubleshooting20. Appendix

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: April 28, 2022
  • Language: English

About the author

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Bruce Catoen

Bruce Catoen is the founder of OASIC, a technology, strategy, mergers and acquisitions consulting company. He has more than 30 years of experience in the plastics equipment business including marketing, manufacturing and product development. He served as the Chief Technology Officer and Senior Executive for companies such as Milacron, Mold Masters ,and Husky Injection Molding Systems. He is the named inventor of more than 50 patents and is the coauthor of the book “Selecting Injection Molds”.

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