Injection Molding From a Molders Point of View
I have been in the field of Custom Plastic Injection Molding for about 21 years now as of the writing of this article. I am currently working as a Process Engineer, which I have done for about 15 of my 20+ years in the field of injection molding and I have primarily worked for molders that were involved in the automotive field. Plastic injection molding, by definition, is the process of injecting plastic into a mold (or mould in European circles), cooling the plastic, ejecting it from the mold, and packing the finished product for sale to the customer. This sounds simple and in it's basic form it is, but the process involved with making all this happen is actually quite complicated. Plastic can be injected into the mold with low pressure, but typically is done under high pressure upwards of 30,000 PSI cavity pressure. There are many diverse types of injection molding and as many different types of plastic injection molding machines to go with it. Formenbau-spritzguss.de Some o