Plastic Injection Molding

[Ace-Garageguy]

As I'm a frequent critic of model companies and the same old excuses trotted out for getting things wrong based on cost and communication problems with Chinese partners, one of my goals this year is to get fully up to speed as far as the current state of injection molding is concerned, and what's possible at what cost.

I'm planning to attend this conference / seminar tomorrow in my capacity as "engineering consultant" (part of my work in the real world) to start getting a handle on what's currently what, real-deal.

FREE SEMINAR

Hyatt Place Atlanta/
Cobb Galleria
2876 Spring Hill Parkway
Smyrna, GA 30080
770-384-0060

Thursday, April 24, 2014
8:30 to 12:00 PM Local TimeInjection Molded Plastic Part Design

Presented by: American Plastic Molding, Scottsburg, IN

Free seminar includes 352-page Design Manual!

Appointments for professional consultations are available after the Seminar.

Seminar topics include:
• Polymer basics
• Physical properties
• Material selection
• Part design
• Mold design
• Part defect analysis
• Cost analysis

Edited April 23, 2014 by Ace-Garageguy

[my80malibu]

Awesome please share what you learn with us too.

[charlie8575]

Very cool, Bill. I look forward to hearing what they had to say.

I was going to go to Plastech here in Boston at the end of March, but ended up very sick that week, so I couldn't do much of anything.

Charlie Larkin

[astroracer]

I used to do a lot of product/mold/injection mold and die design work. Some things you just can't do to make repeatable parts with a fast cycle time. Sink marks, ejector pin marks and porosity are all gremlins the mold makers fight against every day. Part quality changes minute to minute during a production run. As the mold heats up cycle times need to change to allow for additional shot time or cooling. Cycle time on a full kit sprue should be less then a minute from shot to die opening.

Things have changed DRAMATICALLY since I was doing this work on manual layouts and calculating part shrinkage by hand... Sure does bring back some memories... Thanks!

As you can see I will be interested in a report also.

Mark

[Danno]

Cool! Do they sell time-shares?

Seriously, enjoy and learn a lot, Bill. It will be interesting to hear your take away.

[Harry P.]

Careful, Bill. You can only cram so much knowledge into the old cranium before your head explodes...

[Ace-Garageguy]

[tbill]

so, info overload?