Injection moulding is a manufacturing process for producing parts by injecting material into a mould. Injection molding (moulding) can be performed with a host of materials, including metals, glasses, elastomers, confections, and most commonly thermoplastic and thermosetting polymers. Material for the part is fed into a heated barrel, mixed, and forced into a mold cavity where it cools and hardens to the configuration of the cavity. After a product is designed, usually by an industrial designer or an engineer, molds are made by a mold-maker (or toolmaker) from metal, usually either steel or aluminum, and precision-machined to form the features of the desired part. Injection molding (moulding) is widely used for manufacturing a variety of parts, from the smallest components to entire body panels of cars.
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Parts to be injection molded must be very carefully designed to facilitate the molding process; the material used for the part, the desired shape and features of the part, the material of the mold, and the properties of the molding machine must all be taken into account. The versatility of injection molding is facilitated by this breadth of design considerations and possibilities.
The cost of injection molding (moulding) in China is significantly lower than that in the UK, mainly due to the cost of labour in China being so low.
Because of our relationship with many good factories, we are able to use their design engineers for very low costs to get a concept or currently produced product made to a perfect design.
Making moulds is the first step to ensuring product production can be carried out and that all are exactly the same as the first.
We make many moulds in China and have many happy clients having saved them hundreds or thousands in setup costs.
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