When it comes to manufacturing, companies contract out much of their components. While some parts are standard reproductions of existing components, others require customization. Plastic injection technology can easily address the demands of a manufacturer for custom plastic molding. In fact, while sometimes the cost is decried, the process offers many advantages making it more cost-effective.
Five Basic Advantages of Custom Plastic Molding
When it comes to using plastic injection, speed and replicability have always been considered its greatest benefits. These factors do not change when a molded devices company is requested to produce a specific unique part using this process. In fact, plastic injection molding has more than the above two advantages to offer. It
1. Presents design flexibility: Custom injection molding is a process allowing molders to adjust the design specifications easily to meet the demands of a customer. No matter how complex the workpiece may appear, how varied in thickness the walls they request or tapered the design may be, custom plastic molding can address these issues successfully reproducing even the most complex design requirements.
2. It is easy to customize: Whatever the shape, color, size, or number, plastic injection methods easily provide what is needed.
3. Allows control over product runs: Whether the demand is for prototypes and/or small or medium runs, plastic molding readily obliges.
4. Ensures tight tolerances: The injection process is highly precise. This method readily and with replicability creates components with tight tolerances.
5. Wastes little while providing a finished component: Since it is not a subtractive method, plastic injection uses only the material it requires. It does not have to subtract extra. Nor does it need to remove further material in a finishing process. Among the many types of plastic manufacturing and molding processes available, custom injection molding stands apart as one of the most cost-effective, versatile, efficient methods to date.
These are all beneficial reasons for opting for custom plastic molding over several other alternatives.
