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Thermoplastic Mold Design

This manual focuses primarily on plastic part and mold design, but also includes chapters on the design process; designing for assembly; machining and finishing; and painting, plating, and decorating. A product of the Bayer MaterialScience Design Engineering Services Group, this manual is primarily intended as a reference source for part designers and molding engineers working with Bayer thermoplastic resins. The table of contents and index were carefully constructed to guide you quickly to the information you need either by topic or by keyword. The content was also organized to allow the manual to function as an educational text for anyone just entering the field of plastic-part manufacturing. FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE, WE HAVE BROKEN THE CHAPTERS OF THE GUIDE INTO INDIVIDUAL PDF FILES. OR YOU MAY OPEN THE ENTIRE GUIDE AS A SINGLE, LARGE PDF FILE.


		Thermoplastic Part and Mold Design Guide Use this file if you want to access the entire Design Guide as a single document that you may view, download or print. This document features a linked index at the back of the document. Click a topic in the index to go directly to that page. (2.7 megabytes) Please login to view document.



		Table of Contents Shows world-class information for part design and mold design considerations. Please login to view document.



		Mold Basics The success of any molding job depends heavily on the skills employed in the design and construction of the mold. An injection mold is a precision instrument, yet it must be rugged enough to withstand hundreds of thousands of high-pressure molding cycles. The added expense for a well- engineered and constructed mold can be repaid many times over in molding efficiency, reduced down time and scrap, and improved part quality. Please login to view document.



		Sprues, Runners, and Gates Decades injection molding experience has been summarized here. Gate optimization, gate position, hot-runner designs and gates are some of the topics discussed. Please login to view document.



		Mold Cooling and Mold Metals Cooling-channel placement, configuration and coolant flow rate are discussed here as is mold shrinkage, surface treatments and the all- important mold cost and quality. Please login to view document.