The Rodon Blog - A Focus on Plastic Injection Molding and American Manufacturing

With over 16,000 injection molding and plastic manufacturing facilities in the United States, there is no shortage of companies to choose from.Whenchoosing a provider, many factors should be taken into consideration, including capabilities, quality assurance, cost, company reputation, and delivery time.Finding the rightplastic injection molderto fit your needs may seem daunting, but determining your volume requirements first and foremost — and how they may shift over time — will help narrow down your options.

What Exactly is Turnkey Manufacturing?

Turnkey manufacturing is afull-service manufacturing processin which one company sees through all aspects of a client's project — from design to tooling to quality control to packing and shipping, leaving the customer with a finished, ready-to-use product.

There arenumerous benefits to turnkey manufacturing, from cost savings to streamlined communication.Below, we'll explore some of these advantages.

Plastic injection molding has a language all it's own and with so many unique terms it can be difficult to learn the language.We put together a list of the top terms to know when discussing plastic injection molding, mold parts, materials, and problems.We hope you find this to be a useful resource.

When working with any manufacturing process, a number of defects unique to that process commonly occur.This is true across many processes and industries, including injection molding and high volume injection molding.

As we havepreviously discussedon this blog, there are several common injecting molding defects!however, an injection molder who is vigilant about quality, like our team at The Rodon Group, will be able to manage these injection molding defects, minimizing or eliminating them all together.

At Rodon, we manufacture billions of parts every year and have done sosince 1956.We are proud tohave earned a reputation for being one of the best in the industry, offering high-quality, low-cost solutions.When businesses have a need for high volume, high tolerance, intricate parts, they turn to custom plastic injection molding.

The number of polymer compounds has grown over the past 20 years.  As a result, plastics are being used in more applications than ever before.  These materials are gaining a reputation for strength and endurance.  Combine these improvements with the advantages of corrosion resistance and aesthetic appeal and plastics are taking center stage in the manufacturing of many consumer and industrial components.  Due to theirversatility, strength and light weight characteristics, plastics are also taking a larger role in the transportation, medical and construction industries.

Here are five requirements to keep in mind when choosing your resin:

Before you can manufacture a plastic part you need to have a solid design in place.Once done, you can build an injection mold to meet the product specifications.

The role of the Design Engineer is critical in this process.They assess the part design and make modifications and recommendations based on key product requirements including product usage and function.The engineer will need to know:

• How will the part be used?Is it a standalone product or a component of a larger assembly?
• What are the dimensional and tensile requirements?
• Does the part need to withstand elements, pressure, chemicals?

A plastic injection mold design is built with these criteria in mind.Mold cavities, vents and gate placement will vary based not only on the part design but the type of resin as well.Taking all of these manufacturing factors into account is a challenging task and one that requires a strong knowledge base, not only of mold design but the injection molding process as well.