Mold designers, tooling engineers and toolmakers, product designers, buyers, molders and managers.

• Understand advanced parting line, shut-off development, advanced slide and lifter design
• Learn to do advanced cavity and core inserting
• Analyze your current issues regarding the subject matter

Introduction and Overview

• Course objectives

Molding Surface Tolerances

• The various fits in a typical mold
• The tolerances that should be maintained
• How the product tolerances affect tool tolerances
• How it affects mold cost

Mold Strength and Performance

• Understanding the forces acting against a mold
• Various calculations
• Designing for strength and longevity

Mold Alignment and Interlocking

• Various methods of insuring mold alignment
• Balancing of forces in a mold
• Core shift causes and fixes
• How it affects mold longevity

Advanced Parting Line and Shut-off Development

• A detailed look at shut-off designs
• Contoured and stepped parting lines
• Common product design errors that complicate parting lines
• Examples of complex parting lines

Advanced Slide and Lifter Design

• When to use a lifter instead of a slide
• Methods of slide actuation
• A look at the forces involved
• Proper heel block and gib design
• The use of springs with slides
• How and when to delay slides
• Dual action slides
• Designing slides for low maintenance
• Determining slide travel
• Alternate methods of molding undercuts
• Collapsible and expandable cores

Advanced Cavity and Core Inserting

• A thorough look at every aspect of inserting
• Criteria for deciding whether or not to insert
• Pins and other round inserts
• Inserting slides and lifters
• Laminated and gate inserts
• The economics of inserting
• Assembling of inserts
• Quick change inserts

Mold Monitoring

• Pressure transducers
• Thermocouples
• Proximity and limit switches
• Vision systems

Completion of Plastic Injection Mold Design Basics or a solid knowledge of the subject matter.