Plastic Injection Mold Design Advanced
Take your understanding of the inner workings of injection molds to the next level. With a focus on cost savings throughout, work on mini-projects at each important juncture in order to master advanced concepts.
This course can be applied to the Plastics Technology Certificate.
Who Should Attend
Mold designers, tooling engineers and toolmakers, product designers, buyers, molders and managers.
Benefits and Learning Outcomes
- 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
Course Outline/Topics
Day 1
Review of injection mold design basic class content
Structural design considerations
Ejector pin placement
Support pillar/plate thickness calculations
Fit tolerances/machining precision
Mold and part design considerations for multi-shot molding
Core shift
Day 2
LSR and HCR mold design considerations
Unscrewing collapsible core technology
Mold maintenance considerations
Injection molding simulation for toolmakers/tool designers for driving engineering decisions
Prerequisites
Completion of Plastic Injection Mold Design Basics or a solid knowledge of the subject matter.
Dates and locations to be announced.