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 following certificates:
Elastomer Technology Certificate
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
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
Prerequisites
Completion of Plastic Injection Mold Design Basics or a solid knowledge of the subject matter.
Dates and locations to be announced.
