Prototype Injection Mould

Prototype molds are rapid processing for the molds. It's totally different from
production molds as they can't be used in the long term. As a professional mold
maker for over 15 years,Packson can handle all kinds of mold including
prototypes. We bring not only high skilled engineering team into the good
design but also allow us to provide competitive prices and high-quality molds.
Most of our prototypes mold customers are from Honda. Every design needs
proofing before they are produced by mass molding production especially for the
automotive parts.

We will also make personal solutions for prototype mould just the same as
production tooling. We share engineering information between our teams and our
customers. Keeping close contact with our customers is one of the important
factors that Packson has good performance in making tooling and molding.
Therefore, we ensure that our communications between the engineering team and
customers are always open and transparent.

Prototype Injection Mould
Prototype Mold Details And Options
We believe that it's important to test your market by first testing your
product. Packson offers you an affordable method of testing with prototype
parts. Our prototype processing helps you test your part design and make a
small batch of parts for assembly testing. You may not very clear about the
definition of prototype molds and the differences between prototype molds and
injection molds. Here we can explain it for you:

Process For Prototype Mold
There are many things that need to be considered such as the product design
needs to be perfect and it has to achieve actual full functionality before they
get into the market. If there is any failure for your products which means the
part design is not fulfilled yet and we need to keep improving the design and
finding a better solution. Therefore, prototype mold is the best way for us to
prove some issues before you are able to take your products into the market.
Here is the process for prototype mold, you will find out what prototype mold
exactly is:

There are 4 simple steps for prototype mold:

Start with a plastic part design

Initial concept or design is always the essential and critical part of
manufacturing.No matter what kind of product you create like an electronic
device or medical device, making the design and design should be the first
step.

You should make sure of the feasibility and functionality when it comes to
plastic product design. Moreover, you have to consider the concept is doable or
not. If the design fails then it would waste time. But never mind, we have a
professional engineer team who will make assessments for your design and
provide our suggestions to help make the design better.

Providing DFM(Design for Manufacturing) and processing solution

We will make DFM according to your part design and offer a processing solution
at a competitive price. Normally we will choose a removable insert which takes
by hand during production, this will help cut some costs. But this is only used
for small batch production within 500 shots. We will also analyze the
thickness, angle draft, injection point, etc during these steps for making sure
everything is ok before we start processing.

Mold creation or 3D printing

Simple 3D printing is fully sufficient for simple and small quantity plastic
products. Therefore the expensive test mold is not neccessary.3D printing is a
very simple process without much explanation. For another processing, the way
is mold creation. This is the most important process in plastic prototyping. We
will process the mold according to the tooling design and we will choose the
steel which is softer and easier to carve out. This will help to make mold
quickly with a short lead time. Rapid processing is one of the obvious features
of the prototype mold. Because we don't need to make it like production mold as
long as it can be operated and good for proving the customer's part design.

Making the prototype plastic molding parts by injection machine

For prototype mold, the plastic parts also need to be molded by a plastic
injection machine. The mold will be placed into the injection molding machine
and then injected with the plastic prototype material. Later material will be
cooled by the water lines to allow it to create a shape on the cavity. After
the cooling process, the mold will be opened when pressure from the clamp is
released. Finally, the part will be ejected from the machine.

Applications of Prototype Mold
There are many applications for prototype molds like automotive, medical. These
applications will keep increasing because of the development of new procedures.
Here are some of them:

The making of molds – different grades of steel even plastic resin can be made
through prototype mold.

The making of cores – SLS application is the latest technology used in sand
casting shapes and cores.

The electrodes for EDM, making of marking stamps are some of the applications
of prototype molds. Most of the applicated industry at Packson is automotive
and medical.

There are many benefits for the prototype molds. With the features of low cost,
quick lead time, and effective processing way, it will allow you to bring your
parts into the market faster. The most important advantage is low-cost
processing because it can make market testing with low volume production.

Why Choose Packson For Prototype Mold?
Prototype molds serve a different purpose. They are different from the
production mold. First, they are pre-production molds which applied in testing
and solving issues before a final product gets into molding processing. With a
shorter lead time, prototype molds help create test products with further
studies.

Here Packson offers you low-cost prototype molds by alternative means of:

Producing a small batch of molding parts so you can test the physical
properties of the production parts

Proofing the concept design for the part and then make improvements for the
part

Narrowing down material choosing determine what materials work best

At Packson, your first small steps are a critical part of the larger leap
forward. Get your part get into the market quickly with Packson by contacting
us today!

As a professional clean room injection manufacturer, Packson Mold provides
custom molding services, medical grade plastics injection molding, clean room
injection molding and etc. We have amassed considerable experience and
understanding of the practical possibilities in this field. Contact us to know
more.

Minimum Order: 1 sets

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