Shrink can be a tricky thing to navigate, and in essence is defined as the ratio of the component's designed dimensions to their post molded ones. There are some factors to consider when it comes to how plastic shrinks during and after molding. Hopefully we can shed some light for you in this article. 1. Material Type The type of material will have its own shrink value. You can obtain these values from the manufacturers of the resin. Although you have this value, the classification of plastic is important. There are 2 main classifications of plastics that you must understand: Amorphous and Cr ..read more

Many companies these days are focused on providing for and growing their businesses. Whatever product they sell, at times, can be secondary to their business at hand. For example, a medical device manufacturer may be in the business of providing medical solutions to their customers. The product represents the business while growing and maintaining the distribution network becomes managements main priority. It is important to do both. Companies need to both grow their distribution and sales channels while maintaining high levels of product quality and delivery. Without the goods, the customer ..read more

So you're looking around at domestic vendors. You get a few quotes back that seem pretty good. You do a cost analysis and crunch all the numbers and it turns out that you might be able to actually make this work. You might actually be able to use one of these US suppliers. Maybe the once far off prospect of having your product "Made in the USA" can actually become a reality. The question is, what is it worth to you? What is it worth getting your product made domestically as opposed to going overseas? If you look at the numbers, on paper they seem to show that you'd be crazy to give up those t ..read more

Whenever you begin a design project involving plastic parts, where your end goal is to have the component injection molded, you'll want to consider some things on the front end of your design process that will allow for time and money to be saved during the production phase of your project. This foresight at the beginning stages of product design will be useful in understanding the limitations and challenges faced by the manufacturers of your product. These 10 considerations are by no means exhaustive when considering the best plastic injected part design, but they will for sure get you very ..read more

Shrink can be a tricky thing to navigate, and in essence is defined as the ratio of the component's designed dimensions to their post molded ones. There are some factors to consider when it comes to how plastic shrinks during and after molding. Hopefully we can shed some light for you in this article. 1. Material Type The type of material will have its own shrink value. You can obtain these values from the manufacturers of the resin. Although you have this value, the classification of plastic is important. There are 2 main classifications of plastics that you must understand: Amorphous and Cr ..read more

Many companies these days are focused on providing for and growing their businesses. Whatever product they sell, at times, can be secondary to their business at hand. For example, a medical device manufacturer may be in the business of providing medical solutions to their customers. The product represents the business while growing and maintaining the distribution network becomes managements main priority. It is important to do both. Companies need to both grow their distribution and sales channels while maintaining high levels of product quality and delivery. Without the goods, the customer ..read more

So you're looking around at domestic vendors. You get a few quotes back that seem pretty good. You do a cost analysis and crunch all the numbers and it turns out that you might be able to actually make this work. You might actually be able to use one of these US suppliers. Maybe the once far off prospect of having your product "Made in the USA" can actually become a reality. The question is, what is it worth to you? What is it worth getting your product made domestically as opposed to going overseas? If you look at the numbers, on paper they seem to show that you'd be crazy to give up those t ..read more

Whenever you begin a design project involving plastic parts, where your end goal is to have the component injection molded, you'll want to consider some things on the front end of your design process that will allow for time and money to be saved during the production phase of your project. This foresight at the beginning stages of product design will be useful in understanding the limitations and challenges faced by the manufacturers of your product. These 10 considerations are by no means exhaustive when considering the best plastic injected part design, but they will for sure get you very ..read more