Injection Moulding vs Fabricated Plastic Parts: When Tooling Becomes the Smarter Commercial Decision
When does fabrication stop making commercial sense? Fabrication is sometimes the right place to start. For early prototypes, very low-volume parts, large flat panels or one-off assemblies, cutting, machining, bonding and manually assembling plastic components can be quick, practical and relatively low-risk. You can test an idea without committing to production tooling. You can adjust […]
Getting Creative with Turnaround Sprues and Family Tooling
How Turnaround Sprues and Family Tooling Reduced 9 Injection Mould Tools to Just 3 For low-volume injection moulding projects, tooling costs can quickly become the biggest barrier to production. This is especially true when multiple components are required, each with relatively low annual demand. Recently, we worked with a customer who needed nine different injection […]
