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Plastech Corporation offers injection molding services for plastic parts, including design and manufacturing of molds. They operate injection molding presses from 30 to 1500 tons and can mold a wide variety of plastic resins. Plastech ensures quality through process monitoring and an ISO-certified quality system. While molds can vary significantly in cost depending on the part, Plastech offers both domestic and offshore tooling options. The customer owns the mold but Plastech provides maintenance and modifications during use.

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Plastech Corporation offers injection molding services for plastic parts, including design and manufacturing of molds. They operate injection molding presses from 30 to 1500 tons and can mold a wide variety of plastic resins. Plastech ensures quality through process monitoring and an ISO-certified quality system. While molds can vary significantly in cost depending on the part, Plastech offers both domestic and offshore tooling options. The customer owns the mold but Plastech provides maintenance and modifications during use.

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1. Is injection molding right for your part requirements?

Injection molding insures consistency. Parts can be molded from a wide variety of
materials onto complex shapes with tight tolerances at high rates of production.
Part usage typically determines resin choices. Part geometry affects the cost of
tooling. The number of parts needed over the life of the project impacts molding
and tooling cost.
2. What size parts can you make?
We operate 42 presses ranging from 30 tons of clamping force to 1500 tons. Shot
sizes range from 0.9 ounce to 265 ounce. Typical injection molding clamping force
ranges from 1-1/2 to 5 tons per square inch (depending on part thickness and resin
selection) so a 1500-ton press can produce parts with a surface area of
approximately up to 1000 square inches.
3. What kind of resins do you mold?
Plastech molds parts from a variety of commodity resins and engineering grade
resins, including Xenoy, Nylon, Ultem, PEEK, Polystyrene, Polyethylene and both
long and short fiber glass-filled blends. Resin is typically determined by the
application. Our project engineers can offer some guidance but the customer has
final approval on resin selections.
4. How do you insure quality?
Plastech is a world class scientific molder. All injection molding presses are
equipped with process monitoring of every shot. Plastech Corporation is
ISO9001:2008 certified - in fact we were one of the first injection molders in the
United States to achieve ISO certification (1994).
5. Do you design and build injection tools?
Plastech provides extensive engineering assistance during the design phase and
complete project management for new tool builds. We offer mold flow simulation
and analysis to assure that your mold produces the parts you designed.
6. How much does a mold cost?
Molds can vary from a few thousand dollars to hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Part complexity and number of cavities are the biggest cost factors. The number of
cooling lines or special metal components may increase tool cost but help speed
part production and minimize heat distortion. Complex geometry may require
additional tool actions to allow parts to be ejected from the mold.
7. What is the price difference between domestic and offshore tooling?
Plastech offers both domestic and off-shore tooling options. Costs vary but off-shore
tooling can often shave upwards of 40% off the cost of a mold. Domestic tooling
typically offers much shorter lead times.

8. Who owns the injection tool?


You do. The mold is designed specifically for your parts. The customer is free to take
that mold anywhere once contractual obligations are fulfilled.
9. How many shots will you guarantee from my mold?
Plastech Corporation builds tools to accommodate the expected number of parts
over the life of the project. Domestically produced tools can be built to a one million
shot life if warranted. Some Plastech-built molds have produced several million
shots with minor rebuilds over the life of the tool.
10. How do you protect my mold?
Each tool is put on a preventative maintenance program. Detailed records of shots,
preventative maintenance, and mold modifications are kept on each tool in our
possession. Experienced mold makers are available 7 days a week for tool care and
maintenance.
11. Can my mold be modified if I change my part designs?
Plastech offers internal tooling capabilities for mold maintenance and minor
modifications, within limitations of the original tool design. We work with a network
of high-quality tool shops on major mold modifications.
12. Can you mold around inserts or metal components?
Plastech Corporation was a pioneer in over-molding of fabrics, metal, plastic
components and filter media. We use robotics on all our injection presses to insure
that metal inserts or other components are precisely nested in the mold before
molten plastic is injected.
13. Can you assemble my parts or provide custom decorating and packaging?
Plastech Corporation offers a broad selection of customized in-plant assembly,
finishing and packaging services. Whether press-side or through our specialized
Assembly Department, Plastech can provide the Decorating, Bonding, Testing and
Assembly services that simplify your sourcing decisions.
14. What kind of LEAN principles have you adopted?
Continuous improvement has long been part of our core philosophy. Plastech
Corporation practices 5S, in our work cells, We have standardized work with mold
setup books, picture packs and work instructions. We serve on the Lean Council of a
major customer.
15. What information do you need to quote my project?
Part prints or CAD files are the first step. Part samples or prototypes (if available)
are always helpful. Specifics include resin, annual part quantity, budgetary
estimates for tooling and parts, along with any requirements for prototypes, APQP,
FEMA or PPAP.

16. Why should I entrust my project to Plastech Corporation?


Plastech is there for the long haul. Plastech is a financial stable partner that has
been under continuous family ownership for 55 years. A proven low PPM rate, a zero
tolerance defect goal, and an ISO approved quality system would be enough for
some companies. We operate 24/7 to insure a reliable stream of finished
components . . . striving for perfect parts, on time, every time!

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