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Injection Molding:: The Art of Making Plastic Parts

Injection molding has been used since the Revolutionary War to make bullets and the first modern injection mold was for a billiard ball. The process involves plastic pellets being heated and pushed into a mold cavity to form the shape, then cooling before the finished part is removed. Injection molding allows for complex shapes at low cost per unit and with consistent high quality in large quantities.

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Injection Molding:: The Art of Making Plastic Parts

Injection molding has been used since the Revolutionary War to make bullets and the first modern injection mold was for a billiard ball. The process involves plastic pellets being heated and pushed into a mold cavity to form the shape, then cooling before the finished part is removed. Injection molding allows for complex shapes at low cost per unit and with consistent high quality in large quantities.

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Injection Molding:

The Art of Making Plastic Parts

By Helen Anderson and Jason Atkins


1
History

Stemmed from die-casting


bullets in the Revolutionary War.

First modern injection mold was


for a billiard ball using the
synthetic organic resin celluloid.

2
Injection Mold
hopper
parting line plastic pellets

mold cavity melt


nozzle Major
parts of
the
injection
molding
machine

screw barrel
cold side hot side heating
coils
plates
3
Process

Plastic pellets fill the hopper…

…fall into
the barrel…

…where
heat and
pressure
…which is pushed are
…to form melt in the nozzle… applied…
into the mold.

4
Process It is reground
and placed
back into the
hopper.

After cooling, the mold opens


and the finished part is removed.

The sprue is then removed


from the final part.
5
The diameter of the screw inside the barrel gradually increases to
generate more pressure and heat helping to melt the material.
6
Advantages
Materials Available

Shape Complexity

Cost per Unit

Quality

Quantity
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