General Industrial Designers are a cross between an engineer and an artist. They study both function and form, and the connection between product and the user. They do not design the gears or motors that make machines move, or the circuits that control the movement, but they can affect technical aspects through usability design and [...]
Industrial design is an applied art whereby the aesthetics and usability of mass-produced products may be improved for marketability and production. The role of an Industrial Designer is to create and execute design solutions towards problems of form, usability, user ergonomics, engineering, marketing, brand development and sales. […]
Gas Assist injection molding does not require any special adaptation or modifications to a molding machine. […]
Gas Assist injection molding requires a reliable supply of clean nitrogen gas. This is accomplished by supplying the Gas Kit with nitrogen from pressurized bottles, a Nitrogen Generator, or from a central nitrogen system. […]
1.Control Systems and Accessories The Gas Assist injection molding process is made possible through finite control, regulation, and injection of high pressure, (up to 10,000 PSI) nitrogen gas. This involves a means to intensify gas pressure, control of the high-pressure gas, and delivery of the gas to the desired areas within the molded product. [...]
Selection of the proper material is crucial to part production. Designers should consider the mechanical characteristics, molding properties, and cost of the resin used. […]
The tooling cost has two main components – the mold base and the machining of the cavities. The cost of the mold base is primarily controlled by the size of the part’s envelope. […]
The production cost is primarily calculated from the hourly rate and the cycle time.The hourly rate is proportional to the size of the injection molding machine being used,so it is important to understand how the part design affects machine selection. Injection molding machines are typically referred to by the tonnage of the clamping force they [...]
The material cost is determined by the weight of material that is required and the unit price of that material. […]
Inserts are used in plastic parts, to allow the use of fasteners such as machine screws. The advantage of this is that since these inserts are made out of metal, they are robust. Further, machine threads also allow great many cycles of assembly and disassembly, Inserts are installed using one of the following methods: [...]