1) Lower part cost: savings in production, handling, assembly and inventory
2) Simplifies the production process with higher quality fabrication
3) Eliminate secondary operations
4) Improves integrity of the product
5) Enhances product features and appeal: tactile, ergonomic, cosmetic
6) New design possibilities
7) Packaging applications where a secondary color is desired to give prodcuts a unique appearance
8) Added features to improve part functionally:
multiple colors
soft touch surfaces
gaskets and seals
The real payoff of two-shot injection molding of thermoplastic materials is an economic one. Parts of two different materials can be fabricated with the speed, efficiency and economy of thermoplastic processing. This eliminates the labor-intensive secondary operations used for so many years and replaces them with high-speed automated operations, to yield a more consistent, higher quality fabricated part at a significantly lower cost.
Compared to other methods of plastic molding, two-shot is ultimately a more cost-efficient way of producing an assembly with multiple components. Here’s why:
Part Consolidation | Two-shot injection molding reduces the number of components in a finished assembly, eliminating an average of $40K in development, engineering, and validation costs associated with each additional part number.
Improved Efficiency │ Two-shot molding allows multiple components to be molded with a single tool, reducing the amount of labor needed to run your parts and eliminating the need to weld or join components after the molding process.
Improved Quality │ Two-shot is carried out within a single tool, allowing for lower tolerances than other molding processes, a high level of accuracy and repeat-ability, and reduced scrap rates.
Complex Moldings │ Two-shot injection molding allows for the creation of complex mold designs that incorporate multiple materials for functionality that cannot be achieved through other molding processes.