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The manufacturing procedure where plastic is injected into moulds to make parts is referred to as plastic injection moulding. The method involves the feeding of the plastic into a heated barrel, mixing it up, and forcing it into the mould hollow space. It is then left to cool and harden. A good plastic injection moulding company must possess good experience and excellence so make sure you look at a few companies when choosing so you are well informed and can carefully select the company that will give you the best value for money. The company ought to take measures to make sure there are no moulding flaws. It is the company's job to test for problems and either repair them or create new alternate parts. Some of the most common moulding defects are blistering, burn marks/dieseling, colour streaks, delamination, flash/burrs, embedded contaminates, and flow marks. Others are jetting, weld/knit lines, polymer degradation, sink marks, short shot, splay marks, stringiness, voids, and warping/twisting. Acceptable tolerances for the thermoplastics industry standards are plus or minus 0.500. Some specialised uses may require higher tolerances. Some specialist companies will focus on aesthetics and also give superior quality and precision mouldings. You should always go with a company that specialises in plastic injection moulding which has the correct equipement, tools and workers to give you with the best service. Find a company that can give you a all-inclusive service from start to finish. This includes everything from design and tooling, the actual injection process and also assembly and final testing. Assembly should be completed such that there is no risk of parts coming apart even with the application of pressure. There are many different assembly techniques including; insert staking, sonic welding, electrical sub-assembly, kitting and hot-gun gluing. In-house testing is important because it ensures that the parts delivered will work. Some of the most important types of tests are continuity tests, air decay tests, pressure tests, and electrical tests. To guarantee that the plastic injection moulding company creates quality components, determine if the quality control system meets ISO 9001 and ISO13485 requirements. The company ought to use state-of-the-art manufacturing technologies and there should be Class 7 clean room. There should be automation such as the use of 5 axis robots. Automation is important because it means less human error (and consequently greater quality levels) and lower costs. Go for a company

that makes use of Advanced Product Quality Planning, Failure Mode and Effect Analysis, Production Planning Approval Process, Corrective Action Preventive Action, Operational Qualification, Installation Qualification, Performance Qualification, and Statistical Process Control in the manufacturing process. The company should offer a selection of plastics so that you select what best suits you. Other than the traditional low-cost commodity polymers that are used in plastic injection moulding like cellulose acetate butyrate, polypropylene, and polyvinyl-chloride you should also be able to choose from advanced polymers like isoplast, polyarylamide, and polyetheretherketone for specialist applications and engineering polymers like acrylonitrile butadiene styrene and polyethlene terephthalate for high mechanical strength applications. A high-quality plastic injection moulding company is one that has been around for several decades since this is indicative of its credibility and reliability. The company should be able to meet strict dealines and should also use 'green' manufacturing methods as well as have all the necessary licenses.