There are several key elements that are essential for creating the perfect plastic part. At The Rodon Group, our dedicated team of plastic injection molding experts fully understands what it takes to create high-performing, reliable components, and, unlike most other companies, we pride ourselves on being a complete turnkey precision component manufacturer, designing and tooling all parts in-house and carefully overseeing every step of the production process.
Below, we share our key areas of focus in the plastic injection molding process; together, these critical elements allow us to manufacture the ideal plastic part for each of our customers, no matter how complex or unusual the specific application.
Mold Design
First, the design of the mold is critical for ensuring that the plastic injection molding process can produce a high volume of parts with optimal efficiency and consistency. At Rodon, our team of engineers excels in the design of molds that deliver high-quality parts the first time around — eliminating the risk of costly delays and material waste.
With more than 25 years of experience in the field, our engineers have the skills and creativity needed to create any type of custom mold, even for the most challenging situations. Using state-of-the-art technology, including CAD/CAM systems, our team works closely with customers to fully understand each part’s key requirements, including its function, application, relation to other parts, dimensions, and ability to withstand certain elements, pressures, and chemicals.
With the answers to these questions in hand, the engineering team is then able to determine the key design elements needed to ensure that the injection process will work correctly. These elements include wall thickness, rib design, boss design, corner transition, weld line, and gate/vent placement — all of which are taken into account to create the ideal custom mold.
Once the initial draft design is complete, we conduct a design for manufacturability (DFM) analysis to ensure that the design meets the highest quality standards. And once the design is finalized, the team can start building and testing the new mold.
