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Plastic Injection Moulds

Injection mould tooling for plastic components, designed for dimensional accuracy and long production life.

We build injection mould tooling for plastic components — two-plate and three-plate, single and multi-cavity — designed around the shrinkage of the material you are actually moulding.

Mould cost is decided at the part-design stage, not the tool-design stage. Undercuts that force a side core, wall sections that will sink, and gate positions that weld-line across a cosmetic face are all cheaper to change on your drawing than in hardened steel. We raise them before quoting.

What we build

Tooling we make

  • Two-plate moulds — the standard for most components
  • Three-plate moulds where gating must be separated from the part
  • Multi-cavity tooling for volume production
  • Side-core and slider arrangements for undercuts
  • Insert-moulding tooling for metal inserts
  • Mould repair, refurbishment and cavity re-polishing

Specification

How it is built

Mould baseStandard or custom, to your machine platen and tie-bar spacing
Cavity and coreP20 pre-hardened, or hardened tool steel for abrasive material
EjectionPin, sleeve, blade or stripper plate to suit the part
CoolingCircuits laid to hold cycle time, not added after the fact
ShrinkageApplied per the grade you are running, on your confirmation
FinishPolished, textured or as-machined per your requirement

Process

From your drawing to a working tool

  1. Part feasibilityDraft angles, wall sections, undercuts, likely sink and weld-line positions.
  2. Mould designLayout, gating, runner, cooling and ejection, sized to your machine.
  3. Design approvalSigned off by you before manufacture.
  4. ManufactureMachined, EDM where required, fitted and polished.
  5. TrialMoulded samples for your dimensional approval before despatch.

Questions

Common questions

How many cavities should my mould have?

It is a trade-off between tool cost and part cost. Higher cavitation lowers cost per part but raises tool cost and needs a larger machine. Tell us your annual volume and target part cost and we will work the number with you rather than guessing.

Can you repair a mould you did not build?

Yes. We take in moulds for cavity repair, core replacement, re-polishing and ejection rework. Send photographs of the damage and a sample of the defective part.

What material do you use for the cavity?

P20 pre-hardened steel covers most applications. For glass-filled or otherwise abrasive materials, or for high-volume tooling, we move to a hardened tool steel — the choice depends on the polymer and the production life you need.

More from the tool room

Other capabilities

Send a drawing. Get an engineering view in 24 hours.

A real engineer reads it — not an autoresponder. We will tell you whether the tool can be built as drawn, and what we would change to bring the cost down.