Moulding/Overmoulding

Injection moulding – This has become the leading process in the industry because it can be automated to a large extent

Plastic injection moulding has developed into the most frequently used process for the production of plastic parts in the plastics industry over the last few years. The advantages of the insert moulding process are: Production speed.
With the modern injection moulding process it’s possible to manufacture a large quantity of identical plastic products within a short space of time. The process has several features, which make the positive difference, particularly when manufacturing complicated shaped parts as mass-produced items compared with conventional processes.

In detail these features include:

• Direct pathway from raw material to finished part

• No or only very low post-processing of the shaped part required

• Process can be fully automated and

• high reproducibility of manufacturing and therefore reduction in reject rate

As the customer of Kaizhong Vogt, you can agree on and discuss all the processing specifications. The wide range of uses of the insert moulding process means that we can be your point of contact for projects in many different industries.

Areas of application for plastic injection moulding

Hybrid technology using plastic and metal means special requirements regarding materials and components can be satisfied. A large number of advantages arise here above all with regard to lightweight construction, flexible product usage and special features compared with pure metal pieces. The areas of application for plastic injection moulding are wide-ranging. Nowadays you will nearly always find a product near you, which was produced or treated using insert moulding technology.
The reason for this is the broad scope of options for use. The range of shaped parts able to be made using injection moulding stretches from the smallest toothed wheels or bearings right up to large waste containers. The weights of the relevant shaped parts therefore also range between one milligram and 100 kilograms.

The materials used today include:

• thermoplastic

• curable plastics

• elastomer and

• metal(s)

Metals used traditionally in the manufacture of plastic parts are now being increasingly frequently replaced by heat-resistant high-performance plastics.

Mode of operation & process of plastic insert moulding

As already mentioned, the majority of insert moulding processes are fully automated.

Overall plastic insert moulding can be broken down into four phases:

• Injection moulding phase

• Cooling phase

• Recycling phase

Insert moulding of inserts – testing of increasingly complex components requires a continuous increase in know-how