Like any other major manufacturing project, cost is a significant factor for those ordering custom injection molded products of any kind. Whether you’re investing a low-quantity mold production, a huge bulk project or anything in between, understanding the costs...
In part one of this two-part blog series, we went over some basics on the various types of plastic injection molds available for standard molding processes. Molds refer to the hollow cavities that allow for plastic to be injected into them, leading to the final...
There are several distinct components that are important during the plastic injection molding process, and at or near the top of any such list is the mold itself. Vital for major areas of mass production, molds are a constant within the injection molding process,...
In part one of this two-part blog series, we went over some of the basics on adding colored resin to molded plastic products. This is a common part of the plastic injection molding process, but must be carried out properly to achieve not only the desired color, but...
There are several important characteristics to consider for plastic molded products, and color is a chief concern for many product types. Colored plastics undergo a wide range of uses every day in various applications and settings – how are these colors created and...
In part one of this two-part blog series, we went over some of the basic differences between custom injection molding and compression molding for plastics. These are two of the most common processes for plastic manufacturing, and while they are similar in a few minor...
When it comes to creation of numerous consumer products in today’s world, few materials are more common or versatile than plastic. Plastic is the top material for numerous industry areas, and it’s so widely-used that there are actually several different processes used...
In part one of this two-part blog series, we went over some of the basics on how the plastic injection molding world has expanded to include recycled plastics in recent years. While previous generations of injection molders did not work with recycled plastic due to...
For many years in the not-so-distant past, plastic injection molding companies and professionals would not have even considered the use of recycled plastic scrap or other recycled plastic within the manufacturing processes. Recycled plastic was not considered to be of...
Among the primary reasons you always want to contract with reputable, high-quality injection molding professionals like our team at EnviroTech Custom Injection Molding is our ability to avoid various failures in the injection molding process. We have decades of...
