Molds & Tooling for Plastics Production
Molds and tooling for plastics production are used in all processes to give the melted plastic its final shape. Includes molds, mold components, ejector pins, mold bases, nozzles, mold cores, mold cavities, mold texturing, laser marking.
Narrow Your Molds & Tooling Search
ESSENTIAL READING
VIEW ALL
Where and How to Vent Injection Molds: Part 3
Questioning several “rules of thumb” about venting injection molds.
Read More
Back to Basics on Mold Venting (Part 2: Shape, Dimensions, Details)
Here’s how to get the most out of your stationary mold vents.
Read More
Back to Basics on Mold Venting (Part 1)
Here’s what you need to know to improve the quality of your parts and to protect your molds.
Read More
Mold Maintenance, Tooling Know How
The ability of technicians in an injection molding shop to fix, modify or upgrade a mold has a huge impact on that company’s bottom line. With this collection of content, we’ve bundled some of the very best advice on repairing and maintaining injection molding machines.
Read More
How to Achieve Simulation Success, Part 2: Material Characterization
Depending on whether or not your chosen material is in the simulation database — and sometimes even if it is — analysts will have some important choices to make and factors to be aware of. Learn them here.
Read More
Why Shoulder Bolts Are Too Important to Ignore (Part 2)
Follow these tips and tricks for a better design.
Read More
Latest Molds & Tooling News And Updates
Hot Show for Cold Jet
Dry ice blasting technology supplier Cold Jet has sold two of its show display machines at NPE2024.
Read More
LSR Cold Deck Features Valve Gates
NPE2024: Recent updates to Mastip’s Aquilo platform highlight how its design — from consistent thermal profile to uniform cooling — has made it successful for medical industry projects.
Read More
Hasco Releases UKCA Identification Stamp
Hasco’s Z4884/ stamps provide UKCA identification.
Read More
In-Booth Mold-Cleaning Demonstrations
NPE2024: iD Additives is also featuring displays of chemical foaming agents, purging compounds, plastic mold cleaners, and water cleaning and maintenance systems.
Read More
Mold Tracking, Simplified Cooling Line Coupling and More
NPE2024: Hasco, which marks its 100th anniversary in 2024, highlights multiple product lines making their U.S. show debut, as well as a revamped responsive website that simplifies online ordering.
Read More
Compact Collapsible Core Features Independent Movements
NPE2024: DME’s DURA collapsible core’s two-piece design enables each segment to open and close independently.
Read More
Featured Posts
Scaling New Heights With Vertical Integration
Eden Manufacturing was founded on a vision of vertical integration, adding advanced injection molding capabilities to a base of precision moldmaking and more recently bringing Swiss-type machining capabilities in-house.
Read More
Hasco Marks a Century in Mold Components, Mold Bases and Hot Runners with Cake and New Technologies
NPE2024: Cake, drinks and the unveiling of a new North American website providing online ordering in the U.S. and Canada for the first time are just some of the things happening at Hasco’s booth as it brings its year-long centennial celebration to Orlando.
Read More
Medical Molder, Moldmaker Embraces Continuous Improvement
True to the adjective in its name, Dynamic Group has been characterized by constant change, activity and progress over its nearly five decades as a medical molder and moldmaker.
Watch
Where and How to Vent Injection Molds: Part 3
Questioning several “rules of thumb” about venting injection molds.
Read More
Back to Basics on Mold Venting (Part 2: Shape, Dimensions, Details)
Here’s how to get the most out of your stationary mold vents.
Read More
Back to Basics on Mold Venting (Part 1)
Here’s what you need to know to improve the quality of your parts and to protect your molds.
Read More
FAQ: Molds & Tooling
Leader pins are often referred to as guide pins. They lead or guide one-half of a mold into the other. The outer diameter of a leader pin is typically 0.0010 in. below nominal with a tolerance of +0.0000/-0.0005 in. A leader-pin bushing typically has an inside diameter of 0.0005 in. above nominal with a tolerance of +0.0005/-0.0000. Therefore, the pin has a close sliding fit in its mating bushing with a clearance of between 0.0015 and 0.0025 in. total. A close sliding fit is intended for the accurate location of parts that must assemble without perceptible play.
Molds & Tooling Supplier Categories
- Thermoforming Molds
- Blow Molds
- Nonferrous Metals for Molds
- Mold/Die Management Systems
- Injection Molds
- Mold Steels
- Cutting, Stamping, Trimming Dies
- Quick-mold-change Equipment
- Mold Making and Repair Equipment
- Mold Components
- Injection Blow Molds
- Rotational Molds
- Tool Engraving, Texturing Equipment
- Mold Evacuation Systems
- Mold Grease
- Rotational Molding Machines
- Compression/Transfer Molds
- Mold-cleaning and Maintenance Chemicals
- Nonmetallic Tooling Materials
- Hot Runner Components
- Foam Molds
- Compression/Transfer Presses
- Prototype Molds