Custom Plastic Injection Molding

Custom Plastic Injection Molding

Injection molding offers virtually unlimited possibilities in precision reproduction of plastic components.

During the injection molding process, granular thermoplastic is melted — and often blended to specific formulations for the product — and forced into a two-part metal mold. Once the part is sufficiently solid, the mold opens and the part is ejected.

Injection molding is also used to produce structural foam parts. When the plastic fills the mold, the material in contact with the mold surface forms a solid “skin.” An inert gas foaming agent is blown into the mold, which turns the core of the part into a cellular foam.