Precision plastic parts are needed in a wide variety of industries, including medical, pharmaceutical, bio tech, and electronics especially. Injection molding allows for high-volume production of highly precise plastic parts on a consistent basis. But how do manufacturers accomplish this? Let’s find out.
Key Considerations for Achieving Consistent High Precision in Plastic Parts
Consistent precision in plastic parts requires careful attention to several details. You must carefully consider material selection. This includes thinking about the chemical resistance of a material, insulation properties, flexibility, and other physical properties. You should also consider tooling design, which means analyzing, planning, designing and constructing a part in order to increase productivity and allow for better process optimization.
Mold maintenance and inspection is also important. For instance, Westec employs several pieces of inspection equipment in our quality assurance process. The Keyence IM-7030T and Micro-Vu Excel 652UC CMM are able to handle precise inspection requirements and collect accurate measurements that impact production. We also use QC-Calc SPC software for data collection and further analysis because we are always trying to improve our processes. It is important to consider process monitoring and control when achieving consistency in high precision plastic parts.
Training and expertise is also vital. For example, our team at Westec has over 50 years of experience providing high quality injection molding services across a wide variety of industries, including in medical injection molding where precision and accuracy is of the utmost importance.
Why is Injection Molding the Best Option When Precision is Essential?
There are certain industries, such as medical or pharmaceutical, where precision is critical. Injection molding is the best option for those high precision plastic parts.
Injection molding is capable of producing parts with tight tolerances, which is the acceptable range of variations in a molded part’s size, without impacting that part’s functionality. Injection molding also allows for repeatability and consistency, which is important for high production runs.
For parts with complex geometries, injection molding can handle versatile and customizable processes, allowing for greater distinction and visual appeal in parts. Injection molding also uses automation which can save you time and money while still allowing for process control.
Westec Delivers High-Precision Plastic Parts Without Exception
At Westec, our California-based injection molding company can provide you with superior quality high precision plastic parts. We provide numerous services, including mold building and secondary operations like roll printing, hot stamping, contract assembly and more. Our turnkey injection molding services will save you time and money, without compromising quality.
For high precision plastic parts you can depend on, turn to Westec today.
