The foremost intent of this book is to present various alternatives available to the mold designer or decision maker when planning a mold for a new product or planning to increase the productivity for a product for which a mold exists. Whether on the large mass market or the custom molder scale, the book goes through the critical issues to be considered before “steel is cut”. The reader will find answers to the most common—but nonetheless difficult—questions they encounter in industrial practice: How to approach selection of the mold features. How productivity affects mold selection. How selection of design features affects mold cost. How to reduce mold and product cost by simple design changes. How to approach estimating mold cost. Above all, the book emphasizes again and again that the ultimate goal is not to procure the lowest cost mold but to produce the lowest cost product.
Chapter 1 : Introduction and Planning
Chapter 2 : The Plastic Product
Chapter 3 : Cost Factors Affecting Productivity
Chapter 4 : Mold Selection
Chapter 5 : Mold Cost, Mold Price and Delivery
Chapter 6 : Warranties, Patents, and Ethical Considerations
