Typically, the amount polymers shrink is consistent and accounted for in component designs which enables the holding of tight design tolerances. Design Freedom From sweeping curves to intricate details, designs that would be cost prohibitive to machine or difficult to cast in metals are easy and inexpensive to repeatedly produce in high volumes using injection molding processing.

So it becomes extremely time consuming to design and fabricate multiple variations in metal.” Design flexibility = fast customization: With plastic offering greater design freedom than metal, the company can quickly develop and produce variations of the part for different customers. Injection molding = cost savings: Compared with metal fabrication and its time-consuming secondary operations, injection-molded plastics are produced as a net-shape part in a single step, which boosts productivity and lowers system costs.

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High-density formulation helps improve design and function When PolyCase Ammunition was getting ready to produce its new line of high performance ammunition, the project team knew they needed a material that would be easily enable them to produce their patent-pending, injection molded projectile designs that function as well or better than conventional lead-core projectiles.  The designs were unique.

HVAC doors are typically produced by injection molding two parts that provide structural strength and air sealing performance. However, in this case, designers wanted to reduce the thickness of the part wall significantly to achieve a relative weight saving of 90 percent. Designers were able to achieve a relative weight saving of 90 percent without compromising performance.