Moulding Guidelines
SUGOI Enterprises provides complete technical support for our specialty compounds, through experienced staff located at NCR. Our technical service personnel can evaluate mould design and setup, optimize processing conditions based on material, assist with handling new materials, and investigate and resolve problems.
Standard Moulding Equipment
- Machine Type
- Machine Size
Moulding Conditions
- Drying
- Barrel Temperature
- Melt Temperature
- Mould Temperature
- Injection Pressure
- Back Pressure
- Injection Speed
- Screw RPM
General Processing Tips
- Compounds with Fillers
- Compounds with Fibers
Tips to improve Mechanical Properties
- Tensile Strength
- Tensile Elongation
- Flexural Modulus
- Flexural Strength
- Notched IZOD Impact
- Shrinkage
- Warpage
- Regrind Usage
Tips to improve Surface Conductivity
- Compounds with Conductive Fillers
- Compounds with Conductive Fibers
Thermoplastic Elastomer Moulding Guidelines
Long Fiber Compounds Moulding Guidelines
Foaming Agent Moulding Guidelines
PLA (Polylactic Acid) Compounds Moulding Guidelines
Mould Design
Injection moulds must be properly designed to ensure quality plastic components. Mould design impacts productivity and profitability of your moulding operation. This section offers guidelines for designing an efficient injection mould.
- Spruce/Cold Material Trap
- Sprue Puller
- Cold Material Trap
- Runner Design
- Main Runner
- Secondary Runner
- Gate Design
- Submarine or Tunnel Gate
- Pinpoint or Restricted Gate
- Fan or Edge Gate
- Tab Gate
- Sprue Gate
- Flash Gate
- External Ring Gate
- Internal Ring Gate
- Thick to Thin Wall Gating
- Adjoining Walls
- Ribs
- Rib Details
- Boss or Rib
- Support Ribs
- Bosses & Gussets
- Free Standing Boss (4 Gusset)
- Free Standing Boss (2 Gusset)
- Two Plate Mould
- Three Plate Mould
- Insulated Runner Mould
- Venting and Cooling Desigh
- Cooling & Ejector Pins
- Venting
- Living Hing Design