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Design Guidelines

Because rapid injection molding is a true injection molding process, it shares many of the characteristics of traditional injection molding. Read on to learn more about general design requirements for injection molding and specific requirements for rapid injection molding.
General Injection Molding Design Tips

Since Protomold parts are injection molded, we desire all the basics of good injection molded part design. We lay out a few of the important points here:

Recommended Part Wall Thickness by Resin Type
Uniform Wall Thickness in Plastic Parts
Plastic Molded Part Coring Out Process

Protomold Specific Design Guidelines

There are other things a designer should consider when designing parts for the Protomold manufacturing process:

Size Limitations of Injection Molded Parts
Simple Straight Pull Molded Parts
Side Action Support for Simple Undercuts
Injection Mold Core Cavity Approach
CNC milling considerations
Part ejection considerations
Injection Molded Part Radiusing and Draft Guidelines
ProtoFlow® Fill Analysis

Miscellaneous

Once a part is submitted for a ProtoQuote, there are a few more things that must be chosen to place an order:

Choosing the Proper Resin for Molded Parts
Injection Molded Part Surface Finish
Protomold Injection Molded Part Resin Information
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