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Small & Medium Injection Mold Capabilities

A precise map of what we build well — sizes, structures, gating, cavity counts, materials — so overseas buyers know before they send drawings whether their project is a fit.

Complete Tools We Build

Types of Injection Molds

Single-shot molds

1-cavity or low-cavity tools for engineering evaluation, low-volume production and specialty parts.

Small & medium production molds

Cold or hot runner tools for parts under ~450 × 320 mm, tuned for stable multi-week production runs.

Prototype molds

Bridge tools for design validation before committing to a production tool — usually P20 or aluminum inserts.

Mold inserts & spare parts

Core / cavity inserts, wear parts and spare ejector components made to fit into existing mold bases.

Mold repair & modification

Weld-and-recut repairs, insert changes, cavity additions and gating changes for tools already in the field.

Sub-assembly tooling

Companion tools for related parts in the same assembly, planned together for fitment and finish consistency.

Structural Features

Mold Structures & Actions

Runner & gate systems

  • Cold runner molds
  • Hot runner molds (partner-supplied hot systems)
  • Side gate
  • Submarine (tunnel) gate
  • Pin-point gate
  • Direct / sprue gate for prototype tools

Actions & complex geometry

  • Slider actions
  • Lifter mechanisms
  • Core pulling
  • Angled ejector pins
  • Metal insert loading
  • Threaded core assemblies (manual unscrewing)
Cavity Count

How Many Cavities We Recommend

Cavity count is a design choice, not a marketing number. For most overseas projects we recommend 1–8 cavities — that's where our workshop is most stable and cost-effective. For small precision parts, higher cavity counts are possible after a technical review.

Cavity rangeWhere it fits
1 cavityPrototype tools, larger parts, engineering samples, molds where cycle time matters less than tuning.
1 + 1 (family)Matching left/right parts, assemblies where two parts must be tooled together for fitment.
2 – 8 cavitiesTypical range for stable medium-volume production of small and medium parts.
Up to 48 cavitiesAvailable for small precision parts after technical review — feasibility, gating balance and cooling checked before we quote.

Our recommendation: 1–8 cavities typical; up to 48 cavities for small precision parts after review.

Plastic Materials

Materials We Regularly Tool For

Commodity plastics

  • ABS
  • PP
  • PE (HDPE / LDPE)
  • PS / HIPS
  • PVC (rigid)

Engineering & optical

  • PC and PC+ABS
  • PA6, PA66 (with or without glass fill)
  • POM (acetal)
  • PMMA and PC for optical parts
  • PETG, PET
  • Overmolding of TPE / TPU on rigid substrates (in cooperation with the injection partner running production)

Steels commonly used: P20 / 1.2311 for prototype and mid-life tools, 718H / 2738 for pre-hardened production tools, S136 / 2083 for high-polish and optical cavities, H13 / 1.2344 for high-wear areas. Steel selection is agreed before mold design starts.

Dimensional Capability

Sizes, Tolerances, Weights

Maximum mold size500 × 700 × 550 mm
Typical mold size250 × 350 mm to 500 × 700 mm
Typical mold weight200 – 800 kg
Typical plastic part size50 mm to 300 mm
Maximum plastic part size~450 × 320 mm
Insert / core / cavity machining tolerance0.005 – 0.02 mm
Common part dimensional tolerance0.02 – 0.2 mm (depends on part design and material)
Heat treatment hardnessHRC 52 – 58
Trial molding machine range90T – 200T
Capability boundary: We do not build molds over ~1 ton, large automotive bumper molds, 64-cavity high-speed packaging molds, or life-critical / implantable medical molds. We would rather refer you than accept work outside our window.

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