Die casting dies and injection molds: design, tool steels, thermal fatigue, maintenance and tryout.
- Die Casting Die Design: Structure, Slides and Ejection
- Die Life and Thermal Fatigue: Heat Checking Explained
- Hot Runner vs Cold Runner Systems: Selection Guide
- Injection Mold Design Fundamentals for Plastic Parts
- Injection Molding Defects: Diagnosis and Correction
- Injection Molding Process Parameters and Process Window
- Mold and Die Maintenance: Preventive Program Design
- Tool Steels for Dies: H13 Selection and Heat Treatment
- Tooling Lead Time and Tryout: From Kickoff to T1 and T2
Die Casting Die Design: Structure, Slides and Ejection
How high pressure die casting dies are built: cover and ejector halves, cavity inserts, slides, lifters, ejection systems, venting and overflow design.
Die Life and Thermal Fatigue: Heat Checking Explained
Why die casting dies fail: thermal fatigue and heat checking mechanisms, soldering, erosion and cracking, plus realistic die life expectations by alloy.
Hot Runner vs Cold Runner Systems: Selection Guide
Comparing hot runner and cold runner injection molds on cost, cycle time, material waste, resin compatibility, maintenance risk and program volume.
Injection Mold Design Fundamentals for Plastic Parts
Core principles of injection mold design: plate configurations, cavity layout, gate types, shrinkage compensation, venting, cooling and steel choice.
Injection Molding Defects: Diagnosis and Correction
Diagnosing injection molding defects: short shots, flash, sink marks, voids, weld lines, jetting, burn marks, splay, warpage and their corrections.
Injection Molding Process Parameters and Process Window
Setting injection molding process parameters: melt and mold temperature, injection velocity, V/P switchover, pack pressure, cooling and process windows.
Mold and Die Maintenance: Preventive Program Design
Building a preventive maintenance program for molds and dies: shot count triggers, level 1-3 tasks, waterline descaling, lubrication and storage.
Tool Steels for Dies: H13 Selection and Heat Treatment
Selecting and heat treating hot work tool steels for die casting dies: H13 grades, ESR quality, vacuum hardening, tempering and surface treatments.
Tooling Lead Time and Tryout: From Kickoff to T1 and T2
Tooling lead time explained stage by stage, from kickoff and DFM through steel cutting, heat treat, T1 and T2 sampling, engineering changes and PPAP.