Molding Methods

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Plastics.

All plastic parts are injection molded in horizontal presses ranging from 80 tons camp pressure to 900 tons. Our workhorse presses are typically 200 ton clamp capacity utilizing 18" x 18" maximum size injection molds. These are the presses dedicated to Tool$aver production.

Our larger presses are located at our plant in Alton, Iowa and they manufacture larger and specialty products. The tooling for these presses are generally more conventional in design and construction but becuase they are built in our fully equipped tool room, and because we have excellent efficiency and metals purchasing clout, costs are still very competitive versus both U.S. and offshore suppliers.

Rubber.

We are unique in offering fast, precise injection molding in all quantities under the Tool$aver program, including short runs. Our presses are capable of running compression and transfer molds but compression and transfer molding are only utilized when a mold is consigend to us by a customer.

Injection molding offers best part economics versus compression and transfer molding due to its faster cycle times, but also provides a leap in quality through reduced flashing, requiring lessened secondary de-flashing, and improved control over closure dimensions because the plates are clamped under pressure before material begins filling the mold cavity.

INDIANA Rubber & Plastics Company, Inc.

P.O. Box 395
Arcadia, IN 46030
U.S.A.

TOLL FREE: (888) 457-5574
Local-intl.: +1 (317) 984-9158
Fax.: +1 (317) 984-5259
E-mail: t.garrity@indianarp.com

Low cost tooling doesn't mean reduced quality. Our modern tool room produces quality tooling precisely matched to our injection presses and combines with statistical quality control, coupled with real time central process monitoring to assure full time conformance to specifications.

KNOWLEDGE CORNER
Our prototype molds are built from the same steel alloys as our production molds. Cost is the same as for competitors' soft aluminum or epoxy molds, bridge tooling is almost never required and the mold components can usually be utilized in your production mold for even greater cost AND time savings.