Mold Commissioning

Injection molding is a preferred manufacturing process given its ability to quickly and efficiently make complex products of high quality. However, it is quite common for problems to be encountered during mold commissioning given the challenge of delivering stringent yet diverse key product characteristics (KPCs) while also managing significant uncertainty related to material properties and start-up processing conditions. When problems occur, it is important to assess the root cause and associated corrective remedy. Typically, the issues will arise from one of four sources: 1) material properties, 2) processing conditions, 3) product design, or 4) mold design.