Injection Moulding for Profit

Course Content

• Terms, definitions and abbreviations
• The basics of profit making
• Machine hourly rates
• Material usage factors
• Reducing material content
• Maximum metal conditions and operating windows
• Selecting the right number of impressions
• The cost of blanking off impressions
• The cooling cycle and its effect on cost
• The effect of processing parameters
• Purchasing strategy
• Measuring the true job cost
• The cost of producing scrap
• The lost leader

The course examines key areas of injection moulding production, with a view to optimising efficiency, hence reducing cost and increasing profit. Processing, production, design and management factors are analysed to identify major areas of cost generation. Strategies for minimising component costs, cycle times and rejections are introduced and the effect of decision making, with regard to cost, is discussed.