Large Tonnage Injection Molding

The production of large plastic parts is the biggest benefit of this plastic molding method. Other forms of plastic molding, while effective, simply cannot match the size, scale, or design requirements offered by large tonnage molding. 

An example – let’s imagine that your company produces plastic garden tool sheds. Most parts have been traditionally made using one or a combination of vacuum forming, blow molding, or rotational molding processes. These processes required parts to be made one at a time, often with expensive secondary requirements.

Using large tonnage injection molding, the process is streamlined and allows for the shed walls & roof to be produced in one machine cycle, either as one piece, or multiple pieces, saving machine time, labor, & material costs.

In addition to large part production, the big platen size is also useful for producing many smaller parts at one time – i.e. multiple irrigation channels & grates. With faster cycle times than other methods of plastic molding, large tonnage production enables quicker turnaround times of large quantities of small or large plastic parts.