Design For Manufacturing (DFM)
Chippewa Plastics - Your Design Partner for Plastic Injection Molding
Chippewa Plastics has extensive experience with Design for Manufacturing (DFM) for plastic injection molding. Good molding design should be incorporated early in the part development process.
Typical analysis includes:
- Nominal wall thickness analysis
- Draft angle analysis
- Parting line placement
- Knit line analysis
- Thick areas prone to sink
- Ejector pin placement
Molding simulation software, such as Autodesk Moldflow can provide a flow analysis, identify areas prone to sink, and a warp analysis.
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Are you ready to get started on your next plastic injection molding project, or have a design you'd like us to review? We invite you to request a free design review from our team today.
The only required project information is:
- A 3D CAD file
- Type(s) of part material
- Cosmetic/aesthetic needs
- Preferred gate location(s)
- A general overview of intended part functionality