Often some of the different plastic parts in a project must color match. Though the human eye can pretty accurately judge color, to determine it accurately over time is a different story. It’s even more difficult when you consider the effect that different light sources such as the sun or fluorescent and incandescence lights have [...]
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Rollin Bateman
Like every industry, the thermoplastic injection molding business has its own technical language. But we sometimes forget that what’s familiar to us may not be so clear to our customers. So, now that we have returned from a brief hiatus from our blog posts, we thought it would be helpful to start things off with [...]
One of the first things we’ll consider in quoting the mold is the right class mold for your project. We can determine the best mold class based on the tolerances allowed on your prints, the approximate number of cycles your project requires and the budget you have to work with. To help you with this, [...]
To all customers and suppliers of C&H Plastics, Inc.: Summer is sneaking up on us quickly and we wanted to let you know that it’s almost time for our Annual Plant Shutdown. This year our shutdown will begin on Friday, July 1, 2011 at 4:30 pm. We will reopen on Monday, July 11, 2011 at [...]
After rapid prototyping proves your design and we’ve clarified all requirements affecting the design of the mold, we’ve reached the next phase in the manufacture of your plastic part. We’re ready to have your injection mold built. So let’s talk a bit about injection mold design. Some of the major features that need to be [...]
Step two after part design in the preproduction phase of your plastic part is the making of the prototype. This is where your creativity meets realty! Our rapid prototyping can produce an ABS plastic prototype for you in just days. We use the Stratasys Dimension 3D Printer for our prototypes and we were pleased to [...]
We’d like you to get to know us a little better, so every now and again I’ll introduce you to one of our employees here at C&H Plastics. I guess the best place to start is with me! My background in design started while in high school when I took Mechanical Drawing and Design at [...]
You’ll save time and money with plastic parts designed to be cost efficient and as easily moldable as possible. And remember, after you start building the mold or worse, once your parts are in the production phase, problems are much more expensive to fix. Here are 5 tips to keep in mind for better plastic [...]
We wanted a place to share some great information with you about quality plastic parts manufacturing. We’ll answer the questions our customers frequently ask, keep you informed of material costs so you can beat any increases, and share our knowledge of design, tooling, and manufacturing. Here are just a few of the tips and topics we [...]
