Medical Device
Family Mold for Medical Device Housings
Related housings shared one family mold. Fill balance and the inspection checklist were part of the program.
Challenge
What needed to be solved
The housings were related, but not the same part. Fill had to stay balanced across those shapes, and material lots plus inspection records had to stay with the job. Runner balance for a family mold is covered on runner design .
Solution
How the program was approached
A family mold ran the housings in one shot. Runner balance was reviewed before steel was cut. Material lots stayed traceable, and the inspection checklist traveled with the parts.
Outcome
What the result looked like
The related housings shipped from one tool, and cosmetic checks followed the inspection list. A separate tool for each housing was not required.
The tool choice is explained on family injection molding . How that differs from a multi-cavity tool is on family mold versus multi-cavity . More programs are on the case study index .
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