Tooling quote
- Steel, cavities, cooling channels
- Paid once
- 10 business day build on qualified programs
Cycle time
Injection Molding Cycle Time: How It Drives Piece Price
Cycle time is the clock that runs on every shot. Tooling pays once; cycle time pays on every part.
Piece price clock
Cycle time is not tooling lead time
Injection molding cycle time searches belong in production economics, not in the tool build calendar.
NetProto does not publish cycle seconds on marketing pages. Cycle time is part specific and appears in production quotes after tooling and process are fixed. See injection molding lead time for the tool-build clock, which is separate from the time inside each shot.
Drivers
What influences cycle time offline
| Driver | Tooling role | Production role |
|---|---|---|
| Cooling layout | Built into steel | Sets wait time each shot |
| Wall thickness | DFM decision | Affects fill and cool |
| Material | Steel compatibility | Sets process window |
Quotes
Tooling quote versus production quote
Production quote
- Resin, cycle, labor, packaging
- Paid every order
- Not published as site wide seconds
Design for shorter cycles
Uniform wall thickness where possible.
Draft and rib design per DFM review.
Gate location planned with cosmetics.
DFM link
Geometry drives both tooling and cycle
- Design guide hub
- DFM article
Related
/injection-molding-tooling/injection-molding-lead-time
Tooling lead time clock.
/injection-molding-tooling/injection-molding-lead-time
/injection-molding-tooling/injection-mold-cost
Capital versus recurring.
/injection-molding-tooling/injection-mold-cost/injection-molding-tooling/hot-runner-injection-molding
Hot runner and scrap trade.
/injection-molding-tooling/hot-runner-injection-molding
/plastic-injection-molding-materials
Material library.
/plastic-injection-molding-materials
/injection-molding-tooling
Tooling hub.
/injection-molding-tooling/high-volume-injection-molding
High volume programs.
/high-volume-injection-moldingCost down without requalification
Which efficiency changes avoid a new approval.
Cost down without requalificationFAQ
Cycle time questions
Can you publish cycle time?
No. It is part specific; use production quote.
Does cycle time affect tooling cost?
Cycle time sits in the piece price. It does not add a separate line to the tooling quote. Cooling layout is cut into the steel, and the result shows up in the production quote.
How does cooling in the tool change cycle time?
Cooling layout in the hardened steel tool is one thing that sets how long the part waits in the mold. The effect is part specific. This page does not publish cycle seconds.
Can you estimate cycle time from part geometry?
Geometry influences cycle time, and those choices are made in DFM. NetProto does not publish an estimate from geometry alone. The figure appears in the production quote after the tool and process are fixed.
Next step
Quote production after tooling
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