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The validation process requires a step-by-step approach, working with each customer to break down each element of each injection moulding cycle and documenting every stage. Conducted by an engineer, the actual validation usually takes longer than actually building the tool itself. For this reason, the validation is often partially completed at the toolmakers’ facility by a senior engineer from the company as this allows issues to be addressed there and then on site, rather than shipping the tool back and forth. Ultimately, the final phases of the validation will be completed in-house on the specified equipment.

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The final validation phase - Continued Process Verification - focuses on demonstrating that your process is consistently stable. It involves simulating different production runs using the same production equipment and the processes that you will be routinely using, ensuring repeatability of the set-up conditions throughout the machine’s full lifecycle.

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Although not a prerequisite for the automotive and packaging sector, validation can be good business practice for a large number of mass manufacturers of injection-moulded components. Think of it as a long-term investment. Essentially, it’s a risk assessment which, when executed professionally, can deliver efficiency gains and save your business time, money and resources by ensuring product integrity and reducing scrap volumes.

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Going back to the basics of why validation exists, it’s to ensure that injection moulders have a stable and dimensionally centred process that consistently produces high quality products. Validation is basically providing the scientific evidence that the machine and tool is repeatedly doing everything you expect it to do, every minute of every day.

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Like before, there are three key phases to process validation, only now the FDA categorises them as Process Design, Process Qualification, and Continued Process Verification. These reflect the focus on the manufacturing lifecycle and the need to provide scientifically sound data to verify that your injection moulding processes start and continue to remain stable.

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During the Process Qualification phase, you will move on to establish the range of process parameters. This involves conducting a selection of statistical and dimensional studies, enabling you to identify and investigate any deviations in the process. A process is not considered as validated if the variations have negatively impacted the finished product in any way.

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In accordance with ISO 13485 standards, ongoing documentation of the injection moulding process needs to be maintained. This is a continuous process, which is a significant change under the new directive.   From time to time, machine settings may have to be adjusted to compensate for changes in the environment or to address moulding issues, such as pulling, distortion, or aesthetic defects. The key areas that might impact a stable process include changes in pressure, temperature, flow rate and cooling rates, any of which may trigger a re-validation exercise.

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For any plastics manufacturer, zero defects remain the target. In the medical industry, for example, there’s no wiggle room. You can’t shift the parameters to suit.  If you’re producing a medical device or a sterile implant, nothing less than 100 percent quality is acceptable.

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Last year the European Commission issued its first update since 2001, causing more confusion. The new version of Annex 15 now requires manufacturers to ensure that “critical aspects” of their operation are validated throughout the product lifecycle. This includes any changes that could impact a product’s quality. Effective 1st October 2015, the amendment to EurdraLex Volume 4, Annex 15: Qualification and Validation closely mirror the FDA’s (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) lifecycle approach. There’s also a greater emphasis on risk management to reflect today’s manufacturing and regulatory environment.  So, how do these changes impact manufacturers?

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Before you start validating, it is vital to be clear on your expectations. If it’s to provide a documented source of evidence to satisfy a regulatory body, you need to do it. But that shouldn’t be your sole motivation. Validation is not purely about procedures and scrambling to put the correct documentation in place. The objective of having an efficient process and repeatable high product quality should never be overlooked, as this is ultimately how you can avoid costly product recalls and cosmetic product defects.

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From a business perspective, validation will also address profit-driven challenges and design out production weaknesses. Functional tests can help operatives better understand what drives the machine, how fast it goes and the consequences if manufacturing procedures are not correctly followed. In some instances, ramping up to a faster cycle time won’t always be the most optimised process.

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At the Process Design stage you are looking to see if you have the proper sized machine - shot size and tonnage - and that the equipment is properly calibrated.

Major repairs, changes, or improvements to the mould tool may require changes in the set up, and this would mean re-validating the process. This is also true of the moulding machines. Significant repairs or machine exchanges if not carefully managed and controlled may trigger a full validation of the process, which takes time and costs the moulder more money.

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When it comes to product quality in injection moulding, machine and tool validation is fundamental to creating a stable manufacturing process and de-risking the project. Yet, it’s often bureaucracy rather than methodology that drives companies to validate. James Hines, Process and Training Engineer at Sumitomo (SHI) Demag goes back to the basics of why we validate and why this complex process shouldn’t be just regarded as a tick-box exercise to get the FDA or other regulatory bodies off your back.

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