Mold life affects mainly the tooling cost. Prototype molds use regular steels such as P20 or 718H. For production molds at higher volume, hardened steel would be required, like NAK 80 or H13.

There are many factors that can affect the cost on making an mold and running molding production. Here we show you three examples how the various pricing might have. Please note that the price can vary depending on your parts size, weight and complexity.

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The plastic molding material you selected will affect both tooling cost and piece pricing, which varies from different types of materials.

Our system and process can provide full trace-ability when required. At Afaridan Plastics, we have the flexibility to suit the requests of any order size and to tight schedules by coordinating either through our overseas office for large scale orders or in our Perth office for smaller orders.

From the wide variety of industries we serve ranging from mining, automotive, construction and aerospace to consumer goods, we have experience using a range of injection moulding polymers including virgin polymers, reprocessed polymers and polymers with material additives such as UV inhibitors, flame retardants and glass fibers.

“How much does the China injection molding cost to make my product?”;  “Is there any way to lower the mold cost in China?”. These are the most common questions we hear from our customers, especially start-ups. It’s quite understandable that the injection molding cost of a new plastic part is critical and sensitive, particularly when your budget is tight for a new design.

Complexity plays a vital role in molding costs. It adds extra works to mold making and more steps on molding production. Tolerance requirements, fine detailing, or the number of undercuts are the main reasons.

The part color is the factor that designers and product engineers will neglect, as they assume piece pricing of all colors is the same.

However, if your part is white or transparent, the molding price will be higher than other regular colors. A cleaner molding condition adds cost for molding factories.

At Afaridan Plastics, our culture of innovation and continuous improvement means that your product will be delivered successfully - at low cost, high precision and at the fastest turnaround time. We understand how injection methods, flow rates, cooling times, material types and mould design can affect your finished product. Our engineering team will work with you to identify the optimum part design based on the variables at play in the injection moulding process.

We have experience working with a range of different polymers and have in stock a variety of thermoplastics suiting the needs of our clients - from basic, commonly used polymers all the way to specialised engineering grades.

Plastic injection moulding is a high volume manufacturing method capable of producing multiple complex parts in a single cycle. Injection moulding allows for:

Plastic injection moulding requires hardly any work after ejection, as the process produces a good surface finish. The process generates little waste, as scrap plastic can be reground and re-used.

Plastic injection moulding involves heating plastic pellets under a high temperature and pressure to form molten plastic. The molten plastic is then pushed through a nozzle into a die (the injection moulding tool) which contains the pattern for the part being manufactured. The plastic then cools and the part is ejected from the die, before the process repeats again with an empty die cavity.

Mirror polishing adds cost to injection molding, which requires hardened steels (NAK 80 Steel) to create the molds and cleaner injection molding condition. Also, a higher texturing requirement is another reason to cost increases.

We've been manufacturing plastic products for over 25 years, ensuring quality control at every step of the injection moulding process. We've streamlined our manufacturing to be as cost-effective as possible, with in-house design, tooling and moulding capabilities. The injection moulding methods we offer include: