Tooling

The tooling model supports single cavity and multi-cavity molds for single parts.

Molds can be machined out of the following types of material:

• P20 Tool Steel

• H13 Tool Steel

• Stainless Steel

• Carbon Steel

• Aluminum

• Epoxy

Note that Epoxy is not an option for the action and ejector box material.

Only catalog mold bases are supported.

The Injection Molding tooling model aggregates costs in the following categories associated with hard tooling, and presents them as a bill of materials:

• Material costs: raw materials for core and cavity plates, ejector boxes, actions, and EDM carbon

• Standard purchased item costs: items such as ejector guide pins, locating rings, stop pins, sleeve pins, water hoses, etc.

• Labor costs: labor associated with machining, assembly, mold design, finishing/polishing, spotting, tryout, and CMM inspection

• Miscellaneous costs: heat treatment, plating, stress relief, texture, freight, markup/profit

See Tooling Cost for more information.