Increase profits through voestalpine Engineered Products for plastic injection molding

In today’s competitive business environment, plastic injection molders are constantly seeking innovative solutions to increase their profitability. But what is the business philosophy and what are the actual solutions that allow them to achieve this?

British-American author and inspirational business consultant Simon Sinek offers this insight: “Profit isn’t a purpose, it’s a result. To have purpose means the things we do are of real value to others.”

With the plastic injection molding industry experiencing significant growth and profit potential, the “real value” of plastic components hinges upon their high quality. This is where innovative production solutions are needed, and this is why plastic injection molders rely upon voestalpine HPM to provide them.  Read on to discover how voestalpine enables our customers to add value and increase their profits through our Engineered Products and solutions for plastic injection molding.

THE POTENTIAL OF ENGINEERED PRODUCTS FOR PLASTIC INJECTION MOLDING

As a global market leader in the production and distribution of tool steel and other special steels, we use our deep understanding of materials and processing technology to produce technologically advanced Engineered Products to meet industry demands.

WHAT ARE ENGINEERED PRODUCTS?

voestalpine Engineered Products are ready-to-use parts made from premium steel materials. We design and manufacture our Engineered Products with all the necessary production steps covered in our value-added services, including machining, heat treatment, PVD coating, texturing and engineering design. When you choose voestalpine as your partner, we work with you to come up tailormade solutions optimized for your unique operation.

voestalpine Tailormade Solutions

• Optimized design according to your requirements
• Optimized powder for your application
• Optimized printing with the highest possible quality, reliability, and efficiency

Our Engineered Products for Plastic Injection Molding enable optimized productivity through their unique design features, such as conformal cooling channels (in additively manufactured parts). These cooling channels enable lower cycle times and provide a more homogenous temperature distribution for reducing scrap rates. Sensor channels can also be created to allow for data acquisition and real-time production monitoring.

ENGINEERED PRODUCTS FOR PLASTIC INJECTION MOLDING

Our range of Engineered Products for plastic injection molding continues to grow. You can find out more about our current range here:

Flow Filter V & X

Nozzle filters are used to prevent contamination from the plastic melt causing blockages or interruptions to the injection process. These contaminates can cause damage to hot runner systems, resulting in extended downtime and increased maintenance costs.

The design of the voestalpine Flow Filter V & X capitalizes on the unique capabilities of 3D printing to integrate a high-density solid mesh filter into a standard form factor. This delivers improved performance over traditional injection molding nozzle filters.

The configuration of the in-line filter helps prevent feed blockages caused by material impurities such as those encountered when processing recycled materials and minimizes overall pressure drop. Click here to find out more.

Inserts for Bottle Caps

Our Inserts for Bottle Caps have optimized conformal cooling solutions, enabling our customers to run a stable and highly efficient production with a minimized cost per produced plastic part.

Many globally acting plastic injection molding companies in various industries have confirmed the premium functionality and profitability of our corrosion-resistant Inserts for Bottle Caps. Click here to find out more.

Inserts for Cylindrical Containers

Our Inserts for Cylindrical Containers have optimized conformal cooling solutions, enabling our customers to run a stable and highly efficient production. Many globally acting plastic injection molding companies in various industries have confirmed the premium functionality and profitability of our corrosion-resistant Inserts for Cylindrical Containers. 
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AM Inserts for Food Container Lids

Our Inserts for Food Container lids have optimized conformal cooling solutions, enabling our customers to run a stable and highly efficient production with a minimized cost per produced plastic part. Many producers of food container lids have tested our AM solutions and confirmed the increased profitability by using our corrosion-resistant Inserts for Food Container Lids. Click here to find out more.

AM Inserts for PET-Preform

Our AM Inserts for PET-Preform have optimized conformal cooling solutions, enabling our customers to run a stable and highly efficient production with a minimized cost per produced plastic part. Many PET-preform producers have tested our AM solutions and confirmed the increased profitability by using our corrosion-resistant AM Inserts for PET-Preforms. 
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AM Inserts for Syringes

Our AM Inserts for Syringes have optimized conformal cooling solutions, enabling our customers to run a stable and highly efficient production with a minimized cost per produced plastic part. Many syringe producers have tested our AM solutions and confirmed the increased profitability by using our corrosion-resistant AM Inserts for Syringes. 
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AM Inserts for Test Tubes

Our AM Inserts for Test Tubes have optimized conformal cooling solutions, enabling our customers to run a stable and highly efficient production with a minimized cost per produced plastic part. Many globally acting plastic injection molding companies in various industries have confirmed the premium functionality and profitability of our corrosion-resistant AM Inserts for Test Tubes. Click here to find out more.

Venting Structures

Using additive manufacturing, venting structures with a microscopic porosity can be produced that allow a targeted release of compressed air and ensure that the mold remains air free during injection. These structures help to avoid defects caused by the diesel effect, which is a well-known industrial problem. Our geometry independent venting structures provide application-specific venting performance and allow an easy and customized integration into the mold. Using our corrosion-resistant premium materials by BÖHLER /Uddeholm, the structures ensure high part quality throughout the mold lifetime.

The high material and functional quality of our Engineered Products leads to improved overall equipment effectiveness (OEE). This is achieved through a reduction in scrap rates caused by defects such as burn marks and short shots, and a lowering of required injection pressure, which can contribute to energy savings. Click here to find out more.

HOW DO VOESTALPINE INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES OPTIMIZE PLASTIC INJECTION MOLDING?

Our customers benefit from our focused sales and service portfolio over the entire value chain. These include:

ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING

The demand for performance has always driven the development of voestalpine Engineered Products.  Innovative design and manufacturing techniques such as additive manufacturing (AM) have revolutionized this development.

AM offers the design freedom to create conformal cooling channels on any complex shape, thereby providing homogenous cooling and enabling increased productivity. Similarly, channels can be created for sensorized inserts to provide real-time monitoring of production and aimed at increasing efficiency and part quality.

These AM advantages provide our customers the following production benefits:

• Reduced scrap rate
• Optimized cycle times
• Reduced maintenance effort
• Reduced downtime
• Extended tool lifetime

Altogether these benefits result in increased overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) and reduced total cost of ownership (TCO) for the plastic injection molder.

COATING

voestalpine is the leading supplier of PVD and CVD coatings. Find out more about our wide range of coating systems here.

HEAT TREATMENT

We offer a wide range of heat treatments designed to extend the lifespan and performance of your tools and products Find out more here.

MACHINING & CUTTING

With our global network of high-performance saws and precision mills, we precisely cut and mill materials required by our customers. This allows us to minimize the lead time for your required products. Find out more here.

TEXTURING

As a company of voestalpine High Performance Metals, Eschmann Textures is the preferred partner in the plastic molding industry for surface textures. With a wide service portfolio in plastic mold steel, additive manufacturing, coating systems, and various texturing methods, Eschmann Textures offers the full set of engraving technology for aesthetical and functional purposes. Find out more here.

WAREHOUSING

Our range of warehousing technology solutions meet the highest standards for our customers worldwide. They allow us to offer deliver goods in the shortest possible time. Find out more here.

WE MAKE PERFORMANCE SUSTAINABLE

As a global company, we see it as our duty to seize opportunities to make our business and those of our customers as climate friendly as possible.  You can find out more about how we make performance more sustainable by reading our inSPire sustainability framework here.

OUR EXPERTS ARE READY TO HELP YOU!

Are you ready to take advantage of our expertise and comprehensive range of Engineered Products for plastic injection molding? If you share the optimism of Simon Sinek and wish to add value for your customers and thereby increase your profits, our experts are ready to help you.

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