“Design and Manufacturing of Protection Cap for Stub Shaft Using Plastic Injection Molding”

Abstract

In most of the industries the product is manufactured at one place while assembled at other location. So, during transportation and handling, from manufacturing to assembly plant the part might get damaged, due to which it will not fit to assemble, leading to big loss for the company. To avoid this, the part needsto be protected. By manufacturing of product using Plastic Injection Molding (PIM), it will protect the part during transportation and handling. Considering strength as one of the important property of the part, injection molding is best suited for mass production of plastic parts. Hence, injection molding is most widely used in local industry. This paper gives an insight of Plastic Injection Molding process from designing to manufacturing of product, with certain process parameters that need to consider while designing for selection of optimum material for the product. Keywords–Plastic Injection molding, Mass Production, Optimum Material. I. Introduction: In most of the industries the product is manufactured at one place while assembled at other location. So, during transportation and handling, from manufacturing to assembly plant the part might get damaged, due to which it will not fit to assemble, leading to big loss for the company. To avoid this, the part needsto be protected. By manufacturing of product using Plastic Injection Molding (PIM), it will protect the part during transportation and handling. Considering strength as one of the important property of the part, injection molding is best suited for mass production of plastic parts. Hence, injection molding is most widely used in local industry. This paper gives an insight of Plastic Injection Molding process from designing to manufacturing of product, with certain process parameters that need to consider while designing for selection of optimum material for the product.