Purchase Molds

HOW TO SPECIFY AND PURCHASE INJECTION MOLDS

Knowing how to specify an injection mold is perhaps the most basic yet least known talent needed by production engineers and purchase agents. In this course, you will gain a lot of insight to things that you already know, plus a lot of common (or is it uncommon) sense. You will be shown some powerful tools that make the job a lot easier.

SEMINAR OUTLINE

What Parts of the Country Tend to Be More Competitive
- Survey of the plastic industry
- Injection molding

How Can I Get to the Market Faster?
- How CAD & CAE are shortening delivery times
- Computer simulation programs

Know What You Are Buying in an Injection Mold and Why
- What's in an injection mold
- Hot runner molds

Purchase Injection Molds Smarter
- Standards and Practices of Mold Makers
- Classification of Injection Molds
- How to prepare a bid package
- How to write mold specifications
- How to deal with mold maintenance

Avoiding the pitfalls in writing a P.O.
- Purchase order or contract?
- What to put in a P.O. or contract

What to Look for in Selecting a Mold Maker
Mold Qualification and Approval

The Shortest Path To A Solution

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