MOULD DESIGN CHECK LIST

MACHINE
• 1.Is the weight of the moulding,runners and sprue within the
shot capacity of the machine.?
• 2.Is the wxpected output well witin the plasticising capacity
of the machine?
• 3.Is the clamping pressure of the machine sufficient for the
projected area of the mouldings and runners?
• 4.Will the mould pass between the machine tie bars?
• 5.Do the clamping arrangements for the tool suit the platen
bolt holes.
• 6.Is the closed thickness of the tool above the minimum and
below the maximum required for the machine?
• 7.Is the machine opening stroke sufficient for the ejection and
extraction of the mouldinng?
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• 1.Is the flash line at the tool parting line position visually
acceptable on the molding?
• 2.Are the positions of any print line arising from tool
blocks,cores,ejectors,etc. visually acceptable on the
moulding?
• 3.Is the gate position visually acceptable on the moulding?
• 4.Will the position of any flow or knit lines that may occur be
acceptable in appearance?
• 5.Will any knit lines cause weakness in critical area?
• 6.Will any heavy section in the moulding cause unacceptable
sink marks?
• 7.Is the design free of any undercut areas that will prevent
ejection.
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• 1.Is the mould parting line chosen the most efficient for mould operation
and tool construction?
• 2.Have the core and cavity been designed in the easiest manner for
machining on the avilable equipment?
• 3.Will any slender blades or pins deform under cavity pressure or flow?
• 4.Is the cavity of adequate strength to resist internal cavity pressure?
• 5.Are the tool components exposed to side thrust from cavity pressure?
• 6.Is the tool construction free from any chance of horizontal flash?
• 7.Does the ejector packing provide sufficient support to the die plate to
prevent distortion under cavity pressure?
• 8.Can all parts of the tool dismantled and separted in the event of tool
breakdown or modification?
• 9.Are all necesssary parts hardened?
• 10.Have all allowances for moulding shrinkage been provided?
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• 11.Has sufficient moulding taper been allowed on all
parts forming moulding surfaces?
• 12.Will the tool dimensions produce mouldings witin
component tolerance?
• 13.Will the moulding remain on the ejection side when
the mould opens?
• 14.Is the ejection stroke sufficient to clear the moulding?
• 15.Have sufficient ejectors been provided to prevent
sticking,cracking or distortion of the moulding?
• 16.Are the ejector and ejector bars sufficiently strong?
• 17.Is the ejector mechanism suitable for the particular
Machine ejector system?
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• 18.Has the ejector return mechanism been provided between the
tool halves?
• 19.Have adequate guide pins been provided between the tool
halves?
• 20.On split tools or moving cores is the opening movement
provided by cams,cylinders,etc.sufficient to clear the undercuts on
the component?
• 21.Are all inserts positively located for position and prevented from
displacing them selves during tool closing or under plastic flow in
the cavity?
• 22.On split tools or moving cores is the mechanism sufficiently fool
proof to prevent damage by faulty operation?
• 23.On all splits and moving cores,is the cavity pressure resisted by
solid steel locking faces and not by the split or core operating cam?
• 24.Have adequate cooling channels been provided?
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• 25.Is the cooling too close or too distant from the mould surfaces?
• 26.Are the runners of sufficient size?
• 27.Hass a sprue puller hook and sprue cold well been provided?
• 28.Are runner hooks and runner cold wells necessary?
• 29.On multi- daylight tools has sufficient opening been provided
between the plates to allow extraction of mouldings and runner
sytem?
• 30.Is the mould sufficiently vented?
• 31.On offset designs is the out of balance force too great?
• 32.Has an injection side platen location spigot been provided?
• 33.Do the spherical nose and orifice of the cylinder nozzle mate
with the spherical seating and bore of the sprue bush?
• 34.Have tool lifting eye bolts been provided?