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Why Is Thermoplastic Injection Molding So Popular?

Are you familiar with the process of injection molding? It is a great and efficient way for you to mass produces specifically designed products; like bottle caps, small statues, and more. Injection molding is the process in which raw materials are forced into a mold to create a final product. Injection molding shapes glass, metals, elastomers, and thermoplastic polymers: Thermoplastic injection molding being the most popular of the group. What happens is this; raw materials are heated and forced into a mold that is specially designed. Once the glass or thermoplastics is fed into the mold it is left to cool and harden. Once harden your molded product is finished and ready for it’s next phase in life.

Thermoplastic injection molding is the most common for of injection molding, because the materials work with the process best. What I mean to say is that thermoplastics are polymers, and polymers can be heated to soften or melt at substantially lower temperature than glass and metal. The less energy that has to go into the process of making your product then the less you end up paying. Just as polymers heat easily they also has quick cooling time. No chemical process is needed to get the materials to soft and harden, which also helps to make thermoplastics easier to work with.

At Mira Plastics is a fully functional thermoplastic injection company. We have eighteen separate state-of-the-art injection machines, which range from 60 to 1250 tons. This allows us to take on many orders at once without sacrificing service or quality. If you are considering plastic injection molding, or any sort of injection molding, then please give us a call today to see how we can help you.