How To Save Injection Molding Cost By Multiple Cavity Mold

How To Save Injection Molding Cost By Multiple Cavity Mold

When we have a project that needs plastic injection molded parts, the first thing we need to do is finding a plastic mold company to make mold & molded parts, but before start this we need to check injection molding cost and mold cost in advance for investment budget,  below are some suggestions to save cost for you, there have both advantages and disadvantages, by reading this you could choose the one base on your project requirement.

Use multiple cavity mold to save injection molding cost.

What is multiple cavity mold

Multiple cavity mold means the number of cavities greater than one, which means that has more than one part in an injection mold, It is usually professional to say cavity, One cavity or two cavities, for examples 8 cavities moldmeans one molding cycle to mold 8 parts with the 99% same part feature, dimension, shape, size, etc.

When do we need multiple cavity molds? There are some factors to make decisions before starting to make your plastic mould.
1, the size of the product,
2, the number of the product requirement
3, the size of the machine, if you only buy plastic molded parts then you do not need to care about this point, you plastic molding supplier we check this.

If the size of the product is small, such as the computer keyboard button, usually make 24 or 48 cavities, you must say why not make 30 or 40, this is because for the balance mold layout and material filling balance, especially when you use cold runner mold. so normally multi-cavity mold is 4, 8, 16, 24, 48, 96 cavities are better options.
When we make multiple cavity mold and the cavities are more than 24, we normally suggest making hot runner mold, one part per hot-drop, at least to use 6 hot runners to the cold runner, which means four cavities per hot drop. this could save the cycle time and keeping the best quality of injection molding parts.

The advantages of multi-cavity mold

The reason we make multi-cavity mold, the question is simple, we need to save production unit cost for each plastic molded parts, for example, 160 ton injection machine the production cost is 0.8 USD per shot, if use 8 cavity mold to produce the parts, then the production cost is 0.1 USD per part, if you use only 2 cavity mold to produce the parts in this machine, the unit production cost is 0.4 USD, if you require one million or more parts, you can image how many costs you can save from 8 cavity mold, that is why multi-cavity mould is so welcome to the customers.

The disadvantages of multi-cavity mold

We all know that all of the customers prefer the multiple cavity mould since this can save lots of production cost, but there are other factors you need to think about before making decision, because make plastic mold is not cheaper, make multi-cavity mould is more expensive, some times double or even 3 times expensive than single cavity or two-cavity mold, for example if you make 24 cavity mold, then you at least us 6 hot runner drops for the mold, the pure hot runner cost is around USD 5400 ( YUDO brand), if use China local brand of hot runner still need USD 3000, and this cost some times is enough to make 2 cavities cold runner mold, since there are many cavities in one mold, the mold manufacturing cost is high than the less cavity mold as well, this is another cost, so total cost is two or three times more is not supprised.

When do you need multiple cavity mold

There is some simple suggestion when do you need to single cavity mold (may 2cavities at fist), when you should make the multi-cavity mold, like 8 cavity mold, 16 cavity mold or more. When you are sure that you will need the plastic parts more than one million or at least 0.5 million, then go to 8 or more mold cavities will surely save cost for you, you may need to pay more cost on plastic mold manufacturing, but compare the production cost you are going to save, this injection mold cost is insignificant, because you will save 10 times more than this injection mold cost.
If you are not sure how many plastic moulding parts needed at the first, or this is depending on your business market sell, then we suggest use the 2 cavity mold at first, because this can save the plastic mold cost for you in advance, after you open your market, and the requirement of injection molded parts increased, you still can save injection molding cost by making new multiple cavity mold, you use the existing mold to produce the parts at the same time and  make new multi-cavity mold, this will not have a delay as well, after the multiple cavity mold finished then you only need to run this multi-cavity mould, but if the quantity requirements are not so high, then you use the currently molds to produce, so you still have good profits with less investment (compare to make multi-cavity mold at first beginning).

What do you think? If this is a good idea to save injection moulding cost for you?

If you have any project in hands that need to make injection mold for your business, you are welcome to contact us, we will give you some good suggestions and ideas, to help you spend min investment on plastic mold cost and open your market rapidly.

Sincere tech is plastic mold manufacturer in China, we make custom single cavity molds, multiple cavity molds, hot runner mold, cold runner mold, overmolding, 2k injection molding and more, you can call us or send us an email for a quote