North Carolina Injection Molding
Advanced Plastiform, Inc. is a leading plastics engineering and manufacturing company that specializes in thermoforming and injection molding in North Carolina and across the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic states. Our experienced team of engineers and designers work with companies from specific industries such as medical injection molding to determine the right method of manufacturing to produce the custom plastic components and products they need. As part of our dedication to customer service, we ensure durable, long-lasting products that are accurate and consistent with your approved design, while helping your bottom line with low per-unit pricing and fast lead times.
Our Injection Molding Processes
Injection molding is the process of heating up thermoplastic pellets to a liquid state and, using a powerful injector, forcing the liquid into a custom-designed, double-sided tool. Once the parts have cooled, they are ejected from the tool to be painted, silk-screened, or otherwise customized. With injection presses ranging from 100 tons to 530 tons, plus a variety of high-quality thermoplastic materials available in a full range of colors and customization options, we have the ability to create the exact custom plastics our customers need.
Injection molding is ideal for creating smaller pieces, intricately designed plastic components, and pieces with varying widths and thicknesses. This process also allows our manufacturing team to produce a large quantity fairly quickly while ensuring accuracy and consistency, even across thousands of pieces.
Choosing Injection Molding for Your Plastic Components
When we discuss injection molding in North Carolina, one of the main drawbacks is that it has a higher up-front cost and longer lead time to thermoforming, and much of this comes from the high cost of tooling and the time it takes to design a prototype and create the injection tool. Due to the need for a double-sided design, injection molding will automatically cost more and take longer to create than the single-sided tooling used in thermoforming. However, because of the extremely high-pressure injection, tooling must be made from a much harder material, such as steel, aluminum, or a beryllium-copper alloy. These materials are more expensive than the lighter aluminum used in thermoforming.
While the up-front cost is higher and takes longer at the beginning, tooling, once designed, can be used as often as needed. For high-volume projects or ongoing order fulfillment, injection molding your plastics can actually offer a very low per-unit price and repeat orders will often have a much faster lead time.
Our experienced team of designers and engineers will work with you to determine which plastics manufacturing method is best for you and your company, to help you get the accurate, durable plastics you need.
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Contact Us for Injection Molding in North Carolina
If you are in need of custom plastic manufacturing, we are here to help. We work with all types of industries across North Carolina, including the medical, furniture, and automobile industries. We deliver to the entire state, including Raleigh, Charlotte, Asheville, Greensboro, Wilmington, Durham, and Cary.
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Please call us at 919-404-2080 or email us now.