Custom Manufacturing For Consumer Product Components
We understand that the Consumer product components we produce are on the critical path for pre-production testing, limited market release, and in many cases final production. Custom manufacturing refers to the production of goods to meet specific customer requirements. In the consumer industry, custom manufacturing can be used to produce a wide range of products, including clothing, accessories, home goods, and electronics.
There are many factors to consider when selecting a custom manufacturing partner for Consumer product components. These may include cost, quality, delivery time, and the company’s ability to meet any specialized requirements you may have. It is also important to consider the company’s manufacturing capabilities and capacity, as well as its reputation and track record in the industry.
To find a custom manufacturing partner, you can start by conducting research online or reaching out to industry associations or trade groups for recommendations. You can also consider working with a sourcing agent or consulting firm to help you find and evaluate potential partners. It is important to carefully review the terms of any manufacturing agreement and to communicate clearly with the manufacturer to ensure that your specific requirements are met.
Component Manufacturing Services
Step Rapid is one of the leading providers of rapid injection molding services due to our extremely experienced design and manufacturing teams, proprietary manufacturing expert system, and state-of-the-art injection mold making and molding production process.
We produce prototype injection components in as little as five days, which allows our clients to compress time to market increase development iterations, and remain flexible longer before committing to high-volume tooling.
We mold any commercially available polymer commonly used in consumer products including glass-filled nylons, polycarbonate, ABS, and polypropylene. We also provide insert molding, over-molding, and a range of standard and customized textures.
Plastic Injection Molding For Consumer Product Components
The Advantages of Injection Molding for Appliances
Why do so many Consumer product components manufacturers turn to an injection molding company to play a role in supplying plastic parts? Based on a process that uses molten plastic forced into a highly precise mold under pressure and allowed to cool, injection molding has been one of the primary means for producing plastic components for more than half a century. Highly versatile and capable of delivering several advantages over other manufacturing processes, appliances use injection molded parts for many reasons:
- High-pressure injections enable plastics to reach into even the deepest parts of a mold, enabling intricate shapes and designs that minimize the need for additional processing after molding.
- Molding produces a high part volume at a very rapid pace. Although the design and finalization of each mold may take some time, the manufacturing process moves very quickly afterward. Once you have mold designs in hand, you can use them indefinitely.
- Injection molding enables the easy addition of fillers for changing the properties of plastic. Inserts and additional components inside the mold allow for even more complex processes, such as over-molding.
What Consumer Products Use Injection Molding Processes?
It’s easy to see why appliance manufacturers would favor a high-volume, highly replicable process for creating their plastic components — but what are those components? Let’s look at some of the most common examples you might find:
- Refrigerator components. In-door shelving units for holding condiments and jars and sliding drawer frames both likely use injection molding. Fridge and freezer door handles also come from a mold, as do many of the components used in ice makers, such as the plastic auger that dispenses ice on demand.
- Dishwasher components. Much of the interior of modern dishwashers comes from injection molds, including silverware caddies, the dishwasher racks themselves, the water-spraying wash arms, and even the door or hatch to the detergent dispenser.
- Kitchen gadgets. A toaster’s exterior shell may come entirely from a plastic mold, as do blender housings and the blender’s container itself. Plastic food storage containers use molding, too.
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