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    The document discusses key considerations for designing plastic polymer parts, including mechanical loading, temperature, chemicals, appearance, processing methods, and cost constraints. It provides tips to optimize product function such as consolidating parts, using molded labels, and adding molded-in features. Suggestions are made to reduce manufacturing costs such as decreasing material usage and maintaining labor costs. General design guidelines are outlined like using draft angles, ribs, and avoiding undercuts and sharp corners.

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    Engineering Product Design

    Design considerations for plastic polymers

    Saad Bin Nazarudeen


    DEFINING PLASTIC PART REQUIREMENTS

    • Mechanical Loading
    • Temperature
    • Chemical Exposure
    • Electrical Performance
    • Weather Resistance
    • Radiation
    • Appearance
    • Agency Approvals
    • Life Expectancy
    • Dimensional Tolerances
    • Processing
    • Production Quantities
    • Cost Constraints
    • Assembly
    PROCESSING
    METHODS
    Thermoforming
    Injection Molding
    Blow Molding
    Extrusion
    Injection Molding
    Consolidation

    • reduce the number of parts in an assembly.

    Hardware

    • eliminate or reduce the need for hardware fasteners.

    OPTIMIZING Finish

    PRODUCT • Mold-in color instead of paint if painting cost is high.

    FUNCTION Markings and Logos

    • Use molded labels.

    Miscellaneous

    • Add easily moldable features to simplify assembly and enhance


    product function such as aligning posts, nesting ribs, finger grips,
    guides, stops, stand-offs, hooks, clips, and access holes.
    Materials

    • Reduce material usage and obtain the best


    material value.

    Overhead

    REDUCING • Hourly press rate: Element manufacturing rate


    in a single injection.
    MANUFACTURING
    COST Labour

    • maintain or lower your labor costs.

    Scrap and Rework

    • Avoid rework and minimize scrap generation.


    • Wall Thickness
    • Flow Leaders and Restrictors
    • Ribs
    • Bosses
    • Gussets
    • Sharp corners
    General • Draft

    Design • Holes and Cores


    • Undercuts
    • Louvers and vents
    • Molded in threads
    • Lettering
    • Tolerances
    • Bearing and gears
    Wall Thickness
    • Uniform flow
    • Critical thickness
    • Polycarbonate loses strength above a
    certain level.
    Flow Leaders
    and
    Restrictors
    RIBS
    BOSS
    Gussets
    SharpCorners
    Draft
    Wrapping

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