Material

 General properties
 Melt flow index
 Sieving-ASTM
 Molded part density
 Stress analysis of molded part

Additives.

 UV stabilizers- Acrylics, PMMA, FEP, PTFE, fluoropolymers

 Odor in plastics- lemon oil, banana oil,sour milk, rancid butter, and paraffin wax,sniff the
interior air
 Fire retardancy-

 Particle size distribution

 Antistats
 Colorants

Mold design:
Processing
 Mold shape
 compatibility
 heating
 cooling
 process monitoring
 servicing

 mold material- sheet steel, aluminium

 parting line design
 mold frame
 clamping
 calculation of charge weight
 venting
 surface finish
 mold release