Everything You Need To Know About CNC Molds

CNC Molds are used to create products that are made out of plastic. These molds are commonly used in the manufacturing industry to make plastic components and parts. In the past, these molds were created using hand tools but now they are being designed and produced using CNC machines

CNC machines can be easily operated by anyone who has a working knowledge of computers, thus making it possible for anyone to make them. The main advantage of using these machines is that they make it possible for you to produce customized products without having to hire any skilled workers or engineers

Making CNC Molds Is Not As Easy As You Might Thin

Most people think that making a plastic mold is as easy as sitting down at your computer and clicking on some buttons. However, this is not the case at all because there are many aspects involved in creating a high quality plastic part or component that needs to be molded into shape using a CNC machine

There are some things that you need to consider before starting out with this project such as

The material you will use (if it's not easily available

The type of tooling you need (if it's not available

The type of molding process (if it's not available)

how to make a plastic mold on a cnc

CNC Plastic Machining

CNC Machining Plastic Parts are widely used in all industries fields and most products around us in the world. And many plastic materials are suitable for machining processes.

Therefore, CNC machining plastic parts are important production way to make out plastic products.

Different plastics have different properties, with their low cost and multi-selecting reason, so CNC machining plastic parts are flexibly choose plastic materials for various functional products.

Different processing use different materials for its functional purpose. Normally we use ABS, PS, PC, Nylon, PEEK, PA, POM, etc. For plastic parts by CNC turning, milling, drilling; And apply finishing treatment on surface such as painting, powder coating, etc.

Benefits of CNC Plastic Machining

1/ Plastic materials have many series with different properties for different choice

2/ Plastic materials is soft, shape-keeping, and easy-cutting for CNC machining processes

3/ CNC machining plastic parts are light-weight for product using

4/ CNC machining plastic parts are non-conductive of electricity, supporting many non-conductive parts

5/ CNC machining plastic parts are flexible to change the shape, benefiting the prototyping time and cost

6/ Plastic parts material supporting recycle collecting, material renewal benefits the burden of world

Common Materials Code of CNC Machining plastic

Plastic Series	Workable Processes	Surface Finishing for plastic Parts	Materials Code
	CNC Turning, CNC Milling, CNC Drilling, Molding, Injection, etc.	Painting, Blasting, Grinding, Powder, ect.	ABS
			HDPE / LDPE
			Nylon
			POM
			PEEK
			PMMA
			PTFE
			Polycarbonate
			Polystyrene
			other more Plastics

Asianstar: Professional CNC Machining Supplier

From year of 2005, Asianstar Company establish the CNC Machining Factory in Guangdong Province, China.
We mostly provide CNC Turning, Milling, Drilling, Grinding, and Multi Machining processes service on various materials.
With the Belief of becoming a key supplier in the supply-chain of Precision Components, we strictly control our product quality, keep high precision on our components production, buildup the whole-process QC System and submit the satisfaction for every order.
By long term development, we have buildup partnership with world-wide clients, supporting our partners in Designing, Optimizing, Producing and Testing on each type of components.

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