Plastic Part Design

Описание: Why do 90% of plastic part designs fail in manufacturing? The answer lies in understanding injection molding from day one.
In this video, I break down the critical principles of plastic part design using a medical inhaler as a real-world example. Learn how wall thickness, draft angles, and mold design decisions determine whether your product succeeds or becomes an expensive tooling mistake.

📍 KEY TOPICS COVERED:
0:00 - Introduction: Why plastic part design matters
1:15 - Draft angles: The 1-3 degree rule
2:30 - Wall thickness fundamentals
3:45 - Understanding core, cavity, and sliders
5:20 - Managing undercuts and side actions
6:40 - Radii and parting line considerations
8:15 - Common defects and how to avoid them
9:30 - Real-world results: 8-second cycle time
🎯 WHO THIS IS FOR:

Product designers entering manufacturing
Engineers working with injection molding
Entrepreneurs developing physical products
Anyone who wants to understand how plastic parts get made

💡 KEY TAKEAWAY:
Mold design drives part design, not the other way around. Accept this principle early, and your designs will work better from day one.
🔧 TOOLS MENTIONED:
Surface modeling for injection molding flexibility
Draft analysis for ejection validation
Mold flow simulation
📚 COMING NEXT:
Video 2 - Mold Design Deep Dive: Converting this inhaler design into actual tooling

ABOUT VEDA:
We're a fractional engineering services company providing Fortune 500-level manufacturing expertise to growing companies—without the overhead of full-time engineering teams. From concept to production, we design products to be manufactured brilliantly.
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