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Purpose & Overview
The person attending this seminar will learn the process of designing and building injection molds and the reasons how and why a mold is built. With a presentation of visual aids and real world examples, state-of-the-art mold design and building concepts will be taught.

Who should attend?
The seminar is designed to provide detailed technical knowledge of the injection mold design and building process for the product, project, manufacturing and tool engineers as well as sales and management personnel.

Seminar Content

Mold Standards

• Who needs them
• The mold team

Preparing to Obtain Quotes

• Mold specifications
• Mold costs

Types of Molds

• SPI classifications form 101 to 105

Determining Number of Cavities

• Cost considerations

Generating the Mold Design

• Understanding how to communicate
• “A” and “B” plan views
• Short and long cross scetions
• Dimensioning and detailing
• Mold design review and approval process

Types of Molds and What is the Best for the Application

• Self contained molds
• Unit molds
• Two and three plate molds
• Cavity and core details
• Material lists

Mold Actions

• Collapsible core and unscrewing molds
• Mold actions, slides, lifters and wedges

Standardized Mold Components and Applications

• How to machine for component, sizes and fits

Material Shrinkage and Calculations

• Fits and clearances of moving mold components

Mold Layout

• Ejection methods

Clamp Force Calculations

• Ejection force requirements and pin placement

Conventional Runner Systems

• Gates, types and location

Mold Flow and Cooling Analysis

• Mold Cooling

Runnerless Molding Systems

• Manifolds and design
• Bushings and drops

Mold Base Materials

• Cavity and core materials and selection

Mold Plating and Coatings

• Lubrication

Robert Dealey
Bob Dealey has twenty-five years experience in the engineering, design, building and productionizing of sophisticated molds including high cavitation runnerless injection molds. A graduate from the University of Wisconsin-Stout, he held positions of Plastic Tool Engineer, Staff Tool Engineer, Manager of Tool Engineering and Director of Engineering before forming his own plastics management, marketing, and technical consulting firm. A career long SPE member, Bob is a Past President and Director of the Mold Making and Mold Design Division, Past President and Director of the I.T. Quanstrom Foundation and served on the Technical Volumes and Seminar Advisory Boards for SPE. He authored the chapter on mold making and materials for the SPE Handbook, presented ANTEC and Topical Conference papers and made presentations at Mold Expo’s, and Plastics Automation Seminars throughout North America and Europe. In 1994, Bob was awarded the prestigious SPE Honored Member Status and named “Mold Designer of the Year” by the MM and MD Division of SPE. He holds one patent on runnerless molding and has several patents pending.