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- Injection Moulding, Insert Moulding, Overmoulding
- Plastic and Resin Materials
- Prototype & Serial Manufacturing
- Rapid tool production in up to 2 weeks
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Overview: What is Injection Moulding?
Injection moulding is the most cost-effective way to make a plastic part at scale and offers consistent quality for low-to-high volume manufacturing. Xometry offers a vast number of rigid plastics and resins that meet required structural and cosmetic characteristics. Beyond materials, injection molded parts can have custom finishing, polishes, or surface textures. Xometry offers both high-precision tool manufacturing and injection molding services.
Xometry Injection Moulding Capabilities
Capabilities
Injection Moulding, Insert Moulding, 2K Moulding (Overmoulding)
Lead Time
Starts at 10 business days
Tooling
Rapid Tooling: recommended for 100-10,000 parts / Production Tooling: recommended for over 10,000 parts
Materials
Plastics and resins
Machines Available
Single, multi-cavity, and family molds; 50 to 1,100+ press tonnage; side actions including hand-loaded cores
Mould Cavity Tolerances
± 0.1 mm when machining the mold and an additional ± 0.05 mm when calculating for shrink rate
Part to Part Repeatability
±0.1 mm or less
Critical Feature Tolerances
Tighter tolerances can be requested and may increase the cost of tooling because of additional sampling and grooming. Xometry will mill to a steel-safe condition on critical features.
Available Mould Types
Steel (tool steel, carbon steel) and aluminum; Production grades range from Class 105, a prototype mould, to Class 101, an extremely high production mould.
Advantages of Injection Moulding with Xometry
Rapid Turnaround
We offer fast mould lead times: as fast as 10 business days for rapid tooling and up to 20 days for production tooling.
Serial Production
Ideal for the production starting from 100 parts.
Precision
Xometry offers tight tolerance options in accordance with ISO 16742, up to ±0,07 mm depending on the precision of the mold and size of the parts.
Tooling
Single, multi-cavity, and family mould options.
Material Selection
Vast materials selection allows you to get the desired strength and surface quality.
Quality Control
Our QA department performs strong quality assurance.
Xometry Injection Moulding Mould Classes
| Mould class | Cycles | Production level | Mould base | Minimum hardness (BHN) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | >1 million | High | Heat-treated stainless steel | 280 | Fast cycle times and very high production rate |
| 102 | <1 million | Medium-High | Heat-treated tool steel | 280 | Good for parts with abrasive materials and tight tolerances |
| 103 | <50,000 | Medium | P20 Steel | 165 | Widely used for low to medium production parts |
| 104 | <10,000 | Low | Mild steel, aluminium, or alloys | <165 | Good for limited-production parts especially with non-abrasive materials |
| 105 | <500 | Very low | Soft aluminum, epoxy, cast materials | <165 | Mostly used for prototype production |
Injection Moulding Materials
- ABS
- Acrylic (PMMA)
- HDPE
- LDPE
- Nylon 6 / PA 6
- Nylon 66 / Nylon 6/6
- PA6-GF (Nylon 6-GF)
- PBT
- PC (Polycarbonate)
- PC-ABS
- PC-PBT
- PEEK
- PLA
- PEI (Ultem)
- PET
- Polyethylene (PE)
- PPS
- Polypropylene (PP)
- Polystyrene (PS)
- POM / Delrin acetal
- PU
- PVC
- TPE-TPU (Elastomer)
- TPV
Injection Moulding Finishing Options
Parts produced by injection molding leave visible tool marks.
- A1: Diamond – #3 Polishing Grade (high polish)
- A2: Diamond – #6 Polishing Grade (high polish)
- A3: Diamond – #15 Polishing Grade (high polish)
- B1: Grit paper 600 (medium polish)
- B2: Grit paper 400 (medium polish)
- B3: Grit paper 320 (medium-low polish)
- C1: Stone 600 (low polish)
- C2: Stone 400 (low polish)
- C3: Stone 320 (low polish)
- D1: Dry blast glass beed
- D2: Dry blast 240 oxide
- D3: Dry blast 24 oxide
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- VDI 15
- VDI 18
- VDI 21
- VDI 24
- VDI 27
- VDI 30
- VDI 33
- VDI 36
- VDI 39
- VDI 42
- VDI 45
Order Injection Molding: How It Works
1. Request Manufacturing
Upload your designs, choose quantity, material and colour options.
2. Quote & DFM
We perform design-for-manufacturability analysis and prepare your quote within 48 hours.
3. Tool Manufacturing
After mold design approval, we start manufacturing the tool.
4. Samples
We produce samples, perform QA, and send the samples to you.
5. Production Completion
After approval of the samples, the large batch production is kicked-off.
6. Delivery
Your parts are delivered to you.
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