A mold has landed on your shipping dock complete with the ‘last(?) shot’ and the drawings. You quote the refurbishment of the mold to the customer then begin to ogle the specs. OOPS! You can’t get the specified material because the resin company that originally supplied it is no longer producing this material. Your customer, in his infinite wisdom, cleverly put “Or equivalent” after the material specification. Now what?

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Many times a molder gets a RFQ – electronically or on paper. Before anything should happen the molder must make an initial decision:

What does this guy want? Is he on a Fishing Expedition just to see if he can wholesale it off and still make a profit? Or, is he trying to establish a budget? Or, is he generating numbers to come back and beat me (or somebody else) over the head with the ‘I can get it cheaper from company XYZ’ ploy? OR is this guy for real and does he actually want to make a part?

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This post is merely a forum for your comments.  What do you consider a Qualified Mold?  How do you measure it?  How do you maintain it?  Feel Free to comment.

Burger and Brown Engineering have a history of innovative ‘gadgets’ for the molding industry. The driving force seems to be to see a complex problem and find an elegantly simple solution. Here’s their latest: Continue Reading »