Mould Design Checklist

CUSTOMER TOOL NO
COMPONENT NAME REVISION NO
TOOL TYPE COMPONENT NO
PREPARED BY APPROVED DATE
***Check point:-After the completion of CONCEPT DESIGN
STATUS
DESCRIPTION REMARKS
CHECK-1 CHECK-2 CHECK-3
CHECKED BY
CHECKED DATE
FINAL RESULT (ACCEPTED/REJECTED)
COMPONENT
1 Name
2 Material and Grade
3 Dwg. No.
4 Shrinkage
5 No.of Cavities
6 Parting Line
7 Surface finish
8 Part weight
9 Shot Weight
MOULD CONSTRUCTION-GENERAL
10 Optimization of cavity Lay-out
11 Rightness of comp. orientation(mirror mistake)
12 M/C to be loaded on
13 Length of the mould
14 Width of the mould
15 Shut Height
16 Thickness of all plates
17 Check for sufficient wall thickness of plates
18 Alignment of plates(cent. Sleeve, align bush)
19 Mould base material
20 Quick clamping provision
21 Mould base fool proof
22 Sprue Radius and depth for nozzle seating
23 Locating ring dia
24 Taper lock/Straight lock
25 Lifting hole thread size and positions
26 Pry slot
27 Tie bar & Eye bolt for mould lifting
28 Oil grooves for Guide pillars
29 Distance b/w tie bar is suitable
30 Interference of mould with tie bars on assy.
31 Mould clamping feasibility
32 Spring selection according to pre-compression
33 Support pillar position & size
CORE/CAVITY INSERTS
34 Fool proofing of core&cavity insert
35 Check STD dimensions of Core/cavity pins
36 Position of local inserts
37 Insert fitting and clamping
38 Check for sufficient wall thickness of inserts
39 Cavity marking locations
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DESCRIPTION REMARKS
CHECK-1 CHECK-2 CHECK-3
SIDE CORE CUNSTRUCTION
40 Side core movement according to component
41 Finger cam Dia,Angle,Length & Stroke
42 Side core actuation (Other than finger cam)
43 Delay for side core actuation
44 Guide rail construction
45 Wear plate(Bottom)
46 Oil grooves in Wear plate and guide rail
47 Ball Catch/Slide retainer
48 Provision of fixed stopper for Side core
49 Side core insert holding
50 Wedge (locking heel) angle & chopping
51 Rigidity of wedge design
52 Wear plate for wedge
53 Provision of Secondary wedge (Bottom)
Pillar should guide min. 20mm before the finger cam enters the
54
hole
ANGULAR LIFTER CONSTRUCTION
55 Lifter movement according to component
56 Angular lifter stroke
57 Holding and function of lifter
58 Ball cage rail for lifter movement
59 Assembly feasibility of angular lifter
60 Reverse taper for locking angular lifter
61 Insert construction in core for lifter sliding area
62 Min.2 ej.pins for holding the component balanced
63 Oil grooves in
Interference angular
with ejectorlifter
pins or other items while lifter
64 movement
65 Lifter interference with each other
HOT RUNNER SYSTEM
66 Make of hot runner system
67 Wire slots and wire retainer sheets
68 Other pockets as per hot-runner requirement
69 Make of connector box and assy. Provisions
70 Aluminium block for retaining wires
71 Hot runner system locating & holding dimensions
72 Manifold rest buttons for backing
73 Cooling of hot runner plate
74 Water condensation slot
75 Hydraulic/Pneumatic circuit for valve actuation
76 Depression in comp.to avoid projection of gate
FEED SYSTEM
77 Type of gate selected
78 Gate location and dimensions(As per moldflow)
79 Degating of the component
80 Gate pulling (Reverse taper & depth) provisions
81 Check weak edges of gate area
82 Gate profile construction (Machining feasibility)
83 Insert for gate
84 Runner dimensions (As per mould flow)
85 Runner ejection
86 Runner profile to be in hardened area
87 Is Primary and secondary runners designed sufficiently
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88 Optimum length of runner
89 Sprue puller angle(differ with plastic material)
90 Sprue puller depth(compare with gate point)
91 Draft for sprue & inlet Dia
92 Radius at runner meeting point
COOLING CIRCUIT

93 Sufficiency of cooling in inserts, plates &

side cores
94 Distance between Inlet & Outlet
95 Counter bore for nipple as per requirement
96 Cooling line dia and Plugging
97 Interference of cooling line with other holes
98 Cooling in & out opposite to operator side
99 Dimensions of cooling STD items
100 Insufficient walls beside cooling channel
101 Check cooling hole thread size as per Requirement
EJECTION
102 Type of Ejection system selected
103 Position of ejectors according to component
104 Sufficiency of ejector locations
105 Dimensions of STD ejector items
106 Ejector guide pillar size and numbers
107 Ball cage bushes for Ejector Grid
108 Ejection stroke (Check the sufficiency)
109 Sufficiency of ejector relief according to stroke
110 Rest button positions & the numbers
111 Check the return pin fouling with comp.falling
112 Ejector coupler design
113 Interference of ejector pins with other items
114 Sufficiency of Ejector knock-out rod relief hole
ENGRAVINGS & MARKING
115 As per customer requirement
BILL OF MATERIAL
116 Sizes & specification for all items
117 Quantity for all items
118 Material specification for all items
119 Hardness for all items
120 Supplier details & catalogue no.for STD items
MOULD DESIGN DRAWING
121 Projection of drawing (First Angle)
122 Cooling circuits drawing
123 Details of mould
124 Parting line and Ejector position Drawing
125 Feed system Details
126 Surface finish notes
127 Marking on Plates and Others(Special requirement)
128 Quality of drawing and general drg standards
129 Special notes if any
OTHER ISSUES

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Mould Design Checklist
CUSTOMER INTEVA TOOL NO IM5250
COMPONENT NAME WASHER REVISION NO
TOOL TYPE HOT SPRUE TWO PLATE MOULS COMPONENT NO 444 437
APPROVED BY APPROVED DATE
***Check point:-After the completion of PRODUCT MODELLING, 3D SPLITTING, INSERT EXTRACTION
STATUS
DESCRIPTION REMARKS
CHECK-1 CHECK-2 CHECK-3
CHECKED BY
CHECKED DATE
FINAL RESULT (ACCEPTED/REJECTED)
PRODUCT MODELLING
1 Exactness of model selected(Check profile)
Set Absolute accuracy (0.001-0.003) for product
2
model(Ref.part)
3 Tooling feasibility issues are solved
4 Sufficient draft for component release
5 Component check list(CAPL/TR-D/029)for dim.
Check the critical dimensions for material
6
condition and dimension limit
7 Geometric checks in model
3D SPLITIING
1 Shrinkage value given
2 Parting line selected
3 Check the parting surface design
4 Min.radius on parting surface corners
5 Optimization of Part. surface design
6 Global interference check of split assembly
INSERT EXTRACTION
Draft check on each insert profile surface for negative & zero
7 draft
8 Slenderness of inserts
9 Feather edges of inserts
10 Compare inserts with component
11 Machining feasibilities of inserts
12 Global interference check of assembly
OTHER ISSUES

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 Mould Design Checklist
CUSTOMER TOOL NO
COMPONENT NAME REVISION NO
TOOL TYPE COMPONENT NO
APPROVED BY APPROVED DATE
***Check point:-After the completion of 3D MOLD DESIGN & DETAILING
STATUS
DESCRIPTION REMARKS
CHECK-1 CHECK-2 CHECK-3
CHECKED BY
CHECKED DATE
FINAL RESULT (ACCEPTED/REJECTED)
3D MOLD DESIGN
1 Plate sizes and thickness as per concept design
2 Check every cooling line to verify fouling
3 Check the shut height
4 Screw sizes and positions
5 Ejector pin standard sizes
6 Ej pin guiding hole and relief on each plate
7 Check other ejector sizes
8 Check the register ring size
9 Compare the Bill of material
10 Global interference check of assembly
11 Check the 2D views & sections created from 3D
12 Compare the 2D views with concept design
DETAILING
CHECKED BY
CHECKED DATE
FINAL RESULT (ACCEPTED/REJECTED)
1 Critical dimensions are specified
2 Surface finish note on every insert drawing
3 Special hardening process note on drawing
4 Surface coating process notes
5 Special notes if any
6 All dimensions required are given
7 Oil grooves in wear plate & guide rail
8 Projection of views(First Angle)
9 Quality of drawing
OTHER ISSUES

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