Capabilities: Scientific Injection Molding

Looking for a precise approach to plastic molding? Discover scientific injection molding, which uses real-time polymer behavior data to optimize injection molding processes.

Scientific Injection Molding (SIM) is a powerful, data-driven approach to optimize the production of plastic injection molded parts. Precision molding uses best practices and data to drive part design optimization, tool design, and the development of the manufacturing processes used to produce your parts.

The goal of scientific injection molding is to move injection molding away from being an art founded on “tribal knowledge” to a data-driven, scientifically rigorous procedure. SIM focuses on polymer behavior rather than machine behavior to create a robust, repeatable process that reduces set-up times and scrap and improves part quality and consistency.

Scientific injection molding offers these key benefits:

• SIM enables the molder to make data-driven recommendations that help our customers optimize their part designs during the design for manufacturability (DFM) process.
• SIM enables the molder to create an optimized tool design based on mold flow analysis and best practices. 
• SIM helps the molder and customer to select the right plastic material that meets their manufacturing requirements and will perform well in the field.
• SIM enables the molder to formulate an optimized, repeatable, and robust injection molding process that removes as much variability as possible out of the process.
• SIM enables the molder to perform in-process monitoring to reduce quality errors and catch them quickly when they occur. 

At NBP, scientific injection molding is part of a larger approach that’s focused on continuous improvement, robust launch and production processes, and intelligent analysis of data to quickly troubleshoot and solve production problems.

NBP’s ERP system, IQMS, is not only used to manage our production and operations. It’s deeply woven into our company’s DNA. We have configured it to monitor and manage our production process from end to end – from barcodes for managing our raw inventory and finished goods to gathering real-time data from our presses and manufacturing systems.

Combining data with highly optimized processes enables us to make informed decisions that expedite various aspects of project launch, such as refining the final tool design, sampling to develop a process, delivering a successful PPAP, and going into production.

Scientific injection molding is an intense, data-driven approach – a key element of our commitment to continuous improvement and predictable outcomes. And it’s what makes us a top-tier supplier to some of the world’s most remarkable companies.