How to Approach Today’s Micro Moulding Challenges Part 1: Tooling-the Enabler
How to Approach Today’s Micro Moulding Challenges Part 1: Tooling-the Enabler Challenges in micro molding have not changed much at all in the past 20–30 years. The solutions to these challenges, however, have changed significantly. The most challenging attribute for micro molding matches up with the highest risk mitigation factor—tooling. For this reason, the top 10 micro molders in the world have in-house tooling design and fabrication capabilities. Outsourcing a micro moulding project to a micro moulder that has in-house tooling obviously mitigates the aforementioned risk significantly. Additionally, contracting such a company to not only design and fabricate but also maintain the mould for the life of the programme makes absolute sense in terms of mitigating long-term risk. This is because having made them, they know exactly how to handle…