How Automated Injection Molding Has Benefitted the Industry

Automation is everywhere in our world today, including in manufacturing and plastic injection molding. Automating various production processes offers many benefits to the manufacturer, customer, and end-user. By implementing automated injection molding processes into our business, we have been able to streamline processes, saving our customers money and getting their products to market faster. Let’s explore the benefits of automated injection molding.

What is Automated Injection Molding?

Automated injection molding combines robotic manufacturing equipment and automated tools to create a faster, easier, and more reliable manufacturing process for both large and small parts. At Port Erie, we have implemented automated machines and processes into our injection molding and structural foam molding operations.

Some of the applications of these automated machines include:

• Loading and unloading polymers, materials, and parts
• Quality control by orienting parts and utilizing sensors to determine if there are dimensional errors
• Assembly, sorting, and stacking, including welding to build assemblies and arranging parts for kitting or packaging
• Secondary processes such as decorating and labeling

Benefits of Automated Injection Molding

Faster Production

Automated machinery can work faster and longer than traditional human workers during various manufacturing processes. This allows the machines to create more products in a shorter timeline, and work longer to meet demand faster than traditional manufacturing methods.

Lower Costs

Since fewer human employees are needed for automated injection molding, there are lower labor costs, and manufacturers can pass these savings on to their customers. Additionally, automated injection molding yields more accurate products with fewer mistakes, warpages, or damage, saving you money on having to replace or reproduce products.

Improved Sustainability

Automated machines can produce parts and products with fewer errors, improving fabrication efficiency and reducing the amount of waste generated by deformed and rejected parts. Overall, this greatly improves the sustainability of your production processes, something that is becoming more and more important to end-users due to increased pollution and the growing concern for climate change.

If You Want to Experience the Benefits of Automated Injection Molding, Turn to Port Erie

At Port Erie, we have been honing our injection and structural foam molding capabilities since 1953. With over seven decades of experience, we have mastered traditional injection and structural foam molding processes and have integrated automated systems to keep our production running smoothly, efficiently, and rapidly.

In addition to our injection molding and structural foam molding capabilities, we have all of the capabilities needed to make sure your project runs perfectly from start to finish. Our plastic engineers will help you review your designs to make sure they work for your chosen production process, and if not, they will suggest changes. In addition to this, your assigned plastic engineer will help keep your projects on track during production as well, troubleshooting any issues that pop up along the way and keep you up-to-date on everything that is going on with your project.

We also have in-house tooling facilities, giving us the ability to machine your tooling and molds so we can control the quality of your product from the start. And, once your product is done in production, we can help you with kitting, assembly, decorating, and secondary operations so your product is as aesthetically pleasing as it is functional.

With our multiple warehouses, we can store your products for you until distribution, and we can help with just-in-time delivery.

If you are ready to get started, reach out to our team today.