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What is toolmaking? Toolmaking or tooling in plastic injection moulding is the process of designing, cutting, and finishing a mould tool to produce plastic mouldings. What is a mould tool? A mould tool is a large cube of steel which has two halves and from which a cavity is removed. When producing an injection moulded part, the two halves of the tool are pushed together, molten plastic is injected into the tool and cooled. The two halves then separate, and the plastic part is released. Mould tools can have single or multiple cavities. A single cavity produces one part per moulding cycle, a multiple cavity tool may produce two, four, or dozens of depending on the number of cavities. What is a toolmaker? A toolmaker makes and repairs tools. These skilled engineers design, test and produce mould tools. Toolmakers also … Continue reading →