- Feasibility review of parts
- Stagewise process design for injection & blow molding process
- Manufacturing lead time and cost estimation for injection & blow molds
- Prepare Quality plan for product development
- Approval of injection & mold design (back up calculations to meet the part dimensions, mold construction, molding machine selection)
- Manufacturing of tool / fixture / inspection gauge
- Track the project progress for mold development

- Part optimization planning

- Conduct stage wise PPAP
- Continual improvements in processes to improve upon Quality, cost & delivery
- Injection & blow molded part design review
- Various plastic raw materials and its processing requirements
- Conceptualize tool design (2 plate mold, 3 plate molds, HRS systems, various gating considerations, insert molding, sliders, cams, 2 stage ejector systems)
- Injection & blow molding Process understanding (part wall thickness, drafts etc.)
- Process flow for injection & blow molded parts

- Process flow diagram (PFD)
- Major elements contributing to tool making lead time, its manufacturing processes
- Costing of tool elements & mold manufacturing processes
- Understanding flow simulation reports and its use for concept design

- PEMEA
- Types of molds, mold construction
- Tonnage calculation; molding machine selection

- Cycle time estimation
- Raw material processing conditions & limitations





- Mold design Checklist
- Manufacturing process for molds, machining elements, heat treatment.

- Mold assembly
- Mold Inspection & approval
- Prepare detail mold manufacturing plan
- Periodic review and update the progress
- Mold inspection at various stages of manufacturing

- Mold tryout and troubleshooting
- Injection & blow molding process parameter understanding
- Review of part inspection reports and plan for optimization
- Review assembly feedback, corelate with the part dimensions and action plan for improvements

- Awareness of IATF system
- Quality documents APQP, FMEA, PPAP, SPC, MSA

- Problem solving techniques

- SPC
- TGR, TGW
- Use of process understanding to develop parts of expected quality with min cost & min time to develop the part
- Use of process understanding for process design
- Use of the toolmaking process steps for time and cost estimation
- Use product and process knowledge to build P FMEA for mold and molding process
- Use of knowledge to make molds to produce expected quality of parts
- To make product defect free
- To ensure project completion with the agreed due dates
- To ensure project completion with the agreed due dates
- PPAP approval for the parts under development

- Understand
- Data Collection,
- Observations,

- Patterns through observations

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