The Benefits To Using Structural Foam

By Marissa Velazquez


Using structural foam is becoming increasingly popular today for many reasons. Companies both big and small are realizing its potential and are taking advantage of it to produce their products. In addition to its low cost, it also makes use of lightweight and efficient materials. This helps companies save on handling and shipping costs. However, there are more benefits to using this remarkable technology.

Standard injection molding is also a low-cost way to tool up for a product using the same details and features. This means several different parts or products can be mass-produced having identical features. For instance, if a company makes different size storage boxes they can all be made to look identical using a single mold.

Additionally, it ensures that many different varieties of parts can be produced with one machine. On top of that, the equipment can support two various colors and forms of materials simultaneously. This saves big money for the business when they can create several editions of an identical product at the same time.

A single machine can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. Rather than having several machines for different products, a company only needs one machine to do several jobs at the same time. Since everything is computerized the entire design process simple and straightforward. All the operator has to do is enter the specifications and quantities.

Plus, different products can be strategically placed at different positions within the mold process. This optimizes the use of materials because each part is laid out efficiently on the mold. The left side of one part can be made adjacent to, or gated next to another part, thereby making the best utilization of raw materials.

The whole process uses low-pressure methods to create the items. The result is less war-page and higher quality control. The pieces are identical in quality since each pieces made right next to each other in the same manner. Still, the whole process is fast because the machines use certain techniques during the manufacturing process.

This gives the company a wide range of design flexibilities. It also allows them to repeat the process over and over while at the same time making small adjustments. This certainly helps in the research and development aspect of creating new products. Production costs are lowered because the process utilizes less material and less time in development

However, the benefits do not stop here. The new material is stronger than, or equal to metal. The weight is lower than its counterpart, but the strength to weight ratio is typically stronger than metal. Even as counterpart, solid plastic is not as strong as using injection materials. This fact alone gives injection a big money-saving advantage compared with other techniques.

Taking advantage of structural foam is easy to do today. The cost of buying the equipment is actually lower than the cost of buying other types of production machines. Plus, one machine can do the work of several others using different kinds of raw materials. It makes sense to further investigate the possibilities of this technology.




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