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Join Renaud Anjoran, founder of Asian manufacturing support firm Sofeast, in this podcast aimed at importers & people who develop their own products as he discusses the hottest topics and shares actionable tips for manufacturing in China & SE Asia today! Listen to weekly tips drawing on his decades of manufacturing in Asia, exploration of key manufacturing concepts, and discussions with interesting guests from the industry.
How to Reduce Injection Molding Costs Without Sacrificing Quality & Reliability
China Manufacturing Decoded
34 minutes
1 week ago
How to Reduce Injection Molding Costs Without Sacrificing Quality & Reliability
Adrian and Paul break down why molding costs “balloon” (over-tight tolerances and cosmetic overkill) and then walk through three practical levers to cut costs safely: smarter tooling design & DFM (wall thickness, draft, gates, material choice), good tooling decisions (steel grades like P20 vs H13, cavity count, hot vs cold runners), and production/process tweaks (machine tonnage matching, sensible regrind use, SPC/sensors, in-tool de-gating). They finish with some tooling-costs myth-busting (cheap tools, mirror finishes, family molds).
Episode Sections:
00:00 Intro & today’s topic
01:58 Why costs balloon: tolerances & cosmetics
06:52 Lever #1 — Design & DFM (wall thicknesses, material choice)
14:40 Lever #2 — Tooling decisions (steel grades, cavities)
22:44 Lever #3 — Processing & production setup
27:35 Myth-busting: cheap tools, mirror finishes, family molds
31:23 Recap & where the biggest savings really are
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China Manufacturing Decoded
Join Renaud Anjoran, founder of Asian manufacturing support firm Sofeast, in this podcast aimed at importers & people who develop their own products as he discusses the hottest topics and shares actionable tips for manufacturing in China & SE Asia today! Listen to weekly tips drawing on his decades of manufacturing in Asia, exploration of key manufacturing concepts, and discussions with interesting guests from the industry.
