Molding Services Specifications

Services Offered


	Services Offered:
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	Design Assistance		With design assistance, suppliers can assist with concepts, manufacturing costs, manufacturing techniques and material considerations. Suppliers may also be able to assist in upgrading or redesigning, re-evaluating or modernizing existing products to increase performance and/or reduce manufacturing costs. Some suppliers offer material sourcing and CAD modeling as well.
	Graphics		Suppliers can mold-in or mold-on graphics such as company logos, warning labels, and instructions. Mold-in graphics incorporate a decal into a molded part. The decal is applied to the mold surface and becomes integral to the molded component. Mold-on graphics can be applied after the part is molded.
	Tool / Mold Making		Suppliers have in-house expertise and a tool shop to create molding / tooling necessary for production.
	Bonding		Suppliers bond molded materials to metals, wood, plastics, or other substrates.
	Prototype / Market Entry Molding		Suppliers can create prototypes to lend substance to ideas or investigate true manufacturing costs.
	Low Volume Production		Suppliers are capable of performing low volume production runs, generally with a production run time of less than one week.
	High Volume Production		Suppliers are capable of performing high volume production runs, generally with a production run time of more than a week.
	Heat Treating / Stress Relieving		Heat treating is a broad category of metal treating processes such as annealing, passivating, hardening, etc. Stress relieving may be important to relieve residual stresses imposed during the stamping process.
	Machining		Machining is the removal of material through milling, turning, drilling, and other processes.
	Hot Stamping		Suppliers can perform hot stamping (plastics) for molded parts.
	Insert Molding		Suppliers are capable of producing parts that require molded- in inserts. Typically, these inserts are metallic.
	Reel to Reel Molding		Suppliers are capable of molding a continuous strip of parts. Typically done to assist in material handling and automation.
	Two-Shot Injection Molding		Two-shot injection molding produces a part with two different raw materials or colors in a single operation. Molding machines have two injection units: one vertical and one horizontal. By using a rotating mold, the machine automatically produces a substrate of one resin or color and overmolds the part with the second resin or color.
	Assembly Services		Suppliers provide secondary operations and assembly services such as electro-mechanical assemblies, ultrasonic and heat welding, printing, painting, bonding, and machining.
	Just-In-Time Capability		Suppliers have just-in-time manufacturing capabilities in order to reduce the need for inventory maintenance.
	Plating		Plating processes apply a thin coating of metal onto another metal surface. Many different processes and plating materials are available.
	Polishing / Buffing		Polishing, buffing, and belting processes are abrasive, metal smoothing operations that change the surface appearance of the metal. These operations can be for aesthetic and/or functional purposes.
	Coining		Coining is a compressive metal-flow process where the die and punch are completely closed on the workpiece being formed.
	Packaging / Shipping		Suppliers provide packaging and shipping capabilities including bulk shipments for further processing or final packaging and shipping of products or devices directly to the individual end customer.
	Training		Suppler offers training in a molding process.
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	Micro Molding?		Micro molding uses special miniature molding machines to produce very small parts that typically weigh less than two grams. Micro molding serves a variety of industries and is used in medical, automotive, and consumer electronics applications.
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	Large Part Molding?		Suppliers have capabilities to mold large parts.
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Certification / Quality Requirements


	Certification / Quality Requirements
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	AS 9100		AS 9100 is an expanded, international version of AS 9000, a standard which defines quality system requirements for suppliers to the aerospace industry. AS 9100 was developed by major aerospace manufactures in conjunction with the ISO Aerospace Technical Committee (TC) 20, and published by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE).
	ISO 9001:2000		ISO 9001:2000 establishes requirements for company quality management systems. Standards range from manufacturing to services such as design, development, production, and installation.
	ISO 13485:2003		ISO 13485:2003 specifies quality management system (QMS) requirements for organizations that need to demonstrate their ability to provide medical devices and related services that consistently meet applicable customer and regulatory requirements. ISO 13485:2003 contains specific requirements for medical devices and excludes non-applicable requirements from ISO 9001. Consequently, an organization with a QMS that conforms to ISO 13485:2003 cannot claim to conformity to ISO 9001 unless the QMS meets all of ISO 9001’s requirements.
	ISO 14001		ISO 14001 specifies the actual requirements for an environmental management system. It applies to those environmental aspects, over which the organization has control or influence. ISO 14001 was first published in 1996 and is the only ISO 14000 standard against which it is currently possible to be certified by an external certification authority.
	ISO/TS 16949:2002		ISO/TS 16949:2002 is an ISO Technical Specification that aligns existing American (QS-9000), German (VDA6.1), French (EAQF) and Italian (AVSQ) automotive quality systems standards for the global automotive industry.
	Cleanroom		Moldings for health care and special applications are performed in a controlled atmosphere.
	MIL-SPEC		Suppliers manufacture items in accordance with the U.S. government standards as dictated by the appropriate military specifications (MIL-SPEC).
	OEM Specific (GM, FoMoCo, P&G etc.)		The supplier offers certifications for specific original equipment manufacturer (OEM) requirements.
	QS-9000		QS 9000 is a quality standard for suppliers of DaimlerChrysler Corporation, Ford Motor Company, and General Motors Corporation. QS-9000 is based on the 1994 edition of ISO 9001, but contains additional requirements that are particular to the automotive industry. Specifically, QS 9000 applies to suppliers of production materials, production and service parts, heat treating, painting and plating, and other finishing services.
	Other		Other unlisted certifications.
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Regional Preference



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	North America		Companies are located in the United States, Canada or Mexico.
	United States Only		Companies are located in the United States.
	Northeast US Only		Companies are located in the Northeast United States, namely Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont.
	Southern US Only		Companies are located in the Southern United States, namely Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington D.C., and West Virginia.
	Southwest US Only		Companies are located in the Southwest United States, namely Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah.
	Northwest US Only		Companies are located in the Northwest United States, namely Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington and Wyoming.
	Midwest US Only		Companies are located in the Midwest United States, namely Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin.
	Canada Only		Companies are located in Canada.
	South / Central America Only		Companies have facilities in South American countries such as Argentina, Brazil, or Chile; or in Central American countries such as Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama, etc.
	Europe Only		Companies are located in Europe, namely Germany, Ireland, Italy, United Kingdom, etc.
	South Asia Only		Companies are located in South Asia, namely India, Pakistan, Nepal, etc.
	Near East Only		Companies are located in the Near East, namely Egypt, Israel, Saudi Arabia, etc.
	East Asia / Pacific Only		Companies are located in East Asia, namely China, Japan, Taiwan, etc.
	Other		Other unlisted countries or regions.
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