I thought plastic injection industry was a piece of cake. But let me tell you how serious this industry is after 4 months in this field. A plastic spoon as below will take roughly a week to complete! No kidding man!
In coming stock of raw material will require lead time of 2-3 days. Mould polish and refurbishment will take a day. Testing mould will take a day. Cycle time for this “minuscule” spoon is around a minute and so 5 days just finished like that. Production will run for 1 day or two to buffer for stock and then only you will have what all call it, a plastic spoon. Tough life uh?
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wooo... we have an chemical engineer blogging! X)
i wanna add something too!plastic can be divided to many types such as PET,HDPE,LDPE,PP,PS,EPS bla bla bla..:P
I am a chemical engineering majoring in materials.
Hmmm.... Doesn't sound rite? Can I major in music ar? Hehehe...
Mak Teh! U forget PBT!
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