Rust. It is a small word that causes big problems. If your industrial molding facility uses carbon steel or any other type of metal molds, you are at risk of developing this problem.

If you’re in the molding and manufacturing field, you likely already know that thermoplastic injection molding has a wide range of uses and increases in popularity yearly. With that popularity comes increased pressure for you to mold more parts in less time.

As an owner or warehouse manager in charge of industrial composite molding, you may have noticed that demand for your products has increased in recent years. This growth is expected to climb, according to many reports.

If you own or manage a plastic injection molding operation, you know that the longer the cycle time takes, the more money you waste. You’re likely always looking for ways to improve cycle times, through methods like shortening certain process stages, experimenting with new mold release agents, or improving your plastic injection mold cleaning procedures.

Some things in life are just a fact: there will always be a tax to pay, weekends never last as long as you want, and build-up will occur on molding surfaces.

Whether you use plastic injection molding for large automotive parts or smaller, intricate items used for surgery, getting precise, finished details in your parts is essential.

No matter what type of industrial molding you do, you know the satisfying feeling of seeing a product released perfectly from its mold, without blemishes, sticking, or cracks. But if you're dealing with these challenges during your production cycles, it can make even the most patient person a little irritated. Luckily, you can experience that satisfaction regularly by learning how to use mold release spray effectively.

Your plastic molding manufacturing process would produce perfect parts during every molding cycle in an ideal world—with no imperfections and zero waste. The blow or injection molders on your team would be happier, productivity and profits would skyrocket, and you wouldn’t face the stress of figuring out what’s causing so many scrap parts during the molding process.

When you have a complex injection mold that costs hundreds of thousands of dollars, you want to get the most use from it for as long as possible.

If you get frustrated when starting up a new, green composite tool for the first time because parts are sticking, you aren’t alone! Of 524 individuals involved in fiberglass tooling operations, over 90% reported they stuck a part in a new mold at least once.

The goal of any successful business is to make money, and the more money you can save while making your products, the greater your profitability. So how does an industrial molder save money and solve common production problems? They use the proper mold release agent from Stoner Molding Solutions.

Innovative molders in the manufacturing industry know that a clean mold is an effective mold. If your current cleaning products aren't doing the job and causing unnecessary downtime, then it's time to re-evaluate which mold cleaners you use.

Industrial molders who employ cast molding to create various parts know that one of the most frustrating aspects of the process is when there are bubbles in the finished casting.

If you’re struggling with your thermoplastic parts sticking to your molds, causing more scrap parts and higher production costs, you need a solution to release your molded products consistently.

Our mold release agents help productivity by improving or eliminating sticking parts, cracking, build-up, and more.

Polyurethane is one of the most diverse materials used to manufacture both small, flexible parts and hard plastic parts.

Whether you’re responding to new regulations or have other reasons to consider a switch to water-based mold release agents, you probably have questions about how the change will impact your molding process.

Are you following best practices to guarantee that your mold release agents provide your molds with as many releases as possible with every application?

Whether your molding operation specializes in injection or rotational molding (or even some other type of molding process), it's true that preventative maintenance for hardworking molds typically centers around cleaning.