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For all parts, we have experimented with short shots, flashes, and some dishing. The process of fabricating the parts has not only taught us time management is critical, but it has also shown us many unaccounted or unexpected problems that had not been thought of before arise when preparing to produce parts. Furthermore, we have also learned that some issues can be fixed by switching parameters in the machine rather than re-doing a mold.
- Below are pictures of our molds along with pictures of produced parts.
- All the molds and some fabricated parts scattered around
- From L to R: Bitcoin (B) mold, B overmold mold, stock line body mold
- Fabricated Bs
B
To start off with our B, our previous post highlighted a bit of the journey to the first creations of it. We finally got a finished B with no flash. All the information for these tests can be found on this document (2 tabs for two different tests days).
Here are pictures of our produced Bs.
Note: We have noticed the line in the top left edge indicating the meeting of two flowing points for the B. To eliminate this, we will experiment with increasing shot size and increasing the injection pressure.
B Overmold
- Overmolded Bs.
- Snap rings are not fitting with the dome of both sides. Mold might need to be re-machined.
The overmold worked well on the first try and many issues were fixed
Team Tropical Escape!