Plastic Injection Mold Acronymns

August 1, 2011 by

Plastic Injection Mold Acronymns

Injection Mold Nomenclature

Here are some plastic injection mold terms that I hope will help you.

The following is a partial list of Abbreviations for Chemical, Marketing and Scientific injection mold related technology terms. Due to the changing standards of chemical nomenclature, some of the injection mold nomenclature may no longer be used, has been changed, or a variant is used.

  • AAGR – AVERAGE ANNUAL GROWTH RATE
  • ABA – ACRYLONITRILE-BUTADIENE-ACRYLATE
  • ABS – ACRYLONITRILE-BUTADIENE-STYRENE COPOLYMER
  • ABS – ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM
  • ACM – ACRYLIC ACID ESTER RUBBER
  • ACS – ACRYLONITRILE-CHLORINATED PE-STYRENE
  • ADA – AMINO DODECANOIC ACID
  • AES – ACRYLONITRILE-ETHYLENE-PROPYLENE-STYRENE
  • AMMA – ACRYLONITRILE-METHYL METHACRYLATE
  • AN – ACRYLONITRILE
  • ANSI – AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARDS INSTITUTE
  • AO – ANTIOXIDANT
  • APET – AMORPHOUS POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE
  • API – ADDITION-REACTION POLYIMIDES
  • APP – ATACTIC POLYPROPYLENE
  • AS – ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY
  • ASA – ACRYLIC-STYRENE-ACRYLONITRILE
  • ASTM – AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING AND MATERIALS
  • ATH – ALUMINIUM TRIHYDRATE
  • AZ(O) – AZODICARBONAMIDE
  • BM – BLOW MOLDING
  • BMC – BULK MOLDING COMPOUNDS
  • BMI – BISMALEIMIDE
  • BO – BIAXIALLY-ORIENTED (FILM)
  • BOPP – BIAXIALLY-ORIENTED POLYPROPYLENE
  • BR – BUTADIENE RUBBER
  • BS BUTADIENE STYRENE RUBBER
  • CA – CELLULOSE ACETATE
  • CAB – CELLULOSE ACETATE BUTYRATE
  • CAD – COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN
  • CAE – COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING
  • CAM – COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING
  • CAP – CELLULOSE ACETATE PROPIONATE
  • CAP – CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERE PACKAGING
  • CBA – CHEMICAL BLOWING AGENT
  • CF – CRESOL FORMALDEHYDE
  • CFA – CHEMICAL FOAMING AGENT
  • CFC – CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS
  • CFR – CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS
  • CHDM – CYCLOHEXANEDIMETHANOL
  • CIM – COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING
  • CN – CELLULOSE NITRATE
  • COP – COPOLYESTER
  • COPA – COPOLYAMIDE
  • COPE – COPOLYESTER
  • CP – CELLULOSE PROPIONATE
  • CPE – CHLORINATED POLYETHYLENE
  • CPET – CRYSTALLINE POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE
  • CPI – CONDENSATION-REACTION POLYIMIDES
  • CPP – CAST POLYPROPYLENE
  • CPVC – CHLORINATED POLYVINYL CHLORIDE
  • CR – CHLOROPRENE RUBBER
  • CS – CASEIN
  • CSA – CANADIAN STANDARDS ASSOCIATION
  • CSD – CARBONATED SOFT DRINK
  • CTA – CELLULOSE TRIACETATE
  • CTFE – POLYMONOCHLOROTRIFLUOROETHYLENE
  • CVD – CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION
  • DABCO – DIAZOBICYCLOOCTANE
  • DAM – DAYS AFTER MANUFACTURE
  • DAM – DIALLYL MALEATE
  • DAP – DIALLYL PHTHALATE
  • DCPD – DICYCLOPENTADIENE
  • DDA – DO DECANOIC ACID
  • DE – DIOTAMACEOUS EARTH
  • DEA – DIELECTRIC ANALYSIS
  • DETDA – DIETHYLTOLUENEDIAMINE
  • DMA – DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS
  • DMT – DIMETHYL ESTER OF TEREPHTHALATE
  • DSC – DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING ANALYSIS
  • DTUL – DEFLECTION TEMPERATURE UNDER LOAD
  • DWV – DRAIN, WASTE, VENT (PIPE GRADE)
  • EAA – ETHYLENE ACRYLIC ACID
  • EB – ELECTRON BEAM
  • EBA – ETHYLENE BUTYL ACRYLATE
  • EC – ETHYL CELLULOSE
  • ECTFE – ETHYLENE-CHLOROTRIFLUOROETHYLENE COPOLYMER
  • EEA – ETHYLENE-ETHYL ACRYLATE
  • EG – ETHYLENE GLYCOL
  • EMA – ETHYLENE-METHYL ACRYLATE
  • EMAA – ETHYLENE METHACRYLIC ACID
  • EMAC – ETHYLENE-METHYL ACRYLATE COPOLYMER
  • EMC – ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY
  • EMI – ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE
  • EMPP – ELASTOMER MODIFIED POLYPROPYLENE
  • EnBA – ETHYLENE NORMAL BUTYL ACRYLATE
  • EP – EPOXY RESIN, ALSO ETHYLENE-PROPYLENE
  • EPA – ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
  • EPDM – ETHYLENE-PROPYLENE TERPOLYMER RUBBER
  • EPM – ETHYLENE-PROPYLENE RUBBER
  • EPS – EXPANDABLE POLYSTYRENE
  • ESCR – ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS CRACK RESISTANCE
  • ESI – ETHYLENE-STYRENE COPOLYMERS
  • ETE – ENGINEERING THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMERS
  • ETFE – ETHYLENE -TETRAFLUOROETHYLENE COPOLYMER
  • ETP – ENGINEERING THERMOPLASTICS
  • EVA(C) – POLETHYLENE-VINYL ACETATE
  • EVOH – POLETHYLENE-VINYL ALCOHOL COPOLYMERS
  • FDA – FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
  • FEP – FLUORINATED ETHYLENE PROPYLENE COPOLYMERS
  • FPVC – FLEXIBLE POLYVINYL CHLORIDE
  • FR – FLAME RETARDANT
  • FR – FIBER REINFORCED
  • FRP – FIBER REINFORCED PLASTIC
  • GIM – GAS INJECTION MOLDING
  • GIT – GAS INJECTION TECHNIQUE
  • GMT(P) GLASS MAT REINFORCED THERMOPLASTICS
  • GPC – GEL PERMEATION CHROMOTOGRAPHY
  • GPPS – GENERAL PURPOSE POLYSTYRENE
  • GRP – GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS
  • GTP – GROUP TRANSFER POLYMERIZATION
  • HALS – HINDERED AMINE LIGHT STABILIZER
  • HAS – HINDERED AMINE STABILIZERS
  • HB – BRINELL HARDNESS NUMBER
  • HCFC – HYDROCHLOROFLUOROCARBONS
  • HCR – HEAT-CURED RUBBER
  • HDI – HEXAMETHYLENE DIISOCYANATE
  • HDPE – HIGH-DENSITY POLYETHYLENE
  • HDT – HEAT DEFLECTION TEMPERATURE
  • HFC – HYDROFLUOROCARBONS
  • HIP – HIGH-IMPACT POLYSTYRENE
  • HIPS – HIGH-IMPACT POLYSTYRENE
  • HM – HIGH-MODULUS
  • HMC – HIGH-STRENGTH MOLDING COMPOUND
  • HMDI – DIISOCYANATO DICYCLOHEXYLMETHANE
  • HME – HIGH-VINYL MODIFIED EPOXY
  • HMW – HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT
  • HNP – HIGH NITRILE POLYMER
  • IM – INJECTION MOLDING
  • IMC – IN-MOLD COATING
  • IMD – IN-MOLD DECORATION
  • IPI – ISOPHORONE DIISOCYANATE
  • IPN – INTERPENETRATING POLYMER NETWORK
  • IV – INTRINSIC VISCOSITY
  • LCP – LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS
  • LDPE – LOW-DENSITY POLYETHYLENE
  • LIM – LIQUID INJECTION MOLDING
  • LLDPE – LINEAR LOW-DENSITY POLYETHYLENE
  • LMC – LOW-PRESSURE MOLDING COMPOUND
  • LMW – LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT
  • LP – LOW-PROFILE RESIN
  • M LLDPE – METALLOCENE LLDPE
  • M PP – METALLOCENE PP
  • MA – MALEIC ANHYDRIDE
  • MAP – MODIFIED ATMOSPHERE PACKAGING
  • MbOCA – 3, 3′-DICHLORO-4, 4-DIAMINO-DIPHENYLMETHANE
  • MBS – METHACRYLATE-BUTADIENE-STYRENE
  • MC – METHYL CELLULOSE
  • MDI – METHYLENE DIPHENYLENE DIISOCYANATE
  • MDPE – MEDIUM-DENSITY POLYETHYLENE
  • MEKP – METHYL ETHYL KETONE PEROXIDE
  • MF – MELAMINE FORMALDEHYDE
  • MFI – MELT FLOW INDEX
  • MIS – MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM
  • MMA – METHYL METHACRYLATE MONOMER
  • MPE – METALLOCENE POLYETHYLENES
  • MPF – MELAMINE-PHENOL-FORMALDEHYDE
  • MPR – MELT-PROCESSABLE RUBBER
  • MRP – MANUFACTURING REQUIREMENT PLANNING
  • MW – MOLECULAR WEIGHT
  • MWD – MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION
  • NBR – NITRILE RUBBER
  • NDI – NAPHTHALENE DIISOCYANATE
  • NDT – NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING
  • NIOSH – NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
  • NR – NATURAL RUBBER
  • NVH – NOISE, VIBRATION, HARSHNESS
  • ODP – OZONE DEPLETING POTENTIAL
  • OEM – ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURER
  • OFS – ORGANOFUNCTIONAL SILANES
  • OPET – ORIENTED POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE
  • OPP – ORIENTED POLYPROPYLENE
  • OSA – OLEFIN-MODIFIED STYRENE-ACRYLONITRILE
  • OSHA – OCCUPATIONAL SAFTEY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
  • O-TPV – OLEFINIC THERMOPLASTIC VULCANIZATE
  • PA – POLYAMIDE (NYLON)
  • PAEK – POLYARYLETHERKETONE
  • PAI – POLYAMIDE IMIDE
  • PAN – POLYACRYLONITRILE
  • PB – POLYBUTYLENE
  • PBA – PHYSICAL BLOWING AGENT
  • PBAN – POLYBUTADIENE-ACRYLONITRILE
  • PBI – POLYBENZIMIDAZOLE
  • PBN – POLYBUTYLENE NAPHTHALATE
  • PBS – POLYBUTADIENE STYRENE
  • PBT – POLYBUTYLENE TEREPHTHALATE
  • PBTP – POLYBUTYLENE TEREPHTHALATE
  • PC – POLYCARBONATE
  • PCC – PRECIPITATED CALCIUM CARBONATE
  • PCD – POLYCARBODIIMIDE
  • PCR – POST-CONSUMER RECYCLATE
  • PCT – POLYCYCLOHEXYLENEDIMETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE
  • PCTA – COPOLYESTER OF CHDM AND PTA
  • PCTFE – POLYCHLOROTRIFLUOROETHYLENE
  • PCTG – GLYCOL-MODIFIED PCT COPOLYMER
  • PE – POLYETHYLENE
  • PEBA – POLYETHER BLOCK POLYAMIDE
  • PEC – CHLORINATED POLYETHYLENE
  • PEC – POLYPHENYLENE ETHER COPOLYMER
  • PEDT – 3, 4 POLYETHYLENE DIOXITHIOPHENE
  • PEEK – POLYETHERETHERKETONE
  • PEH – POLYPHENYLENE ETHER HOMOPOLYMER
  • PEI – POLYETHER IMIDE
  • PEK – POLYETHERKETONE
  • PEKEKK – POLYETHERKETONEETHERKETONEKETONE
  • PEL – PERMISSIBLE EXPOSURE LEVEL
  • PEN – POLYETHYLENE NAPHTHALATE
  • PEO – POLYETHYLENE OXIDE
  • PES – POLYETHER SULFONE
  • PET – POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE
  • PETG – PET MODIFIED WITH CHDM
  • PETP – POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE
  • PF – PHENOL FORMALDEHYDE
  • PFA – PERFLUOROALKOXY RESIN
  • PI – POLYIMIDE
  • PIB – POLYISOBUTYLENE
  • PIBI – BUTYL RUBBER
  • PID – PROPORTIONAL, INTEGRAL, DERIVATIVE
  • PIE – POLYISOBUTYLENE
  • PIM – POWDER INJECTION MOLDING
  • PLC – PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLER
  • PMDI – POLYMERIC METHYLENE DIPHENYLENE DIISOCYANATE
  • PMMA – POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE
  • PMP – POLYMETHYLPENTENE
  • PMS – PARAMETHYLDTYRENE
  • PMT – POLYMETHYLPENTENE
  • PO – POLYOLEFINS

    • P

  • OM – POLYACETAL
  • PP – POLYPROPYLENE
  • PPA – POLYPHTHALAMIDE
  • PPC – CHLORINATED POLYPROPYLENE
  • PPE – POLYPHENYLENE ETHER, MODIFIED
  • ppm – PARTS PER MILLION
  • PPO – POLYPHENYLENE OXIDE
  • PPS – POLYPHENYLENE SULFIDE
  • PPSU – POLYPHENYLENE SULFONE
  • PS – POLYSTYRENE
  • PSU – POLYSULFONE
  • PTA – PURIFIED TEREPHTHALIC ACID
  • PTFE – POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE
  • PU – POLYURETHANE
  • PUR – POLYURETHANE
  • PVC – POLYVINYL CHLORIDE
  • PVCA – POLYVINYL CHLORIDE ACETATE
  • PVDA – POLYVINYLIDENE ACETATE
  • PVDC – POLYVINYLIDENE CHLORIDE
  • PVDF – POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE
  • PVF – POLYVINYL FLUORIDE
  • PVOH – POLYVINYL ALCOHOL
  • QMC – QUICK MOLD CHANGE
  • RFI – RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE
  • RH – RELATIVE HUMIDITY
  • RH – ROCKWELL HARDNESS
  • RHDPE – RECYCLED HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENE
  • RIM – REACTION INJECTION MOLDING
  • RMS – ROOT MEAN SQUARE
  • RP – REINFORCED PLASTICS
  • RPET – RECYCLED POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE
  • RTD – RESISTANCE TEMPERATURE DETECTOR
  • RTM – RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING
  • RTV – ROOM TEMPERATURE VULCANIZING
  • SAN – STYRENE ACRYLONITRILE COPOLYMER
  • SB – STYRENE BUTADIENE COPOLYMER
  • SBC – STYRENE BLOCK COPOLYMER
  • SBR – STYRENE BUTADIENE RUBBER
  • SI – SILICONE PLASTIC
  • SI – LE SYSTEME INTERNATIONAL D’UNITES
  • SMA – STYRENE MALEIC ANHYDRIDE
  • SMC – SHEET MOLDING COMPOUND
  • SMC-C – SMC-CONTINUOUS FIBERS
  • SMC-D – SMC-DIRECTIONALLY ORIENTED
  • SMC-R – SMC-RANDOMLY ORIENTED
  • SPC – STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL
  • SPE – SOCIETY OF PLASTICS ENGINEERS
  • SQC – STATISTICAL QUALITY CONTROL
  • SRIM – STRUCTURAL REACTION INJECTION MOLDING
  • T/N – TEREPHTHALATE/ NAPHTHALATE
  • TA – TEREPHTHALIC ACID
  • TDI – TOLUENE DIISOCYANATE
  • TEO – THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMERIC OLEFIN
  • TFE – POLYTETRA FLUOROETHYLENE
  • TGA – THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS
  • TLCP – THERMOPLASTIC LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMER
  • TMA – THERMOMECHANICAL ANALYSIS
  • TMC – THICK MOLDING COMPOUND
  • TP – THERMOPLASTIC
  • TPA – TEREPHTHALIC ACID
  • TPE – THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMER
  • TPO – THERMOPLASTIC OLEFINS
  • TPU – THERMOPLASTIC POLYURETHANE
  • TPV – THERMOPLASTIC VULCANIZATE
  • TS – THERMOSET
  • TWA – TIME-WEIGHTED AVERAGE
  • UF – UREA FORMALDEHYDE
  • UHM – ULTRA-HIGH MODULUS
  • UHMW – ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT
  • UL – UNDERWRITER’S LABORATORIES
  • ULDPE – ULTRALOW-DENSITY POLYETHYLENE
  • UP – UNSATURATED POLYESTER RESIN
  • UR – URETHANE
  • UV – ULTRAVIOLET
  • VA(C) – VINYL ACETATE
  • VAE – VINYL ACETATE-ETHYLENE
  • VC – VINYL CHLORIDE
  • VDC – VINYLIDENE CHLORIDE
  • VLDPE – VERY LOW-DENSITY POLYETHYLENE
  • VOC – VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
  • ZNC – ZIEGLER-NATTA CATALYST

Injection Mold – Acronymn Useage

Plastic injection mold acronymns are used in the business of injection molding. These terms appear in articles, blog posts, contracts, letters and specifications. This blog post is intended to list the most commonly used acronymns in the plastic injection mold business.

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Franklin Spears
Total Solution Plastic
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Better Plastic Injection Mold Sourcing. Is It Worth The Trouble?

August 1, 2011 by

Low Cost Injection Mold

Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) have to be good at what they do to survive in the global economy. To achieve this many demand that their suppliers have state-of-the-art molding equipment and procedures. OEMs can purchase some of the world’s best plastic materials from American manufacturers. When it comes to buying injection mold, OEMs have shown a preference for low-cost over high quality. This is counterproductive, as world-class molding requires a state-of-the-art injection mold.

They have been seeking low cost Injection Molds from China, India and many other low cost centers for some years now. China has put in the necessary infrastructure to support the mold building industry in the Shenzhen area. In spite of that fact, lower cost shops have opened in other areas like Shanghai, Dongguan in Guangdong, and Huangyan. Labor costs are lower and so is the skill of the workers. It is my professional opinion that no-one should ever gamble and go to areas beyond Shenzhen if they are seeking high level craftsmanship and Injection Molds that will last as per SPI Standards.

OEMs and Molders receive spam email each day soliciting their mold business. Many of these emails come from minor shops of which reside in areas that are not well supported. As long as everything goes well, it may be ok… but when there are issues, these shops do not have the technical ability nor the financial where withal to support it. We often hear customers talking about how badly they were hurt by a China shop. When this is explored further, you find that many times they went to small, unsupported, financially unstable shops which presented to them a very attractive cost. The cost did not end up low.. but very late and very expensive for the repairs. Total cost of acquisition can be deceiving.

Injection Mold – Total Solution Plastic

This is why it is extremely important to deal with Hybrid shops like Total Solution Plastic that has been to China, met the people and qualified the shop. Agreements are in place to support each other and ultimately our customer. This may cost a little more than going to the lower cost centers, but Quality Assurance, Financial Stability and Project Management is paramount when making such an important decision for your company.

Injection Mold – Ontime, Low Cost, and High Quality

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Franklin Spears
Total Solution Plastic
7613 Pats Branch Drive
Raleigh, NC 27612
919-900-8801

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Injection Mold | A Total Solution

May 25, 2011 by

We understand that each client has unique requirements that make them successful in their market space. At TS Plastic we work to understand those needs and source the highest quality tooling in the industry for the most cost effective solution.

To learn more about Injection Mold from Total Solution Plastic visit our website, or use our Contact Form to email us.

Franklin Spears
Total Solution Plastic
7613 Pats Branch Drive
Raleigh, NC 27612
919-900-8801

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