John Thomas Consulting
John Thomas Consulting

Tooling Management & Development

Tooling Management & Development

Tooling Management & Development

Two plate Three plate All kinds of gate designs and systems Hot runner systems Two component molding Insert molding: wires, tubing, metal components, using complex fixturing Stack molds Coining Unscrewing, double unscrewing Hot Half ejection Mechanical and hydraulic action, slides etc. Hot runner family molds – one full sunglass frame per shot (center & stems) Dynamic Feed – in mold individual cavity (drop) pressure control Sequential valve gating Master Unit Dies (MUD) Hot Sprue and other hot to cold Tooling is the cornerstone of success in injection molding. Over the course of his career, John has prided himself in being proactive in design reviews and has driven design improvements for improved moldability, reliability and efficiency for better performance in the manufacturing process as well as the end product.

John has been responsible for injection molded parts run on all kinds of molds from single cavity prototypes to multi cavity 1 million shots per year 24/7 production molds, old, refurbished, new and everything in between. We have experience working with many types of tooling technologies.