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Re: Injection Molded Part-Cost of tight tolerances
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Posted by: insideman ® 02/28/2004, 03:59:22 Author Profile Mail author Edit

That depends.... On a lot of factors. Are you using a material that behaves well in the mold? Is the part design right? Is the process rigorously controlled? How tight is tight in your mind? Plis/minus .001 inch is fairly routine.

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Posted by: Cragyon ® 02/25/2004, 10:33:03 Author Profile Mail author Edit

I'm not sure about a rule of thumb with regard to tolerance significant figures, however, anytime you ask for a dimensional conformance which is at or beyond the natural process capability, the cost will go up.  By process capability, I mean any manufacturing process.

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