UNDERSTANDING THE DETAILS OF THE MOLD BUILDING PROCESS IS IMPORTANT FOR BOTH EVOK and YOU THE CUSTOMER.  BECAUSE THERE ARE ALWAYS TIMELINE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH BUILDING YOU A BEAUTIFUL MOLD, WE WANT TO BE TRANSPARENT IN THE PROCESS TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND WHERE THINGS ARE AT WHEN A DELAY OR ENGINEERING CHANGE IS REQUIRED.  ALTHOUGH WE MINIMIZE MOST RISK DURING THE QUOTING PHASE, EVERY PART IS DIFFERENT, THUS EVERY MOLD IS DIFFERENT IN TECHNICAL CHALLENGES.

PLASTIC PART MODEL – PRINT APPROVAL

DFM INDICATING LAST MINUTE CHANGES

2D MOLD DRAWING APPROVAL

OPTIONAL FINAL DESIGN CHANGES BASED ON DFM

3D MOLD MODEL CUSTOMER APPROVAL

ORDERING STEEL MOLD BASE

CNC PROGRAMMING MOLD AND ELECTRODES

WIRE EDM OF CRITICAL COMPONENTS

ELECTRODE MACHINING

ROUGH AND PRECISE MACHINING

ELECTRODE PUNGE FOR PRECISION GEOMETRY

FINE POLISHING OF GLOSS FINISH SURFACES

EDM PLUNGE FOR DETAILS AND TEXTURE SURFACES

MATCH MATE PARTING LINE ADJUSTMENTS

HEAT TREATMENT OF CORES AND CAVITIES

FINAL ASSEMBLY OF MOLD COMPONENTS

POLY MATERIAL PREP

T1 TRIAL

SAMPLE INSPECTION

MOLD ADJUSTMENT

T2 2nd TRIAL

ADD TEXTURE /POLISH

MOLD SHIPPING

FIRST ARTICLE APPROVAL

PRODUCTION

UNDERSTANDING WHAT TOOLING TYPE BEGINS WITH UNDERSTANDING YOUR VOLUMES AND YOUR TIMELINE

EVOK ONLY FOCUSES ON PRODUCTION TOOLING ALTHOUGH WE KNOW EVALUATION TOOLING AND SHORT RUN TOOLING IS SOMETIMES THE BEST OPTION WHEN EVALUATING PART PERFORMANCE OR MARKET ACCEPTANCE.