Week 4 Challenge
TOOLING DIRECTION:
Tooling direction is the main consideration for plastic parts and mold parts because it defines the movement of mold parts and the possibility of the plastic part coming out from the mold part (Core and Cavity).
- In Molding, machine arrangement is given to open the mold along a direction which is known as Tooling Direction.
- In other words. The mold is built from two separate halves (Core and Cavity) and tooling direction basically defines the direction of mold pulls apart.
- The tooling direction is known as the primary direction.
The Parting line:
A parting line, in the industrial casting of molds, is the borderline in which draft angles change direction. One can check the parting line in the mold or product which divides the two half, i.e; the core and the cavity of a molded part. It is sometimes a starting point for the mold parting surface.
A 'parting line' is the line of separation on the plastic part where the two halves of the plastic injection mold meet. The line actually indicates the parting 'plane' that passes through the part.
