Week 4 Challenge

Define tooling direction

Tooling direction is main consideration for plastic part and mold parts because it defines movement of mold part and possibility of plastic part to come-out from mold part (Core and Cavity).

In Molding machine arrangement is given to open the mold along a direction which is known as Tooling Direction.

The mold is built from two separate halves (Core and Cavity) and tooling direction basically define the direction of mold pulls apart.