Automotive Air Conditioning Vent Plastic Parts Injection Mold

Core Advantages

• Precision Motion Structure Capability: Skilled in forming precision fit areas like vane pivot shafts and linkage mechanisms. Highprecision slider and insert designs ensure smooth, nonloose rotation after assembly.
• MultiComponent Fit Precision: Critical mold dimensions are maintained within IT8IT10 tolerance grades for multipart air vent assemblies, ensuring coordinated synchronous opening/closing of vanes.
• Surface Texture Realization: Mold cavities can be finely textured, highgloss, or matte finished to match interior styling requirements for tactile feel and visual effect.
• Mold Longevity Assurance: Critical forming areas utilize wearresistant steel with nitriding treatment to withstand abrasion from plastics (especially glassfiber reinforced materials) during longterm production.

Product Features

• Precision Slider/Lifter Mechanisms: Accurate slider or lifter designs form vane pivot holes, linkage snapfits, and side openings in the housing, ensuring reliable and stable action.
• ThinWall Molding Capability: Optimized gate design and melt flow balance for thinwalled structures like vanes and linkages ensure uniform filling and minimize warpage.
• Optimized Cooling System: Conformal cooling channels are designed based on part wall thickness to effectively control cycle time and ensure dimensional stability.
• Replaceable Wear Components: Critical forming inserts in highwear areas (e.g., vane pivot points, knob slots) are designed to be detachable, facilitating maintenance and reducing longterm costs.

Applications

This mold is primarily used to produce air vent assemblies for automotive interiors, including instrument panel, floor console, and rear passenger areas. It is applicable for passenger vehicles (cars, SUVs, MPVs) and commercial vehicles, supplied to Tier1 automotive suppliers and OEMs.

Common Issues & Solutions

• Issue: Sticky or noisy rotation of vanes.
  Solution: Optimize draft angles and surface polishing uniformity at pivot areas; inspect slider fit clearances to prevent flash/burrs; ensure pivottohole fit tolerances are within specification.
• Issue: Inconsistent opening/closing angles among multiple vanes.
  Solution: Strictly control machining precision at linkage slots and vane link holes; analyze vane deformation via mold flow analysis and preset counterdeformation in mold design.
• Issue: Unacceptable operating force (too high or low) for the adjuster knob.
  Solution: Optimize friction surface design at knobtohousing contact areas; control surface roughness and dimensional tolerances to meet OEM force specifications.

Important Considerations

• Provide the complete 3D assembly drawing of the air vent assembly before mold design to confirm interpart relationships and motion paths.
• Specify the plastic material grade and additives (e.g., glass fiber content) accurately for shrinkage setting and steel selection evaluation, especially for reinforced materials.
• Regularly clean oil residue and debris from slider and lifter areas; inspect the lubrication system to ensure smooth mechanism operation.

Q: 10. If I want to develop a product containing injection-molded parts, what kind of assistance can you provide?

We can provide full support ranging from product development review and structural design, to mold manufacturing, volume injection molding, printing, and assembly. We can collaborate with customers in the early stages of product development to optimize designs for cost reduction and improved manufacturability.

Q: 9.What is the company's quality policy?

The company always adheres to the quality policy of "Precision, High Efficiency, Forging Quality," and is committed to providing customers with high-quality services through advanced technology and an excellent management team.

Q: 8.What are your competitive advantages compared to other mold enterprises?

Our advantages lie in the combination of Singapore's precision mold technology, advanced production equipment (extensive imported CNC and injection molding machines), a comprehensive one-stop production process (from design to assembly), and a strict quality management system certified by IATF 16949.

Q: 7.Who are your main customers, and to which regions are the products exported?

We have established good cooperative relations with well-known companies, including UK's Land Rover and Triumph Motorcycles, domestic SAIC, Changan, ABB charging stations, and Japan's Tiger Corporation. Our products are exported to countries such as Japan, Europe, and the United States.

Q: 5. What quality system certifications has the company obtained?

The company has passed the IATF 16949 quality system certification, ensuring our product quality in the automotive and industrial sectors meets international standards.

Q: 6.In which fields are the company's products mainly applied?

Our products are widely used, mainly in areas such as automotive interiors, new energy charging piles, and household appliances.

Q: 4.What main production equipment does the company have?

We possess several imported precision machining facilities, including well-known foreign brand precision machines such as CNC machine tools, EDM spark machines, and slow-moving wire cutting machines. We also have a number of high-performance injection molding production equipment from Japan and Germany.

Q: 3.Where is the company currently located, and what is the scale of the factory?

The company relocated to Guigu Park, Jiashan County, Zhejiang Province in 2016. Currently, the plant covers an area of 7,000 square meters, with a usable area of 14,000 square meters, and employs about 100 people.