online plastic part quote tool

It has been my experience that every designer makes up his own spreadsheet with his own common materials and can then plug in machine $/hr rate, # of cavities, cycle time, part weight, runner weight and out pops a reasonable estimate for the molding and material cost.

Tooling cost is another world.

Bo

Thanks, Bo. That is what I assumed.

SW got it pretty much upto modeling the process using MoldFlow Express. I wondered if anybody was planning to go past that to costing.

Tooling, yes, that is another -scary- world.

Thanks again.

Arif

As someone who builds and quotes tooling I agree. But there are some simple cost drivers: Side actions Lifters Surface finish Complex parting lines (contoured surfaces crossing the parting line, this includes side actions that require surface matching) Tolerances Tool class feature size/detail (smaller is harder) .... these are the big ones that come to mind.

I expect to see an automatic quoting tool for injection molds right after they find the automatic mold design button. -:)

jk

Try Quickparts.

I have logged on and played around with it a bit. It may give you the ball parking number you are looking for.

Jon