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You designed it perfectly in CAD.

But after molding… the part bends.

That’s warpage — and it’s one of the most challenging issues in injection molding.

🔍 What causes warpage?

Warpage happens when internal stresses are not balanced during cooling.

Typical causes include:

❌ Uneven wall thickness

❌ Non-uniform cooling channel layout

❌ Unbalanced filling or packing

❌ Fiber-reinforced materials with directional shrinkage

❌ Incorrect mold temperature control

Even small temperature differences inside the mold can create measurable distortion.

🧠 Why warpage matters

📏 Poor assembly fit

🔧 Increased post-processing

💸 Higher scrap rates

😬 Customer complaints

In precision components, even 0.3–0.5 mm deviation can cause serious problems.

💡 How engineers reduce warpage

✅ Maintain uniform wall thickness

✅ Optimize cooling channel design

✅ Balance gate placement

✅ Simulate material shrinkage behavior

✅ Control packing pressure carefully

Warpage is not “bad luck” — it’s physics.

And physics can be managed with the right design approach.

SCSplastic we evaluate cooling, flow balance, and material behavior early in the DFM phase — because preventing warpage starts long before production.

Better balance = better stability = better parts.

source : SCSplastic

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