DIY of Small Pneumatic Desktop Injection Mold Machine
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- PART-1 DIY video of how to design and build a small miniature pneumatic air actuated desktop molding machine. The video series covers the complete build from start to finish. The video will cover all the parts needed and there details in order to make and build a machine. It will also cover the build details of all the parts and how they are assembled into a completed unit. PDF's and 3D CAD files and also kits and parts of the complete machine will be offered on www.clifford-mfg.com website for folks to purchase if they are interested.
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Sooooo excited to make one of these! Thank you for the design.
a lot of great thoughts here...love the horizontal format...super smart solutions... great video.
brilliant! looking forward to the automatic machine build too
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Thanx for this great project and all your explanations. Very good 👍👍👍✌
This is brilliant design thanks for sharing this
Nice simplex design, looking forward to the meeting of the mold
Beautiful job. Thanks for sharing
Thank you! 😊
Thanks for this sir. Great info and helpful!
Wow best channel to learn how to creat beauty
Thank you sir
thank you so much Scott
Great video great thanks for sharing
Thank you Scott!
Very welcome!
I like, I been thinking about making one using hydrophilic lefts I took out of chairs.
Im in the plastics industry 29yrs and from everything ive seen,this is really a "cool" and basic machine. Im planning my own as well due to small mouldings to be made for my hobby which is model trains(HO scale for me😂😎)already has started to make miniature molds for these articles. The machine is already determined to be similar, though im gonna use toggle connector pieces for the clamping side along with servos for both sides. Im interested in your electronics side of that machine so ill be waiting patiently😅
Very cool indeed, thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it
Many thanks for sharing your incrdible level of ingenior : i will make a machine for my plastic process, don''t know if i will stay manual ( precious plastic ) or a pneumatic.....prices will decide for me lol ...anyway some little parts are interessting from your website...will exchange there if needed to go ahead with you.............take care Fellow, cheers : )
I BRASIL SAO PAULO, MUITO BOM O SEU VÍDEO, PARABÉNS.
Perfect..👏. What did you use to screw and barrel?. I think to do a little machine. I need to inject 25 grs at max... Congrat....Greg
Awesome :)
MEUS PARABÉNS E OBRIGADO POR ACENDER UMAS IDEIAS QUE TENHO COM O SEU TRABALHO POSSO TENTAR FAZER UMAS 5 DESSAS .
Hello Clifford and thanks for the video. Well you really hit a nail here because as I suspected many people including me interested in this thing, home/small batch injection molding even enterprises, but so far not many sources only the gingery design and recently precious plastic but without pneumatic force injection. So much more on 3d printing which is only for prototyping mainly.
Will you make the plans in metric units, too?
Thanks for your kind words, my goal is to make it affordable for normal people. If your interested in a machine and don't want to build your own I do offer reasonably priced DYI kits or full machines on my website. I also offer Injection mold tools that are cost effective. Usually between $300 to $600 buck depending on details. At the moment I have 5 machine that will be ready to ship in about 4 weeks. I also have two of my fully automatics machines available also.
thanks for reaching out!
I requid for make usb mold machine
excelente trabalho amigo.
Great and Great !!! , waiting for WEB site
Working on it !!!
www.clifford-mfg.com/ not working yet, is this right?
do you need the small screw and barrel?
making my own rn, been doing research, have several different design pathways all using different methods of force for the plunger. The pneumatic is super simple but the actuators just dont have much force at all esp for the larger injections and im afraid it wont cut it.. A hydraulic one using an old compressor motor and a power steering pump for the hydraulic pump, and an mechanical electric powered screw jack (3 ton car scissor jack) all methods work in practice but i dont want to continue the pneumatic actuator because of low force capability. The screw jack one is super simple. Any of you all have experience doing larger parts with a pneumatic air cylinder?
If requested will you make two of those same machines for a small workshop for children back to school
nice video
Thanks
Amazing!
Dude... YOU ARE AWESOME!!!
Meanwhile. Unfortunately in my country aren't such junkyard. Please help. How to right called this metal profile which You use as base? On 4:10 I hear "U-channel" am I right?
How much pressure does the injection piston make?
nice simple design. most of the parts i am familiar with. but not that piston thing. what is that called? and where can i buy that
Anton i am getting my website finished here in the next two weeks.. there you can by a design or you can purchase parts or kits.
Wondering how difficult it would be to adapt this idea to mold aluminum. Maybe pour the melt into the hopper one shot at a time?
I don't see why it would not work. The hoper would need to handle the high temp. Maybe make the hopper out of ceramic would do it.
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Thank you very much
@@scottclifford-cliffordmfg4148 vou fabricar uma injetora dessa sua .
Ficou muinto bem feita.👍👏👏
Hi this is a fantastic little machine do you have a cad drawing with measurements as would like to build one to build one
You can purchase a DIY kit or a CAD file form my website. www.clifford-mfg.com Thanks
Scott
Great video.
Glad you enjoyed it
Is there a BOM for all parts in the Cad files?
I would think some parts along with firmware would be available only from your site. Can you update us on what's proprietary?
I'm interested.
I do offer for sale a complete down load of 3D STP files for both my machines. LOU2 does not require firmware. Craigger however does require firmware and I will offer it for sale also, but currently i am finishing it up. So i have not posted it yet.
@@scottclifford-cliffordmfg4148 Thank you. When you do that I, and maybe others would like some info about how we would get parts to make the machine.
Knowing which parts come from you and if other parts are readily available (rather than having to fabricate everything else myself) would help make an informed decision. Thanks for the response Scott.
jbc
when will u post part 2 ??
Nice design, was curious as to the plunger cylinder .. is the bore just drilled or grind finished??
It was CNC bored, you could also drill it have it reamed. It helps to have the end feature a 30 to 60 degree angle to help feed material.
@@scottclifford-cliffordmfg4148 thanks for the reply, I was planning for a 20mm x 300mm cylinder .. I do not know if it's easily possible in shops here, else would go with multipart design ..
@@Amit-sp4qm 20mm sounds good and at 300mm you will have lots of shot size. Note 20mm needs to be big enough to take the diameter of your pneumatic cylinder diameter you select! Don't miss that detail or you will cussing your self later, I recommend you make slightly larger, in my design I have at 20.27mm. Make sure your plunder is slightly large than the pneumatic cylinder!!
That should have said, make sure your plunder is slightly larger than the pneumatic cylinder rod diameter so it can enter your barrel. Note at 300mm you will have a stroke ability depending on your design of say 5-7 inches or more.
@@Amit-sp4qm should be no problem. FYI I do sell my barrel assemblies if your interested. They are on my website www.clifford-mfg.com
Great video and design Scott - I'm subscribed! One suggestion for future video's: it would be great if you could add a "compressor plugin" to the audio when you are editing. That will solve the varying audio levels!
I also have a question - what is the rubber material you are using here? Is it something from Henkel or one of the major vendors?
Thank you for replying ... I will for sure do as you suggested about my audio. I will look up the compressor plug in and install it. Does this plug in cost extra? Honestly the video editing thing took me a while to master ... no that's a bad word ... to get to were I can in a timely manner get them done! Its like learning a CAD package from scratch!!
You asked about the material: The material I use is called Santoprene and the manufacture is ExxonMobil Chemical. Note this type of material is available from several manufactures and in several durometers and colors, but under different brand names. I believe they own the brand name Santoprene. They actually have a website named www.santoprene.com The material shot in my video is part number 101-55 PJC3196. If I remember right the 55 in that part number is the durometer. In my area there are a few distributors for these types of materials and typically you can get small samples quantities for free to test. Just talk a good story about your plans for it!
@@scottclifford-cliffordmfg4148 Thanks for the info on Santoprene. Apparently it's a TPE, but it behaves like vulcanized rubber? Very interesting!
Regarding plugin - this really depends how you edit your video. For instance if you use Adobe Premiere, it's an audio effect plugin that comes with the software. You just drop it on the video track in the editor.
What software do you use for video editing?
@@JensChrBrynildsen I use Adobe Premiere Pro
@@scottclifford-cliffordmfg4148 Great! Then this tutorial will show you how to do it. It's not hard :) th-cam.com/video/GMvEcEt2Dbs/w-d-xo.html
Can you include a BOM I feel like I’m gonna miss a part
Great video! +1 follower! What is the format of the pneumatic cylinder please? 50/63 x200mm? Thanks!
Cylinder is 63mm with 100mm stroke
@@scottclifford-cliffordmfg4148 thanks ! 😉
@@scottclifford-cliffordmfg4148 what's the shot size?
@@JesseHughson just over 2 cubic centimeters. If you look on my website it will give you exact values. Website is www.clifford-mfg.com.
Were can I get all the materials for ?? Please thanks
How big parts can you mold? And if you need bigger parts, do you lengthen the cylinder or enlarge the inner diameter in this case?
Basically you can mold parts in the current machine size in the 4 by 6 inch range. yes if they require more material; you will need lager barrel and lager cylinder.
@@scottclifford-cliffordmfg4148 thank you. I'm not sure I understand. What volume would that be. Like 0.5 cubic inch?
Also depending on what the volume is, is it dispensed accordingly so you're not pushing much more than the mold can take? I understand there has to be a little more so there will be pressure to push it into all the nooks and crannies in the mold.
I needed thiss machine
I am india
we are a small cable harness manufacturer, the mold machine is very much suitable to our day to day requirements. We thought of buying the same. Please let us know the details.
Please see my website at www.clifford-mfg.com and there you can order a kit or a finished unit. I have 5 being made now, and few have already taken ordered. Once I have orders for all five I will get to making 5 to 10 more units depending on interest. They work very well for overholding. The machine you saw in my video is over 20 years old and has over molded 1000s and 1000s of parts. I can also help with tooling if you need it also. I do my best to make thing's affordable for the average person. Thanks for your interest. Scott
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is there a way to calibrate the heat level to make it suitable for ceramic? alumina and/or zirconia.
What is the temperature you require?
@@scottclifford-cliffordmfg4148 around 2200 F
@@Esoterica99 Ok that's hot !! You will need some larger heaters for sure, and there contacts would need to be rated for those levels. I also think we would need to make our own PID temperature controller that would go that high. The thermal couples would also need to be rated for that temperature, but not a big deal there. Any way hope that helps. Are the part small you want to make?
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Hello. Greetings, I need to buy this manual machine for the purpose of injection from 90 to 110 PVC
I currently have 4 Lou2 in tock if you are interested in one.
Air moter and hand controller buy link please
Great job and nice machine Its me Talgat i droped email to you
What is the material of everything used for resistance?
Do not understand your question. As far as material you can mold with any material as long as the heat is set properly.
Hi Scott Clifford - Clifford Mfg, great video, however I can´t acces to the web page, How Can I get the cad files?, thanks in advance
Sorry i am not quite finished with website ... hope to have fully up in a week to 10 days. Scott
Nice Machine !
th-cam.com/video/m_SGil598jQ/w-d-xo.html Made in Turkey
really interested in your machine. I'm a wire harness manufacturer and we get hit up to make overmolding for wire harness all the time and I turn it down. We also want to make power cords as well in various gages of wire so it sounds like your machine would do the job. I'll likely automate it with a compute module 4 with safety features and cycle times to make it easier for my situation in Canada. I couldn't get on your website for some reason not sure why??
Yes this type of machine is perfect for doing over-molding on cables. My Website is in process wit will still be a few weeks out i am told to get everything properly done ... its getting there. this E-Commerce stuff is very new to me but i am getting it slowly.
FYI I do also have a fully automated machine also... I have one video posted on it. This machine can produce faster injection times and has power to spare! I started with my old machine first so I could work out the bugs of doing videos and all the other related things in doing TH-cam videos. Hopefully i get faster and better at it.
@@scottclifford-cliffordmfg4148 are you referring to the lou3?
Nice machine !
th-cam.com/video/m_SGil598jQ/w-d-xo.html Made in Turkey
I want this one
Would love to have something like this just don’t have the skills to make one
When my website is done you can purchase a kit if you like. Scott
@@scottclifford-cliffordmfg4148 how much would it roughly cost and is it in the uk?
My goal is to keep LOU2 under $1000-$1500 dollars for a complete machine.
Do you have any for sale
How can i get this machin in pakistan
Web page isn't working :( I run a makerspace for after-school kids and they would LOVE to make and assemble the automated injection molded machine in your other video! Are the plans available for that machine? I look forward to your reply @Scott Clifford
Yes you are correct, my website is just being finished up, I hope to have it done by next week. Sorry for the delay this website thing and TH-cam I am doing my best to get it all figured out. Sorry I am so slow!. Yes I will have the full design of the semi automatic on my sight. Note this machine is the new version called Lou2 with all the updated features. You will see a peak of it on this weeks video I will release end of this week. FYI the first release is the semi automatic/manual one and the second machine will be the full automatic servo controlled version.
@@scottclifford-cliffordmfg4148 Sounds GREAT! Hopefully the plans will be available for others to make their own unless it is going to be like most where they only offer a complete "ready-to-mold" unit for thousands of dollars :/ A project like this is what the kids would love to have a part in and make. The final results are also something they would enjoy! Thanks for the update and look forward to your future info!
@@GrumpyHeadDesigns I will offer a STP file of the complete machine, it will include every part nut and bolt as well as PID controller and all pneumatic parts. Most the peripheral parts you can buy from Amazon and I list the links. You can use the CAD files to make your own frame and barrel assembly and build them from scratch. You can also buy the kit from me and assemble it that way also. I will also offer the barrel and push rod for sale in case you do not want to tackle that or you can make it yourself using the CAD in the STP file provided. For all the details you can watch my videos or you can ask me any question you want and I promise to always give you and answer. I have been doing product design for well over 30 years, I would be glad to help anyone especially kids in either learning or making there own product's! I will be glad to help you in any way I can ... Scott
@@scottclifford-cliffordmfg4148 I am glad to hear that! I am disabled and like I said, run an after school makerspace for the kids to keep them out of trouble and to offer them additional learning for real world examples. I am not funded so everything comes from out of my personal pocket or if the kids or their family members contribute, that is when we are able to do big projects. When we make stuff from what is built, those items then get sold to bring in some additional revenue for future builds and shop upkeep. An injection mold machine would open up MANY doors for their learning experience and offer a few more sellable items! Time will tell what the parts will cost to get made since we don't currently have a way to machine certain parts O_o I truly appreciate your contribution to society and we are excitedly waiting for your future vids! I told the kids about this yesterday and they reacted like a fan watching their favorite team win the super bowl! LOL
@@scottclifford-cliffordmfg4148 Any update on this? The kids are tearing me apart wanting to start molding things so they can start bringing in $ for the summer venues O_o
3d filament extruder basically.
Could be I guess but on a much a larger scale! Typically an extruder would have an auger for the pushing element so it could be continuous.
@@scottclifford-cliffordmfg4148 looks to be 2 times larger.
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Hi sir greeting from turkey , could you tell me what is the total cost that project 300$-400$ or more than ?
If you can make it your self you can defiantly do it in the range of $400 dollars. I do sell some on my website but I sell a frame and barrel for $1800 dollars. If you want it fully built its quite a bit more. Hope this helps. Website: clifford-mfg.com
@@scottclifford-cliffordmfg4148 firstly i wanna say thank you so much sir , i was visit your webside and ı saw more than machine productions , i love them but nowadays 1$=16,51₺ turkish lira and i am a student so i cannot buy your production because expensive for me
Therefore i've to find cheaper equipments , i 've got a project like yours if i realize it i will send a video and cost report
How much price this machine
i want to buy this machine . where i get this?
You can buy from my Website www.Clifford-mfg.com
Como comprar uma máquina dessa?
My Portuguese is none existent, but my son speaks it. He told me you asked were to buy. My website is not quite ready yet. You can contact me at scott@clifford-mfg.com and I will do my best to help you.
My son told me this reply " envia um e-mail para 'tour email address' e Vai para o meu site 'scott@clifford-mfg.com'"
Pode enviar um e-mail pra ele. O e-mail dele é Scott@clifford-mfg.com. O site dele ainda não está pronto mas logo vai estar pronto. Também pode copiar eu no e-mail para eu ajudar meu e-mail é kyle@solidcircuitsaz.com.
I need this machine iam India
Hi, what nozzle size is used?
4mm
@@scottclifford-cliffordmfg4148 OK thank you.
What is your experience? Is it better to have wider opening or smaller with more pressure?
a lot of it depends on what your material is an how big your part is. You don't wont it to big i would say start at 100mil and work it up from there would be my suggestion. what are you suing to push the material in with? How many pound's? I went to 4mm because I was using mostly Santoprene and it is very sticky!!!
@@scottclifford-cliffordmfg4148 thanks again. So if I understand it right its good to have a removeable nozzle to try things out. Do you think that 3D- Printer nozzle could works? Sure they are pretty thin but it could be widened up to the diameter thats needed. This way they could be mounted with a thread to replace to difrent diameters.
Still there is a long way for me to go. I am just about to build CNC machine with a friend. After it works fine id like to build injections molding machine. Do you have any good source of how to design a mold? Mostly i am interested of how to design the runners and gates etc. So that plastic does flow well everywhere around.
Also I am courious about the pressure for the injection. Do you think that a tighten car spring will provide enough pressure? I dont like using a compresor, thats why.
@@vespa2901 i have a complete set of videos on how to design a part and a mold. If you look at those you will learn everything there is to know. FYI a 3D printing head is to small unless your going to make parts the size of a pencil eraser!
sir pliese give me this machine and your price sir
Ypu can buy one on my website at www.clifford-mfg.com
ok sir@@scottclifford-cliffordmfg4148
Are you translate in Hindi please.