How to Estimate Injection Molding Parts Cost

We now provide a complimentary version of Costmate, an injection molding parts cost estimator, in Prospector X5.

To calculate material and machinery costs, project profit and a final project quote using Costmate, enter the material price per pound, part volume, and machine costs (setup, downtime, operator hours, cycle time).

To access Costmate, you'll first need to register for a Prospector X5 account. Once you're registered, access Costmate by clicking on the 'Resources' tab in Prospector X5.

How to Find Alternative Resins

Finding resins to replace higher cost plastics and discontinued materials has always been tedious. IDES's Alternative Resins Search helps Plastics Molders, OEMs and Design Engineers save enormous costs and time. In fact, we have a molding customer who anticipates saving over $600,000 this year alone!

Materials expert, Bob Hatch, has this to say about Alternative Resins Search:
"I'm impressed - I now rely exclusively on IDES's Alternative Resin Search and find that I don't need my plastics cross reference sheets anymore."

See how Alternative Resin Search works.

Save 10% on Pocket Specs Set

Pocket Specs for Injection Molding (6th Edition - 10th Anniversary)
The sixth edition of this convenient, best-selling pocket guide is more complete than ever, with up to 16 key processing properties recommended by the material supplier for nearly 16,000 injection molding grades. All materials data, trade name and material supplier directories, troubleshooting guide, and the glossary have been updated.

Pocket Specs for Thermoplastics (3rd edition)
The third edition of this pocket guide includes an all-new 30-page introduction written by Mike Sepe, property data for nearly 19,000 specific grades of thermoplastic materials, and a property range table in one handy, pocket-sized book!

Save 10% on both books.

2004 Most Popular Plastics Searches

Thousands of searches are conducted each day by plastics professionals around the globe. What are they looking for? IDES Prospector provides a glimpse into last year's most popular plastics searches:

Source: IDES Prospector

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