Injection mould design is
designing of tools to manufacture plastic parts. These moulds are put on
injection moulding machines in which a thermoplastic or thermoset plastic
material is fed into a heated barrel, mixed, and forced into the metal mould
cavity where it cools and hardens before being removed.
Press tool design refers
to design of tool for producing components made out of metal sheets. Metal sheets
are primarily cut and bent to produce the required geometry.
Die casting is
a metal casting process
that is characterised by forcing molten metal under high pressure into a mould cavity. The mould cavity is created using two hardened tool steel dies which
have been machined into shape and work similarly to an injection
mould during the process.
A fixture holds the component/assembly
to be worked in a fixed location. A device that holds the work and guides a
tool is called a jig. A jig's primary purpose is to provide repeatability, accuracy, and interchangeability in the manufacturing of products.