Injection Molding

Your Partner from Concept to Production

Integrated Molding Solutions provides custom plastic injection molding services designed to take your project from an initial idea to finished production. With 12 injection molding machines ranging from 40 to 400 tons, our Houston-based team has the experience and capabilities to support a wide range of part sizes, materials, and production requirements.

Whether you’re developing a new product, improving an existing part, or preparing for full-scale production, IMS works with you to find the right solution for your project.

Example of Plastic Parts Assembly Services

Benefits of Plastic Injection Molding

Plastic injection molding offers an efficient and versatile way to manufacture consistent parts at scale. Depending on your application, material, and production requirements, injection molding can provide several advantages.

Design Flexibility

Create detailed and complex part designs for a wide range of applications.

Consistent, Repeatable Production

Produce large quantities of parts with consistent dimensions and specifications.

Scalable Production

Injection molding is well suited for higher-volume production, from thousands to millions of parts.

Material Options

Choose from a wide range of plastic materials based on properties such as strength, durability, chemical resistance, UV resistance, and more.

Cost Efficiency at Higher Volumes

As production quantities increase, the cost per part can decrease, making injection molding an efficient option for larger production runs.

Secondary Operations & Finishing

Parts can be further completed through services such as assembly, heat staking, pad printing, painting, and other finishing operations.

Injection Molding Machine, Model: lg-fnx110iii-18a

The Injection Molding Process

Whether you come to IMS with a finished design or an initial concept, our team can help prepare your part for production. Our experienced plastic manufacturing professionals work with you to evaluate your design, material requirements, and manufacturing process to find the right solution for your application.

By considering performance, efficiency, and manufacturability early in the design process, we can help identify opportunities to improve your part while reducing unnecessary tooling and production costs

Before moving into final tooling and production, a prototype can be created to evaluate the part’s design, fit, and function. Using rapid prototyping methods such as 3D printing, customers can review the part and identify any necessary adjustments before committing to production.

Once the design is approved and meets the project requirements, the part can move forward into tooling and injection molding for full-scale production.

Selecting the right plastic material is essential to the performance and longevity of your part. IMS evaluates your application and project requirements to help identify materials with the properties you need, including UV and chemical resistance, flame resistance, tensile strength, color, and more.

When appropriate, IMS can also incorporate sustainably sourced, post-consumer, or post-industrial materials to help support your project’s sustainability goals.

Once the part design is finalized, the engineering and tooling phase prepares the project for production. The injection mold is designed around the part’s specifications while accounting for factors such as dimensions, material flow, cooling, and durability.

Proper mold design and tooling are essential for producing accurate, consistent parts and maintaining reliable performance throughout repeated production cycles.

Once the mold and material are ready, production begins. Plastic resin pellets are heated until molten and injected into the mold, where the material cools and takes the shape of the finished part.

After molding, parts are removed and move through any required secondary operations, inspection, and packaging. This process allows IMS to efficiently produce consistent, repeatable parts across production runs of varying sizes.

Before leaving our facility, finished parts go through quality inspections to verify they meet the specifications and requirements established for the project. Our quality processes help maintain consistency and repeatability throughout production.

Once inspection is complete, parts are packaged according to project requirements and prepared for delivery. IMS supports domestic and international shipping, as well as customer pickup from our Houston facility.

When an existing part needs to be reproduced but original designs or specifications are unavailable, IMS can use reverse engineering to help recreate it. Instead of starting with a design concept, our team begins with a physical sample of the existing part.

Our engineers evaluate the sample, determine its dimensions and design requirements, and develop the information needed to move the part toward tooling and production.

IMS offers additional manufacturing and finishing capabilities to help simplify your production process. By keeping more of your project with one manufacturing partner, we can help reduce complexity and keep production moving efficiently.

Capabilities include:

CAD Modeling • Assembly • Heat Staking • Pad Printing • Painting • Finishing Services

Quality at Every Stage

Quality control is an important part of the injection molding process at IMS. Our experienced team considers critical factors such as mold design, cooling, temperature, pressure, injection speed, and material flow to help produce consistent, high-quality molded parts.

IMS also performs regular testing and calibration of injection molding equipment, along with quality checks throughout production. By carefully controlling both the equipment and molding process, our team works to ensure finished parts meet the specifications and requirements established for each project.

Is Injection Molding Right for Your Project?

Injection molding is well suited for projects that require consistent, repeatable plastic parts at higher production volumes. As production quantities increase, the cost per part can decrease, making injection molding an efficient option for producing thousands or even millions of parts.

Not sure if injection molding is the right fit? IMS can help evaluate your part, production quantity, and project requirements. For smaller production runs or prototypes, 3D printing may be a better option. Talk with our team to determine the right manufacturing approach for your project.