plastic part surface finish

A molded part is not finished until its surface is decided. Gloss level, grain, colour and graphics can all be produced by more than one route, and each route carries a different tooling cost, a different per-part cost and a different durability claim. Deciding a finish after the tool is cut is the most expensive way to choose it. Surface finishes split into two families. Finishes built into the tool — mold texture, molded-in colour and gloss level — are paid for once in tooling time and then cost nothing per part. Finishes applied after molding — painting, printing, laser marking and plating — add a per-part cost and a second process step, and they can usually be added later if volumes justify it. Xiamen Yistar Precision Manufacturing Co., Ltd, established in Xiamen in 1995, reviews textu...