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| Create a Sports Medal with Clear Acrilic Inlay | create-a-sports-medal-with-clear-acrilic-inlay | Create injection-molded medals with engraved acrylic inlays. Use polypropylene (PP) and clear acrylic pieces 0.12 inches (3mm) thick. |
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Products | Medium | < 5 hours | injection-molded medals, engraved acrylic inlays, polypropylene medals, acrylic logo inlay, medal manufacturing process, injection molding Kenya, custom medals design, Adobe Illustrator medal design, polypropylene flakes, acrylic pocket mold | Kiambu, Kenya |
Create a Sports Medal with Clear Acrilic Inlay
Create injection-molded medals with engraved acrylic inlays. Use polypropylene (PP) and clear acrylic pieces 0.12 inches (3mm) thick.
User Location: Kiambu, Kenya
Steps
Step 1: Create mold designs using 2D CAD program
We used Adobe Illustrator to create three designs: one for the acrylic inlay, one for the logo outline, and one for the pocket to hold the inlay. Include a small extension indicator on both the pocket and acrylic inlay to ensure the correct orientation of the logo within the mold.
Step 2: Stack the molds in the correct order.
Place the engraved acrylic logo inlay into the pocket mold, then position the medal outline mold on top. Insert this stack between the steel molds connected to the injection machine.
Step 3: Inject, attach ring and ribbon
Inject the plastic into the mold. For this example, we used gray polypropylene flakes for the medal. Remove the molded product, drill a hole, and attach a ring and a ribbon. Complete!
Resources
To create injection-molded medals with acrylic inlays, the following tools, software, and materials are required based on the described process:
Software
- Adobe Illustrator (for designing acrylic inlay, logo outline, and pocket mold)
Hardware
- Injection molding machine
- Steel molds (for pocket, outline, and stack assembly)
Materials
- Polypropylene (PP) flakes (gray)
- Clear acrylic sheets (3mm thickness)
- Metal rings (for attaching ribbons)
- Ribbons
Tools
- Laser engraving machine (for acrylic inlay engraving)
- Drilling tool (for creating attachment hole)
References
References
Articles
- Acrylic Injection Molding Process: The Complete Guide
- Create a Sports Medal with Clear Acrilic Inlay
- Acrylic(PMMA) Injection Molding: Process and Design Considerations
- Plastic Part Design for Economical Injection Molding – Part III
- Acrylic Injection Molding: The Ultimate Guide To PMMA
- A Complete Overview Of Polypropylene Injection Molding
- A Step by Step Guide to Injection Molding
- Acrylic Injection Molding: How to Mold PMMA Injection Parts?
Patents
- US2586978A - Inlay for molded plastic articles
- CN103660127A - Injection molding method of glass-inlaid mold and ...