Quality By Design.
Through years of dedication and focus, Craftsman Tool and Mold Company has honed in on a process to produce long-lasting and perfect mold bases. A raw piece of tool-grade steel enters Craftsman's climate-controlled facility, where it undergoes:
- Laser Calibration & Inspection Precision begins with verifying dimensions using advanced metrology systems, ensuring the steel meets strict tolerances before machining begins.
- CNC Machining & Gun Drilling The steel is then shaped through multi-axis CNC processes, with gun drilling used for deep and accurate cooling channels, ejector holes, or structural cavities.
- Surface Grinding To achieve flawless sealing and alignment, each component is meticulously ground for parallelism and surface flatness—often held to micron-level tolerances.
- Stack Mold Configuration Depending on the project, the steel may be machined into Stack Mold, Spin Stack, or Multi-Shot bases, engineered for advanced IML or IMA applications.
- Final QA & Alignment Finished mold bases go through a final inspection and alignment process, ensuring they’re production-ready for high-volume injection molding systems.
From raw metal to mission-critical mold base, each step reflects Craftsman’s commitment to dimensional accuracy, scalability, and reliability.
