Ep 87 - Injection Molding with Adam Smith President of Millennium Plastics

Injection molding is just what it sounds, using a mold, injecting
it with melted material and hardening that material to create the
desired product.  It’s not as simple as it sounds,
though.  Everything that goes into injection molding must be a
quality product to produce tight tolerances.  In this episode,
Adam describes to what tolerances he is creating parts as a
supplier to OEM’s (Original Equipment Manufacturers).  The
molds sometimes must be prepped with a coating in order to preserve
the quality of the mold.  In addition, the coating can help
tighten the tolerance on the product.  We learned that most
OEM’s will not even talk to a supplier if they are not ISO 9001
certified and it is best to have other automotive standard
certifications.  Adam also briefly discussed dipping his toes
in the medical device industry, but after going into detail as to
what is involved in that, we understand why they do not venture
into it much.  Adam Smith - Founding Partner and
President: Plastics Engineering and Technology bachelor degree
from Ferris State University10 years of engineering, and operations
management experience (executive level) in the tight tolerance,
safety critical plastic component industry including seat belt
components.Designed, Built, and Launched over 100 safety critical
injection molds.Achieved world class operating metrics including,
100% on time delivery, 90%.Successfully
launched 2 injection molding facilities on time, and under
budget.Featured in Plastics News 2016 edition of Rising Stars.
Millennium Plastics utilizes Industry 4.0 technology to run a
lights out injection molding operation that reduces part and
process variation, minimizes overhead and direct labor and solves
difficult engineering problems. Adam SmithPresidentMillennium
Plasticsasmith@millennium-plastics.comwwwmillennium-plastics.com
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