IMD nameplates and decorative panels
Flat decorated panels with metallic, gradient and marble finishes — produced as flat parts instead of printed foil or metal.
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IMD-decorated lock panel
A slim decorated control panel for smart locks — graphics in the mold, so the finish does not wear off in daily use.
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This panel carries its decorative and functional printing under a transparent film molded onto the plastic, rather than on top of it. Fingers, cleaning agents and abrasion touch the plastic surface, not the graphics, which is why in-mold decoration is used on parts that are handled every day.
The tooling work sits in the film positioning and the cavity: the film must sit in the same place every cycle and the cavity must hold a Class-A surface without flow marks, or the printed artwork shows distortion. We machine and polish the cavities in-house to ±0.01 mm and trial the decoration with the part at T1.
Typical applications
- Smart door lock panels
- Access control keypads
- Control panels with wear-resistant graphics
- Home automation interfaces
Specification
What this class of tool is built to
Our standard specification for this type of tooling, confirmed line by line on the mold design approval sheet before machining starts.
| Mold construction | Two-plate, three-plate, hot runner, stack or family — specified per part |
| Cavity count | Single or multi-cavity, sized to annual volume, cycle time and press tonnage |
| Mold steels | P20, 718H, NAK80, S136, hardened H13 / SKD61 cores |
| Mold work tolerance | ±0.01 mm |
| Machine accuracy | Down to 0.001 mm (Yasoda, OKUMA, GF, Makino) |
| Runner | Cold runner, hot runner or valve gate |
| Surface finish | SPI A1–D3, bead blast, leather grain or your texture |
| Cooling | Machined circuits; baffles or bubblers where geometry requires |
| Ejection | Pins, sleeves, stripper plate, lifters, unscrewing or collapsible core |
| Verification | Swiss Hexagon CMM and Zeiss Contura; dimensional report at T1 |
| Molding | 30 presses from 20T to 300T, in the same building |
| Documentation | 2D/3D drawings, steel and component certificates, parameter sheet, spare parts |
| Lead time | Typically 15–30 days of machining after design approval |
| Tool ownership | Yours — the tool is designed to be transferable |
Values above are our standard capability for this class of tool, not fixed figures for a specific project. Cavity count, steel grade, runner type and finish are agreed with you on the design approval sheet before any steel is cut.
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Next step
Ask for a DFM review and a price for your part
STEP/IGES/X_T files, the resin, your annual volume and target market are enough to get a mold price, a cycle estimate and the risks we can see — usually in 1–2 business days.