SPE WEBINAR: Why is Flatness One of the Most Difficult Characteristics to Control on a Plastic Part?
Webinar
Why is Flatness One of the Most Difficult Characteristics to Control on a Plastic Part?
October 14, 2026 10:00 AM ET. Online
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Summary
Achieving a perfectly flat plastic part is one of the most frustrating challenges in modern injection molding and manufacturing. This content dives into the complex physics behind plastic warp, explaining how uneven cooling, material shrinkage, and molecular orientation conspire to ruin your part tolerances. You will discover how specific mold designs, gates, and processing variables directly trigger or prevent part distortion. We will share actionable, real-world troubleshooting strategies to help you conquer flatness issues before your molds ever cut steel.
If you can't attend one or several sessions live, or if you want to review some concepts, the recordings will be available after each session.
Gustavo Mosquera has worked in the plastics industry for 22 years in many different processes, such as thermoforming, film extrusion, expandable film extrusion, injection molding and simulation. Through his career serving in various markets — including disposable products, food industry, medical devices, automotive industry and virtual molding — he has developed sound, overall knowledge on the processes needed for parts and process improvement to achieve desired quality. He has been working at SIGMASOFT® for over 10 years and currently serves as the Vice President of Operations.
Part & Mold designers, Product engineers, Manufacturing engineers, process engineers, tooling managers, product managers.
Why Should You Attend?
In plastic part design and manufacturing, it’s crucial to consider potential solutions for foreseeable defects given a part shape and geometric constraints. Knowing what to evaluate and how to address those defects will substantially shorten any part and mold timeline development as well as increase the manufacturing margins to create a manageable process.
At the end of this course, you will…
Get awareness of the different factors that influence a key quality feature needed in many plastic parts which may affects the function and integrity of any assembly.
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