Insert, outsert and overmoulding

- Insert moulding: plastic is injected around an insert (usually metal).
- Outsert Moulding: similar to insert moulding, but here a metal sheet surrounds some plastic elements.
- Overmoulding: another plastic is injected around a plastic product or around a part of the plastic product.

Stainless steel screen (mesh), 100µm thick

Cross-section after injection moulding

End product in assembly

Insert Moulding

The above example shows how 50% glass filled IXEF has been injected around an 0.10 [mm] sieve. The sieve is dropped into a tray after which a robot picks up the part and places it in the mould. The cross-section shows three cross-sections of products, embedded in non-shrink resin to enable microscopic quality measurement.