Is ABS cheaper than nylon?

Yes. ABS is one of the lowest-cost engineering resins and it processes at lower temperatures, which also shortens cycles and reduces mold wear.

What temperature can ABS parts handle?

General-purpose ABS softens around 90 – 100 °C, so continuous use is usually limited to about 80 °C. Heat-resistant grades and PC/ABS go higher.

Can ABS parts be glued, painted or plated?

Yes. ABS bonds, paints and plates well, which makes it popular for housings and decorative parts.

ABS Injection Molding for Industrial Parts

Custom-engineered projectBuilt in Shenzhen, ChinaExample shown with customer permission

Ribbed ABS chassis for industrial equipment, chosen for low resin cost and easy processing.

Category	Industrial Equipment Parts
Service	Mold design & mold making
Standards	HASCO · DME · LKM
Inspection	T1 samples + FAI report

Why ABS for industrial parts

ABS is widely used for industrial equipment parts. Its resin price is among the lowest of the engineering plastics, with only PP lower, so it is often the first resin a molder and mold maker suggest to customers who want a lower part cost. This ribbed chassis is a typical ABS industrial part.

Easier processing, easier quality control

ABS is processed at a much lower temperature than nylon or glass-filled nylon. That brings several practical benefits:

shorter cooling time and faster cycles,
less energy per part,
less wear on the mold, since there is no glass fibre,
a wider process window, so quality is easier to keep stable.

Designing an ABS chassis

Uniform walls around 2 – 3 mm with ribs for stiffness instead of thick sections.
Bosses for self-tapping screws designed to ABS guidelines to prevent cracking.
Draft on all ribs so the part releases from deep cores.

When ABS is not enough

If the part sees heat above about 80 °C, strong chemicals or long-term load, we suggest PC/ABS, PC or glass-filled nylon instead. Tell us the operating conditions and we will recommend the material that meets them at the lowest cost.

Data from the original project. Your part can use a different resin, steel, cavity count or standard.
Specifications	Project-specific; shared with your quotation
Category	Industrial Equipment Parts

How a project like this works

Tell us what you need – the mold only, molded parts, or both, and your estimated annual volume.
Send drawings – STEP, IGES, STL, DWG or PDF, or a sample. We sign off moldability in a DFM review.
Quotation – tooling price, part price and a schedule, with steel, cavities and runner proposed.
Mold design approval – you approve the 3D mold design before steel is cut.
T1 samples + FAI report – production or mold shipment starts after your approval.

Shipping molds and parts

Molds are cleaned, rust-protected, marked and checked against a shipment checklist: cooling circuits, sprue, locating ring, ejection and support pillars.
Molds ship with drawings, a spare-parts list and the T1 process sheet.
Parts are packed to your packing instruction and inspected before shipment.
We ship to customers in Europe, the USA and Asia.