Toilet rim block cage mould manufacturer
A rim block cage is sold by the million and a fraction of a cent on each one is the year’s margin. So this tool is about two things: how many come out of one shot, and how fast they come off the cores.
- ProcessInjection
- PartRim block cage with the hook
- Drawn atAbout 118 × 142 mm, PP, four cavities
- Lead time40–60 days
What a toilet rim block cage mould has to do
This is the plastic cage that hangs over the rim of the pan and holds the cleaning block. It is a household part rather than a package, which is why it sits on its own page: the people who buy this tool make cleaning products, not bottles.
The cage drawn on this page is about 118 × 142 mm, moulded in PP, in a four cavity tool, and the hook is formed in the tool rather than added afterwards. Those numbers come off our own drawing for that part. A higher cavity count is a normal request and is quoted to the output you need.
The hook is the part of the job that has to be thought about first: it is an undercut, and how deep it is decides whether the cage comes off on a slide or can be stripped. Send the cage you want to copy or the block it has to carry, and that is settled before anything is cut. North American buyers write toilet rim block mold and toilet cleaner cage mold.
The core side of the cage mould
Our own tryout footage, not a rendering.
Seven questions about the tool itself
The seven that decide whether you order, answered for this tooling. Where a figure is on the drawing we print it; where it depends on your part we say which numbers we will ask you for.
Hot runner or cold runner?
A cage is a light part, so a four cavity tool like the one drawn here is normally cold runner. Once the cavity count goes up to hold an output, a hot runner starts to pay for itself. The quotation says which one yours is built on.
Cycle time and output
Worked from the part weight, the wall and the cooling on your machine. Tell us the cages per year or per hour you are planning around and the cavity count and the cycle are calculated back from that.
How the part is ejected
The hook is an undercut, so ejection is either a side action or a stripping arrangement, depending on how deep the hook is. We ask that question before quoting and the layout goes to you with the mould drawing.
Tryout report and acceptance
The tool is run here and the moulded cages ship with it, with the tryout record. On this part the acceptance point is usually whether the cage still hangs straight on the rim with a block in it.
Spare parts
Cavities, cores and the hook inserts are cut from the same drawings on the same machines. The hook insert is the part that wears; say how many spares to pack.
Warranty
Warranty terms are written into the quotation for that tool.
Will it fit your machine?
Tell us the make, model and clamping tonnage. Platen size, tie-bar spacing and the ejector pattern are checked against your machine before the mould is designed.
What we will ask you for: the length and width of the cage, the wall, the material, how deep the hook undercut is, how many cavities you want, the yearly volume and the machine.
How many cages a year are you planning?
On a part this cheap, the yearly volume is what decides the cavity count, and the cavity count is most of the tool price. Give us the number you are working to.
Tell us your output target
Frequently asked questions
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Send us the cage you want to make
A photo of the cage or a sample drawing, and how many you want out of one shot.
- ✓A photo, a drawing or a 3D file of the cage
- ✓Length, width and wall thickness
- ✓The material you run and the colour
- ✓Your yearly volume
- ✓Cavities you want, or the machine tonnage, or parts per hour