Create a Sports Medal with Clear Acrilic Inlay

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PRODUCT

PP

HDPE

INJECTION

Create stylish injection molded medals with engraved acrylic inlays. In our case we used PP for the plastic and 3mm clear acrylic off-cuts.

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Table of Contents

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    Create mold designs using 2D CAD program

    We used Adobe Illustrator. Create a design for the acrylic inlay, one for the logo outline, and one for the pocket into which we will place the acrylic inlay. Make sure to include a small extension indicator (see photo) to your pocket and acrilic inlay to help the correct orientation of the logo within the mold

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    Stack the molds in the correct order.

    Place the engraved acrilic logo inlay into the pocket mold then place the medal outline mold on top. Put this stack between the top and bottom steel molds which connect to injection machine.

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    Inject, attach ring and ribbon

    Inject the plactic into the mold. In our case we used gray pp flakes for the silver medal. Remove the injected product. Drill a hole, attach a ring and a ribbon of choice. Done!

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To create injection-molded medals with acrylic inlays, the following tools, software, and materials are required based on the described process:

Software

  • Adobe Illustrator (for designing acrylic inlay, logo outline, and pocket mold)

Hardware

  • Injection molding machine
  • Steel molds (for pocket, outline, and stack assembly)

Materials

  • Polypropylene (PP) flakes (gray)
  • Clear acrylic sheets (3mm thickness)
  • Metal rings (for attaching ribbons)
  • Ribbons

Tools

  • Laser engraving machine (for acrylic inlay engraving)
  • Drilling tool (for creating attachment hole)

References

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