Mold Engineering Tools

Mold Engineering Calculators

A working set of injection-mold design tools from Brown Tool & Mold — built from 40+ years of tooling experience. Select a calculator below to run the numbers on your next mold.

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Leader Pin Deflection

Estimate leader pin deflection under the weight of the moving mold half, with a PASS/FAIL against the 0.002″ limit.

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Press Tonnage

Calculate the clamp tonnage required to hold a mold closed, by material, projected area, cavity count, and depth.

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Mold Support Pillar

Recommend support pillar count and layout to control plate deflection under injection load.

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Cooling Line Flow

Flow rate, Reynolds number, and pressure drop for cooling circuits — confirm turbulent flow.

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Shrinkage by Resin

Apply resin-specific shrink rates to nominal dimensions to size cavity steel correctly.

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Gate & Runner Sizing

Size gates and runners to the part and material for balanced fill and clean packing.

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Ejector Force

Estimate the ejection force needed to strip the part, based on shrink grip and draft.

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These tools give first-order engineering estimates to support mold design decisions — final design is validated by BTM engineering. Explore our Injection Molding Services to see how we build them.

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