Melet Plastics Inc.

Design Resource Center

• Aim for uniform wall thickness
• Avoid material accumulations
• Use ribbing instead of greater wall thickness
• Radius sharp corners to avoid stress concentrations
• Include draft angles to ensure proper mold release
• Avoid undercuts
• Do not design to greater precision than required
• Design wall thicknesses as thin as possible and only as thick as necessary
• Use economic assembly techniques
• When replacing metals redesign is always necessary