ABS Plastic Molding | ABS Injection Molding | ABS Plastic Machining Fabricator

Jaco Products, one of Ohio’s premier ABS plastic molding manufacturers, offers custom ABS plastic molding and machining services. ABS (acrylonitrile butadiene styrene) boasts outstanding mechanical properties, including toughness and impact resistance.

ABS is a versatile thermoplastic with excellent dimensional stability and resistance to scratching. It is also more cost-effective than exotic resins, making it ideal for injection molding and machining.

Jaco Products can color ABS plastic to match specific Pantones, providing plastic product designers with a wide array of color options. Metal coatings adhere well to ABS, offering even more design and finishing options because painting and plating are easier. Popular ABS colors include bright white, black, flame red, fern green, soft gray, marigold, graphite, and coconut.

Additionally, ABS is recyclable at certain recycling facilities, contributing to environmental sustainability.

ABS can be found in many types of products from consumer products such as golf club heads and protective carrying cases to computer covers. Industrial applications for ABS molded and machined parts span across all industries from automotive interiors to medical, marine and appliance manufacturing.

• Tensile Strength (psi) 5,000-12,000
• Flexural Modulas (psi) 270,000-380,000
• Impact Strength (notched izod ft.-lb./in.) 3.0-7.5
• Max Temperature (deflection or softening) 140°-200° F
• Chemical Formula (C8H8)x· (C4H6)y·(C3H3N)z)
• Glass Transition 105 °C (221 °F) *
• Typical Injection Molding Temperature 204 – 238 °C (400 – 460 °F) *
• Heat Deflection Temperature (HDT) 98 °C (208 °F) at 0.46 MPa (66 PSI) **
• UL RTI 60 °C (140 °F) ***
• Specific Gravity 1.06 Shrink Rate 0.5-0.7 % (.005-.007 in/in) ***

We are experts in injection molding complex materials including standard and glass-filled ABS. We can also mold ABS plastic with glass fibers and additives to increase the strength of the part and operating temperatures as high as 176°f.

Machined ABS can create high tolerance complex parts that require 5-axis machining. Jaco Products can quickly and easily machine internal threads, ports, holes and complex shapes that would require multi-slide injection molds in either small prototype quantities or large, lights-out production manufacturing.

When high-tolerance, complex ABS parts are required. Our technical staff will use both processes, ABS molding and 5-axis CNC machining. We first injection mold a net near shape ABS part, then machine the part to the required tolerance, milling ports, threads and undercuts that the part requires. Many times, engineers have brought an ABS part to us that other injection molders have declined to quote. Using multiple processes, we are able to successfully fabricate the part. We can machine short-run prototypes for testing and fit/function analysis prior to investment in ABS injection molds.

Machined ABS can create high tolerance complex parts that can be produced only with 5-axis machining. Internal threads, ports, holes and complex shapes that would require multi-slide injection molds, can quickly and easily be machined in either small prototype quantities or large, lights-out production manufacturing.

In addition, we offer a full range of ABS machining services including: milling, drilling, sawing, turning, shearing, threading, stamping and die-cutting.

Jaco Products also provides a full range of ABS fabrication and finishing services from welding, pad printing, stamping and engraving to assembly and kitting. We will coordinate outside services such as metal plating. Furthermore, all parts are manufactured and inspected to our stringent ISO 9001:2008 quality standards.

Our experienced technical staff is available to help you design the perfect ABS plastic part for your application. Our depth of knowledge of materials, molding and machining is unparalleled, so we can help develop innovative multi-process solutions for your part design challenges. If you can envision it, we can make it. Contact our technical staff today to discuss your part design.