I'm not sure what your volumes are or your estimated budget. But if you want to keep your assembly costs down you might want to look into something like doing 2 shot "In-mold assembly". With this process you utilize 2 different materials; shoot the first part (say the socket) and then the mold...
From Sizzer 33 on 8 Jul 08
"Some of our process guys would like to try out "melt flipper" way. I think mainly problem now should be in runner and controlling the flow by putting some turbulence on the faster flowing cavities.. We have check the gating size for all cavities and it doens't vary...
