1: Tool Standard and steel
Steel of mould
The steel and the construction were used for the mould will affect the cost of the mould a lot. We put advanced technology into our design and use very suitable steel to insure the quality of the mould and control the cost of the mould to be the lowest in the meantime. Many of our prototype and small quantity tools are made from tooling grade aluminums. Whether or not you require a hardened tool depends on the number of parts you expect to run and the materials you are running. High volume tools should always be hardened as should medium volume tools that run with a glass or mineral or other abrasive material. When purchasing a hardened tool make sure the runner systems are also hardened Stainless Steel and other corrosion resistant steels are commonly used when using corrosive materials or additives are present in the plastic. Beryllium Copper and other copper allows (AMPCO, etc.) are used for heat transfer as well as wear applications. Many kinds of world-wide applied mould steels are used in our production.
Mould standard and mould base
We design mould according to customer's requirement, such as DME, HASCO standards are used into our production. We usually nominate LKM to supply us the mould base and purchase other mould components from leading supplier in china.
Below are some information for your reference.

Mould Steel:	LKM	LKM2344SUPER,LKM2344
		LKM818H,LKM838H
		LKM2311,LKM2312
		LKM718H,LKM738H
	ASSAB (Sweden)	IMPAX718S,IMPAX718H
		STAVAX S136,STAVAX S136H
	DAIDO (Japan)	PX88,NAK55,NAK80
		DC11,DC53
	FINKL (America)	P20HH,P20LQ，H-13,S-7
	AUBERT & DUVAL (France)	ADC3, SMV3W，X13T6W，MEK4
Mould Base:	DME, HASCO, FUTABA, LKM
Standard Parts:	DME, HASCO, DAIDO, NEAREST ANSI STANDARD, NEAREST DIN STANDARD, LKM
Hot Runner:	MOULD MASTER, Master TIP, HUSKY, HASCO, DME, YUDO, INCOE, THERMOPLAY
Texture:	Mold-Tech, ,YIXIN

2: How about LST

How large is your company?	There are about 12000 square meters for our workshop.
How many employees are there in your factory?	There are more than 600 employees in our factory.
Could you tell us your main customers?	Most of our customers are oversea companies, including some famous brands such as Philips, samsung, Haier, Dell, Canon, Epson etc.
What kind of mold do you make? Plastic injection molding mould, die casting mould or else?	Our products are mostly plastic injection molding mould and die casting mould. Sometimes we also make blow mould as required. The percentage is small.
How many molds do you make annually?	Averagely, we make about 700 to 1,000 molds annually.
Do you have plastic injection machines for mold trail?	Yes, we have 17 sets injection machines ranging from 50 tons to 780 tons and 5 sets double injection machines from 40 tons to 320 tons and 6 sets die casting machines from 138 tons to 800tons in our factory.
How many shifts do you operate every day?	For CNC, EDM and Polishing Depts., two shifts; Mold Shop depends on the emergency, and others one shift.
Do you have office or factory in Hong Kong?	We have an office in Hong Kong. Our factory is in Dongguan, China mainland.
How long is the lead-time for a mold?	It depends on the mold’s size, complexity and design. Usually, the lead-time is about 35--40days.

Facilities & Technology

How do you maintain your advanced machines?	We appoint some experienced and skilled staff to maintain these machines.
Have the operators been trained specially?	Yes, they have.
How often do you inspect you machinery and tools?	For huge and complex instruments, we check their precision and function every 6months. For small ones, 4 months.
What kind of steel do you use to make mold?	We can use all types of steel appointed by customer. Usually we use Swiss Assab, German Edel, Japan Daido etc.
Where do you buy the steel and mold base?	Usually we buy the steel for Ming-lee Company and LKM Company.
What kind of hot-runner do you use?	Usually we use Mold-master, Incoe,Yudo, Hasco and DME
How do you do the texture/text/heat-treatment /nitriding and so on?	We have the cooperative subsidiary factories to do that. They are more professional.
How do you monitor the process?	Our Project Dept. appoints project engineer to handle every project progress and to communicate with customers.
Which precision grades you can reach?	For the mold, we can guarantee the precision to 0.001mm; for the part, 0.01mm.
Do you have any problem communicating in English?	No problem at all. It's common we use English here.
Which standards do you use, Metric or English?	Both of them are OK. We can use the standards requested by customer.
Which process do you think is the most important in mold making?	We think every process is important.
Can you provide the steel certificate and heat-treatment certificate?	Yes, we can. The steel supplier and heat-treatment factory can provide the certificates.
Do you use graphite or copper to be electrode?	We use both of them.

Terms of Shipment & Payment

Can you explain your terms of payment?	For new mold, 40% deposit, 30% on first short, 30% before delivery. For modify mold, 100% one week upon the approval of the updated samples. For prototype mold, pay 50% when place P.O, and another 50% before mold delivery.
How do you pack the mold?	It all depends where the molds are shipped. For the mold inland: general packing method For the mold exported oversea: we pack it strictly in accordance to standard of export regulation.

After-Sale Service

If there has problem on the mold after the shipment, what did you do?	This kind of matter has never happened to us before. But if it happens and it is our fault, we pay all the cost without any bargain.
Who pay the cost of modification?	The small changes are free. But for the great changes, if it is our fault, we pay; customers’ fault, they pay; both fault, both pay.
Do you make spare part for customer?	Yes, we do. If customer request