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In every manufacturing company the maintenance of machinery and equipment is one of the most important components of the manufacturing process. Acquisition of machinery and equipment is a major investment for a company and the company expects it would return in the form of incomes. It is necessary to ensure both the functionality and the smooth and trouble-free operation of the acquired machine. Any defects that may occur in the plant bring about many complications, time delay and related costs. The stability of the production system thus depends on maintenance. The article deals with injection molding, analyzing the costs of maintenance and analysis of the causes of injection molds scrap.
Keywords: injection molding process, maintenance, defects, costs© This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.