Better-Mold

Better-Mold Industrial Co., Ltd is a precision CNC contract machine shop in Dongguan, Guangdong, China. It was established in 1993 as a plastic injection mold maker. The company says it has more than 20 years of experience in OEM work and knows more than 100 plastic and metal materials.

Its services include mold making, plastic injection molding, CNC precision machining, sheet metal fabrication, aluminum casting, stamping and assembly. It also offers rapid prototypes and 3D printing. Parts are made to a customer's idea, drawing or sample, from one piece to volume production. Extra services include welding, painting, anodizing, alodine, powder coating, silk printing and laser logos.

For CNC machining it runs milling and turning in 3, 4 and 5 axes, plus multi-tasking turning with live tooling. Large part milling can handle sizes up to 3000 mm by 2100 mm, and large part turning up to 700 mm in diameter by 1250 mm. The shop names machine brands such as Brother, Mazak, DMG and Haas. It has two CNC shops and four machining teams working two shifts.

The company describes itself as an AS9100D and ISO 9001 certified machining supplier. The workshop lists CMM inspection and AS9102 reporting. Sectors include aerospace parts, medical parts, such as endoscope and laparoscope components, and optical parts. The site lists many materials, including aluminum, stainless steel, tool steel, bronze, copper, brass and engineering plastics such as PEEK.

The site promotes a quote within the same day, lead times of 3 to 5 days, orders of a single piece and 100 percent inspection. Visitors can request a quote or view capabilities. A news section has short articles on 3D printing versus CNC and on the benefits of 5 axis machining.