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title: Create a Sports Medal with Clear Acrilic Inlay
slug: create-a-sports-medal-with-clear-acrilic-inlay
description: Create injection-molded medals with engraved acrylic inlays. Use polypropylene (PP) and clear acrylic pieces 0.12 inches (3mm) thick.
tags: ["product","PP","HDPE","injection"]
category: Products
difficulty: Medium
time: < 5 hours
location: Kiambu, Kenya
---
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# Create a Sports Medal with Clear Acrilic Inlay
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Create injection-molded medals with engraved acrylic inlays. Use polypropylene (PP) and clear acrylic pieces 0.12 inches (3mm) thick.

User Location: Kiambu, Kenya
## Steps
### Step 1: Create mold designs using 2D CAD program

We used Adobe Illustrator to create three designs: one for the acrylic inlay, one for the logo outline, and one for the pocket to hold the inlay. Include a small extension indicator on both the pocket and acrylic inlay to ensure the correct orientation of the logo within the mold.


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### Step 2: Stack the molds in the correct order.

Place the engraved acrylic logo inlay into the pocket mold, then position the medal outline mold on top. Insert this stack between the steel molds connected to the injection machine.


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### Step 3: Inject, attach ring and ribbon

Inject the plastic into the mold. For this example, we used gray polypropylene flakes for the medal. Remove the molded product, drill a hole, and attach a ring and a ribbon. Complete!


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