Smooth wall and wrinkle wall tooling, single to multi-cavity, custom-fitted to your container drawing and your press – not sold off a catalog tier.
Both styles form the same range of trays, pans and cups. The sidewall finish is what's different.
Holds the sidewall flat for a clean, unwrinkled look. Needs tighter blank-holder tolerance and more precision-machined components, which is reflected in the tooling price.
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Lets the foil pleat naturally at the sidewall. Simpler blank-holder setup and fewer precision components, giving a lighter container at a lower tooling cost.
View Wrinkle Wall Container Mould →Cavity count is set against your press tonnage and container size, not picked off a shelf. Use this as a starting reference.
Best for large-format trays and pans – deep meal trays, big roasting pans, and any container that already uses most of your press bed.
Fits mid-size containers – standard takeout trays, pie pans and cake pans that still need real drawing depth.
Works for smaller trays and compact rectangular or divided containers, where each cavity still needs moderate forming force.
Generally limited to small-format items like egg tart cups and baking cups – most standard trays are too large to fit 4 cavities within normal press tonnage.
5+ cavities, reserved for very small-format items like coffee capsules, egg tart cups and baking cups where forming force per cavity is low. Send your item size and target output for an exact layout.
Dots are a relative difficulty guide, not a price multiplier. Small-format items like egg tart cups can go higher than 4 within the same tonnage. Tap any tile to send your drawing and press details.
Square, rectangular, round and more – each shape has its own cavity geometry and corner radius considerations.
A square container mould suits compact meal trays and stackable retail packs where equal side lengths simplify nesting and shipping.
A rectangular container mould is the standard choice for takeout trays and divided meal trays, with corner radius tuned to your foil gauge.
A round container mould covers pie pans, cake pans and baking cups, where an even wall profile matters more than corner geometry.
An oval container mould fits roasting pans and platter-style trays that need more length than a round shape allows.
A divided container mould forms multi-compartment meal trays in one draw, with each section keeping its own depth and corner radius.
Don't see your shape? We build custom cavity geometry to your drawing. Tap any tile to send your drawing and target shape.
Every mould is custom-built, so these are starting reference ranges – not catalog prices.
USD, single to multi-cavity, corrugated sidewall
USD, single to multi-cavity, flat sidewall
Smooth wall sits higher because the tooling itself is more complex – more precision-machined parts and a harder build than wrinkle wall for the same container size.
Within either style, more cavities means more machining and more debugging time to get every cavity forming consistently, so price climbs with cavity count too.
Want a firm number, not a range? Send your drawing, cavity count and press model for an itemized quotation within 1 business day.
Send inquiryTwo things move the price: which wall style you pick, and how many cavities you need.
Smooth wall tooling needs more precision-machined parts and tighter blank-holder tolerances than wrinkle wall, which is why it sits at a higher price point for the same container size.
More cavities means more machining work and more debugging time to get every cavity forming consistently – so price rises with cavity count regardless of wall style.
Both wall styles form the same range of container shapes – the wall finish is the only thing that changes.
Multi-compartment trays with each cavity tuned to its own depth and corner radius.
Standard takeout tray shape, sized to your press bed and target output.
Deeper round profiles that hold shape under oven heat.
Small-format cups, often run at higher cavity counts.
Four stages between your drawing arriving and a working mould shipping out – here's what happens at each one.
Your drawing gets checked against container footprint, draw depth and your press bolster, and we lock in wall style, cavity layout and steel grade in writing before anything is cut.
We start from a solid steel block and rough out and finish-cut the cavity block, punch and blank-holder on our own CNC centers, straight to your drawing's tolerance.
Core and cavity go through heat treatment, then get ground back to exact final dimension to correct for any distortion picked up during hardening.
The finished mould runs on our own press, sample containers get measured against your drawing, and samples ship to you for sign-off ahead of the mould itself.
Common questions from buyers comparing wall styles and cavity counts.
Smooth wall holds the sidewall flat for a clean, unwrinkled look and needs tighter blank-holder tolerance. Wrinkle wall lets the foil pleat naturally at the sidewall, which is simpler to tool and gives a lighter, lower-cost container. Both use similarly thin foil, and mould life on either type comes down to production hours, not which style you choose.
Smooth wall tooling has more precision-machined components and tighter blank-holder tolerances to keep the wall flat. That extra machining and fitting work is reflected in the price – typically $5,000–$18,000 versus $3,000–$15,000 for an equivalent wrinkle wall mould.
Every additional cavity adds machining time and requires its own debugging to run consistently with the rest of the block. Price climbs with cavity count for both wall styles, not just one.
From 1 up to 4+ cavities. A standard 45T C-type press typically runs 1–4 cavities for most container sizes; small-format items like egg tart cups need less forming force per cavity, so higher counts become practical.
Every mould we build is fitted to the press it will run on. They bolt directly onto our own MTED C-type and H-type machines, and we also custom-fit to other brands and non-standard presses – send us your bolster dimensions to confirm.
15–31 days from drawing confirmation to trial-run sign-off depending on wall style and cavity count. We confirm an exact date in writing once your drawing is reviewed.
DWG, DXF, STEP, or a dimensioned sketch and a sample photo – our tooling engineer replies within 1 business day with wall style recommendation, cavity count, lead time and price.
