Quick answer: Wheeled tool case wholesale pricing splits into compound, moulding, wheel and handle set, hardware and packing. MOQ follows cavity count and press tonnage: 300 units on an existing mould, 1000 on a new one. A 35 day lead time covers six stages from sample to container.
Table of contents
- How Wheeled Tool Case Wholesale Pricing Is Built
- MOQ Follows Cavities and Machine Tonnage
- Lead Time from Signed Sample to Loading
- Batch Consistency Holds on Inspection Items
- Ten Fields for a Request for Quotation
- FAQ
1. How Wheeled Tool Case Wholesale Pricing Is Built
A Wheeled Tool Case Wholesale quote is rarely one number. The gap between 42.5 and 46 yuan usually sits in compound grade, wheel set level and packing.
The split holds steady: compound 46 percent, moulding 22, wheel and handle 14, hardware 9, packing 9. Compound dominates because a 560×420×250 mm body weighs 4.6 kg.
| Block | Share | Main variable |
|---|---|---|
| Compound | 46% | PP grade, regrind ratio |
| Moulding | 22% | press tonnage, cycle |
| Wheel and handle | 14% | diameter, bearing |
| Hardware | 9% | lock grade, salt spray |
| Packing and freight | 9% | carton, units per box |
Start with compound. Virgin and full regrind differ by about 2000 yuan a tonne, near 1.8 yuan a case, and above 30 percent regrind the corner chips in a −10 °C drop.
Moulding tracks the press: a 110 second cycle on an 800 tonne machine, 95 seconds on a 1300 tonne one, a 0.9 yuan gap per case.
2. MOQ Follows Cavities and Machine Tonnage
Wheeled tool case wholesale MOQ comes from cavity count, changeover time and press occupancy. Two cavities at a 95 second cycle give 75 cases an hour, so 300 units is half a day.
A new mould runs about 32000 yuan: 64 yuan a case over 500 units, 32 over 1000, which is why new tooling starts at a thousand. A colour change costs 20 kg of purge waste, under 200 yuan, so 300 units is enough.
3. Lead Time from Signed Sample to Loading
Schedule wheeled tool case wholesale by stage, not by one total: seven days for sample approval, 25 for tooling, five for the first article, 30 for production, two for inspection and three for loading.
Thirty days matches 1000 units. A 20GP holds 420 cases, a 40HQ 960, so 1000 units means one 40HQ plus an odd lot, and LCL adds five days.
4. Batch Consistency Holds on Inspection Items
In wheeled tool case wholesale the real risk is a second batch that does not match the first, so judge colour, wall, wheel set and lock separately.
Colour is read as ΔE: five cases under D65 within 1.5, 2.5 across lots. Regrind moves colour first, exposing a compound change before dimensions do.
Wall is measured by point, ten cases at five points each, minimum at 90 percent of nominal. At 3.2 mm that is 2.9 mm, and the caster boss is the first crack in a drop.
Wheels must turn without binding and hold axial play under 0.3 mm; the 8 mm lock hole takes a go-no-go gauge on every unit. AQL is 1.0 for function and 2.5 for appearance, sampling 80 of 1000.
5. Ten Fields for a Request for Quotation
The tighter the enquiry, the closer the quote.
| Field | Example |
|---|---|
| External size | 560×420×250 mm |
| Wall | 3.2 mm, minimum 2.9 |
| Colour | Pantone 419C, ΔE ≤1.5 |
| Wheel set | 75 mm, twin swivel braked |
| Handle | three sections, 400 mm travel |
| Lock | two 8 mm padlock holes |
| MOQ | 500 units |
| Packing | five-ply carton, 4 per box |
| Lead time | 35 days after sign-off |
| Terms | FOB Ningbo |
Four per carton at 21 kg gross is standard packing; two per carton lifts carton cost 30 percent and cuts fill by 15.
The last two fields are payment and tooling ownership: 30 percent deposit against a bill copy is normal, but tooling cost and ownership need their own line.
Conclusion
Wheeled tool case wholesale buying is five cost blocks, four MOQ tiers and six lead time stages on one table. Split the quote and you see what can move; price the tooling and you know what to amortise. Ordered that way, a wheeled tool case wholesale order lands on the price, batch size and date it promised.
This article discusses only the container (case body) side of specifications and design intent, and does not cover any handling, loading or use of the contents.
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