Thursday, September 14, 2006

Standard tool parts used in complex moulding

An injection mould tooling company uses bolster plates and many other standard ancillaries to produce tooling for an increasing number of intricate and complex plastics components.
Glasgow, UK-based injection mould tool firm, Xplora Mould Tools, specialises in the design and manufacture of injection mould tooling for the construction industry, for which it uses DMS-Diemould bolster plates and many other standard ancillaries.

Project manager Tom Rigby explained the reasons behind the company's success; 'The construction industry is using an increasing number of intricate and complex plastics components'.

'We have developed special expertise in this field, particularly in the creation of multi-cavity tools which enable our customers to obtain a complete assembly from a single shot mould cycle.' In order to maximise the engineering value Xplora's highly skilled staff add to the tooling, Xplora also subcontracts the manufacture and blocking down of many of its inserts to DMS-Diemould, which offers this expertise and machine capacity at its Devon facility, providing Xplora with a rapid turnaround and allowing it to provide customers with tooling in very short lead times.