Design for Manufacturer (DFM) is a crucial element to the plastic injection moulding process. It offers the opportunity for a final product prototype to be created before the full manufacturing process begins reducing risk of capital, materials and delays. Creates Final Product Projection Developing a product prototype using the DFM process creates a final product
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Plastic Injection Moulding
Injection moulding is a widely used process in the manufacturing industry and can be used to make a wide variety of plastic components for many different industries. It’s the process of melting down a material to a molten form then injecting it into a mould and letting it set it into the desired shape. Materials
Read moreAt Protomould Plastics, we understand the importance of design for manufacture. This is why we’re able to mass-produce products for our customers, effectively and to an incredibly high standard… whilst adding many other benefits, such as: Helping our customers save money in both the design and manufacture of their products. Reducing the delivery time
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Plastic Injection Moulding
As the first blog of the year there are plenty of exciting things happening in the world of bespoke plastic moulding for us to talk about, but first…. Happy New Year! We’re kicking off 2022 with even more enthusiasm and determination to offer our clients the best injection moulding services and plastic homeware products in
Read moreWork various 3 day and 4 day 12 hour shift patterns between Monday and Sunday. All shifts are permanent non-rotating, i.e Mon-Thurs 6am-6pm or 6pm-6am, with weekend shifts being Fri-Sun 6am-6pm. Twenty days holiday a year, plus Bank Holidays. Company pension scheme. Previous experience in a manufacturing environment preferred Full Training provided. Established in 1994,
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What Are The Advantages of Injection Moulding? Protomould Plastics specialises in low to medium volume injection moulding, focusing on annual volumes from 500 to 150,000. We have a range of machine sizes that are supported by a comprehensive tool room, whilst also machining and maintaining all of our tooling on site. This helps to keep
Read moreP4 Products was founded in 2020, part of the Poly Plastics Group of companies, as you can probably guess, plastic is our speciality. Having a desire to enter the domestic & retail markets whilst utilising our own UK based plastic injection moulding and vacuum forming businesses. We wanted to bring great quality products direct to
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Now that 2021 is well underway, it’s safe to say that the future continues to look bright for Protomould Plastics. With our continued dedication to our existing customer base, we’ve been able to scale production and increase capacity, allowing us to keep up with the growing demand of our new and existing customers’ plastic moulding
Read moreInjection moulding is one of the most common and popular processes for creating plastic components, by injecting molten plastic into a pre-prepared mould. This is an efficient, high precision process that is often used to produce large quantities of identical objects (most typically used in mass production processes). At Protomould Plastics, we specialise in injection
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Plastic Injection Moulding Services OUR SERVICES – WHAT DO THEY INCLUDE? With a full range of brand-new injection moulding machines supported by an experienced production crew, we know we have everything you need to be the go-to injection moulder. All of our machines are supported by conveyer belt and automated part picking systems to ensure your
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