Services
Design & Manufacture
Design & Manufacture.
Tool Design, Construction and Quality.
Injection mold tool for headlamps
Design - All tool design is done in house using 3D
CAD design tools, mainly Unigraphics and
Pro-Engineer. We can receive IGES, STEP, CATIA
and VDA customer drawing files.




Specifying the tool - Tool specifications are agreed
with the customer from the outset of the project.
Requirements - Press size, runners, gate position
etc. Customer requirements are recorded and
detailed to the designer before design begins.
Confirmation - The initial Steel GA is emailed to the
customer in the first 7 days. A meeting is held to
discuss general construction. The final GA is sent to
the customer within 7 days for final approval.


Materials - All steels can be supplied with certificates
of chemical composition and hardness.

Hardness - Standard P20 (30 HRC), Pre-toughened
(38 / 40 HRC) and Fully hardened (48 / 52 HRC)
(Steel grade examples H13 / 2344 and 2767 /
AISI~420 and Bohler W302, M310).
Die Sets - Standard die sets are used.
Fittings - Thread sizes, water
fittings, hydraulics and hot runners.
All types of metric and imperial
fittings are used (Customer
specified Hydraulics) Spares can be
supplied with the tools for seals etc.
Runner systems from Synventive,
Moldmaster, Hasco, DME and YUDO
(or Customer’s preferred system).

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