Precision mould and die making gets boost from probing

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Close interaction with designers crucial to success

Tunks realises that whatever the type of job, he must interact closely with the designers. “It’s not enough to just take jobs and produce the tooling to spec,” he says. “I much prefer to be in there at the start and understand how the product will be made, even tell them how the plastic will flow. We also do short runs using the mould tools we produce to prove the process.”

High-quality mouldings will always be in demand

He is optimistic about long term prospects. “People requiring high volumes of moulded components will always tend to go to lower cost economies, but there are others in the UK who may be looking for, say, a high-quality branded plastics box to put their high-value product in and they may only be looking for a couple of thousand mouldings a year. They still need a mould tool and they still want high-quality mouldings."

Tunks adds that the same was true of UK companies researching possible applications for hybrid metal-replacement materials, who are finding that these materials place much greater demands on the injection moulding process and the skills of the people involved in every stage of that process.

"These are the types of customer that can benefit most from our expertise," the tooling expert concludes.

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