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Plastics often
require a deeper
knowledge of the plastics manufacturing process than many other
manufacturing methods. This is because tooling for plastics is often
expensive and plastic parts are not as durable as metal. Good
plastic design can reduce mold costs significantly and insure that
parts have the proper strength they need.
Mechanical
Engineering Professionals,
LLC has extensive experience in plastics and plastic design. Often
people who know a little about plastics tend to think primarily of
injection molded parts, but many molding processes are available
beyond just injection molding. These processes include
thermoforming, rotational molding, blow molding, compression molding,
dip coat forming, resin casting, structural foam, RIM, SLA, SLS, Soft
tool casting and more. Mechanical Engineering Professionals have
direct experience in designing parts for all these manufacturing
methods.
We also have
experience in many
different plastic materials, whether they are exotic plastics such as
PEEK or Ultem or common low cost plastics such as ABS. Selecting the
right material is often critical to making parts durable while
keeping costs low.
We also have
extensive experience in
engineering industrial designed pieces with wild contours and other
designs have included a fair amount of over-molding with soft feel
features. Feel free to contact us to see some examples of our past work.
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