Advanced Manufacturing
Process development for lighter parts and new finishes.
Discuss the required function, finish and weight with our engineering team. Foaming and automated painting remain development or upcoming capacity; they are separate from the visor hard-coating capability.
Application-led development
Choose the process around the required function, finish and weight.
Materials and processes
Start with the result the part must achieve.
Choose the process around the required function, finish and weight.
Surface
Chrome replacement
Polymer and foil finishes are alternatives to conventional chrome plating.
Decoration
In-mould labelling (IML) and in-mould decoration (IMD)
Labels or decorative surfaces integrated during moulding.
Development
MuCell development
Microcellular foaming forms part of the development roadmap. Review feasibility and trial requirements for the actual part; no standard weight-saving percentage or serial-production offer is implied.
Surface
Hot foil stamping
Foil transfer creates decorative detail on moulded parts.
Thermal Control
Vario-Therm moulding
Dynamic mould-temperature control is a process option for filling and surface-finish requirements.
Interior
Three-dimensional mats
Formed mat systems designed for vehicle fit, surface definition and protection.
Integration
In-mould functional surfaces: application enquiry
Discuss the required surface function and whether a suitable process is available.
Development process
Discuss the required result and process options.
- 01
Define the required result
Confirm the function, finish, weight or performance target.
- 02
Study the options
Compare the part requirements with established processes and development options; confirm the proposed route and its readiness.
- 03
Run trials
Agree what trials must establish, using the actual material, part revision and acceptance requirements.
- 04
Set production conditions
For a route progressing to production, define measurable settings, process responsibility and acceptance limits.
- 05
Validate the part
Confirm the agreed performance, finish and repeatability.
Start a project
Tell us what you need to make.
Share the drawing or sample, existing material and process, measurable target, expected demand and programme timing. We will distinguish an established-process enquiry from a development project.