RAPID TOOLING AND INJECTION MOULDING

CRDM provides a range of tooling and moulding services to suit many different situations. Our expert team can help choose the best route get the tooling that suits your needs whether that is just 50 plastic mouldings as fast as possible or a suite of production tools with full APQP compliance. Applications can also include die casting, blow moulding and press tooling. Call our team to discuss how we can help.

The following are some of the options available:

Plastic Injection Moulding

CRDM has a range of injection moulding machines in house and can run experimental material trials up to high volume production batches. CRDM works with a wide variety of industries and therefore has experience and expertise in running many plastics including those that require high temperature oil heating.

High Speed Machined Aluminium or Steel Mould Tools

When a specific surface finish or high accuracy are required that cannot be achieved using DMLS we can manufacture tools using modern, fast, 3D cad/cam driven cnc milling, wiring and spark erosion machines. Streamlined processes and highly trained toolmakers allow us to produce tools that meet your requirements.

Tooling Project Management

For large projects CRDM has a group of carefully selected toolmakers in the UK and overseas that can provide the capability to produce large suites of productions tools to a very high standard with particular focus on the automotive industry. Our dedicated tooling management team ensure that your project runs smoothly and your quality and delivery requirements are met.

DMLS Tooling Inserts

Using the power of layer manufacturing we can produce complex core and cavity inserts using our DMLS technology in very short time frames. This means that a mould tool can be designed, manufactured and mounted onto our standard bolster system and be running within 3 days.

Tooling Inserts with Conformal Heating/Cooling

A growing use for DMLS inserts is in conformal cooling of production tooling. Channels built into a tooling component, directly from the 3D cad in hardenable tool steel allow heating or cooling gases and fluids to work extremely efficiently in difficult geometries without the need for multiple drillings. Conformal cooling enables faster cycle times and improved quality.