Senior & Dickson supply high quality Plastic Injection Moulding Tools to South Yorkshire, the UK and overseas. We specialise in toolmaking, development and prototype moulding. Prototype models can be produced to a retail quality or used for functionality testing and ergonomics (with various options in between) and before any tooling is manufactured.
Senior & Dickson offer tooling manufactured in China, India and Poland using our proven suppliers which has been very successful. Right from our base in Doncaster, South Yorkshire.
Senior & Dickson offer tooling manufactured in China, India and Poland using our proven suppliers which has been very successful. Right from our base in Doncaster, South Yorkshire.
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At Senior & Dickson our moulding shop contains 17 injection moulding machines with a range from 30 tonne to 320 tonne clamp force.
These are supported by a number of 'pick and place' robots as well as raw material processing equipment (driers, mixers and re-grinding).We have experience in processing the more common polymers - Polypropylene (PP) and Polyethylene (PE) as well as the specialised materials Polyvinylchloride (PVC), Polyetheretherketone (PEEK), Glass filled Nylon (GFPA) and Thermoplastic elastomers (TPE).
These are supported by a number of 'pick and place' robots as well as raw material processing equipment (driers, mixers and re-grinding).We have experience in processing the more common polymers - Polypropylene (PP) and Polyethylene (PE) as well as the specialised materials Polyvinylchloride (PVC), Polyetheretherketone (PEEK), Glass filled Nylon (GFPA) and Thermoplastic elastomers (TPE).
We have been manufacturing plastic injection mould tools since 1981 and still build tools for our first customer.
The tools are built to suit a number of factors, the material to be processed (Glass Filled Nylon, is a lot more aggressive than Polyethylene), the quantity of components required (some tools make 500 parts a year, others 500 parts an hour) the complexity of the component (some components require internal threads, ejection on the feed side, side actions, up and a way's) the list is endless, and of course the old favourite Price, these all need considering when the first brief or RFQ arrives on your desk.
The tools are built to suit a number of factors, the material to be processed (Glass Filled Nylon, is a lot more aggressive than Polyethylene), the quantity of components required (some tools make 500 parts a year, others 500 parts an hour) the complexity of the component (some components require internal threads, ejection on the feed side, side actions, up and a way's) the list is endless, and of course the old favourite Price, these all need considering when the first brief or RFQ arrives on your desk.
Most plastic injection mould tools consist of an outer bolster, with the component on separate inserts set inside this bolster, the first consideration is longevity and quantity, should the component be around for a long time and a high volume be required the tool would be manufactured using quality tool steel for the inserts and be fully hardened and tempered, were it to be a fashion item with only a few parts required the tool could be manufactured in Aluminium, providing the material the component is to be made out of is not to aggressive as mentioned glass filled, this will wear the tool out rapidly and more so in aluminium.
We manufacture pressure die-casting tools; these are used primarily in foundries for the production of precision Aluminium castings in high volume, and can also be used for volume parts in Mazak. The tools are usually built using tool steel for the bolsters and surrounding steel, with the main core and cavity and any part coming into contact with molten aluminium, in quality tool steel fully hardened and tempered.
Linking our experience of injection moulding, tool making and rapid prototyping we are able to develop future product ideas from concept through to working rapid prototype models in various formats (FDM, SLA and SLS) following on to tooling manufacture and moulding production.
Prototype models can be produced to a retail quality or used for functionality testing and ergonomics (with various options in between) and before any tooling is manufactured.Using different methods to produce the prototype models they be supplied in various plastics, aluminium or steel. We can work with most CAD packages for data transfer, 2D drawings, free-hand sketches or an initial informal meeting to discuss requirements.
Prototype models can be produced to a retail quality or used for functionality testing and ergonomics (with various options in between) and before any tooling is manufactured.Using different methods to produce the prototype models they be supplied in various plastics, aluminium or steel. We can work with most CAD packages for data transfer, 2D drawings, free-hand sketches or an initial informal meeting to discuss requirements.
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