The Customer’s Challenge:
The client was seeking to produce a strong, appealing part with a seamless design and little to no finishing required. Cost saving was important, but not at the expense of high quality design. Critical requirements were:
- Seamless communication with design consultants
- More reliable provision of production parts
- Cost reduction of structural foam parts
Universal Plastics’ Solution:
Universal Plastics was able to work directly with the design team to employ the best aspects of gas assist technology, creating desired thickness, strength and cost containment, all within a single part.
- Reduction of part thickness and weight
- Addition of thick molded-in ribs and gas channels to impart stiffness
- Replacement of expensive paint texturing with molded in texturing
- Elimination of part fabrication and cosmetic repair of structural foam gating area
- Elimination of sanding, priming, and texture painting
- Consistency of part quality and on time delivery
Why Injection Molding?
As a leader in gas assist injection molding for large parts. Universal Plastics provided:
- Design freedom; excellent cost reduction versus structural foam
- Severe reduction of post molding fabrication and finishing operations, allowing higher production rates and more consistent supply
- Lower weight, higher stiffness parts
- Material reduction
- Highly detailed textures molded in; consistent and excellent surface appearance