In Gestión de compras we care about the safety and satisfaction of our customers. Years of experience and effort have helped us to carry out different projects that we consider relevant to understand our way of working.
Among them, we are going to highlight the following case of metal to plastic shelving upgrade.
Description
Gestión de Compras received a request from a client who had several designs of sheet metal shelving.
As in many other cases, this customer needs to update and improve the existing metal designs of these parts in order to convert them to plastic material, validate prototypes and develop plastic injection molds for mass production. For the customer, it is key that the parts are able to support high weights.
Offer
Our offer includes the updating and improvement of designs. Material allocation, 3D printing prototypes, design, development and manufacturing of plastic injection molds and injection molding for mass production.
Final product specifications
PP+GF as raw material for the final product, increasing the load bearing of the parts. Product redesign. Product thickness between 2.5-3.0mm. Positioning of ribs in perimeter to improve product robustness.
Mold specifications
1.1730 Cavity :1.2312 HRC28~34. Hot runner mold, with a life cycle for 100,000 injections for the requested annual volume of parts.
Project Summary
FIRST PHASE – Study of the project and attention to the customer’s requirements. Quotation.
SECOND PHASE – Order confirmation. Development of new designs and simulation with new material to ensure the needs.
THIRD PHASE – 3D printing of prototypes and testing.
FOURTH STAGE – Design, development and manufacture of plastic injection molds.
FIFTH STAGE – Approval of samples and mass production according to customer needs.
