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Plastics Engineering
Optimum material properties combined with
Precision manufacturing
The processing of engineering plastics requires extensive process engineering knowledge
to achieve and maintain the highest quality standards under economic criteria.
Ferratec GmbH has over 35 years of experience in the process management of injection molding technology.
Well-known representatives from a wide range of industries rely on our services.
The design of a product must take into account the most diverse requirements.
Flawless functional performance and cost-effective production are no longer the only criteria for successful implementation.
Rather, thoughts on sustainability, lightweight construction, the realization of a smart and appealing design, haptics and safety considerations play a decisive role.
The right choice of material is the decisive criterion for reconciling the different requirements.
The large number of engineering plastics available, coupled with the possibility of influencing the material properties in a targeted manner, often make this material the ideal starting point for product manufacture. Properties that can be influenced include material conductivity, fire behavior, creep behavior, tribological properties, haptic properties, permittivity, transparency, opacity, fluorescence, etc.
The production of tool molds within state-of-the-art machining centers paired with the subsequent use of tools on a high-performance injection molding machine enables the series production of precision plastic parts within very tight tolerances.
Products with snap, latch and click connections
A key feature of the product benefit can be the rapid realization of a positive and possibly also non-positive connection.
Form-fit connections can be designed as detachable or non-detachable.
Detachable connections are ideal for closing containers that are used for storage.
Non-detachable connections are always used when tampering should be prevented or at least be detectable. Well-known examples can be found in computer and consumer electronics.
Form-fit connections can be designed as detachable or non-detachable.
Detachable connections are ideal for closing containers that are used for storage.
Non-detachable connections are always used when tampering should be prevented or at least be detectable. Well-known examples can be found in computer and consumer electronics.
Multi-component injection molding
Multi-component injection molding is an injection molding process in which a product is built up step by step from different plastic melts.
This process can be used to create a specific design, to combine the properties of different materials or to utilize both advantages. In this way, for example, a housing for an electrical tool can be created that consists of a robust and rigid base body, but whose handle is coated with an elastic material to prevent slipping.
This process can be used to create a specific design, to combine the properties of different materials or to utilize both advantages. In this way, for example, a housing for an electrical tool can be created that consists of a robust and rigid base body, but whose handle is coated with an elastic material to prevent slipping.
Metal substitution
The use of reinforcing materials such as graphite or glass fiber enables the production of plastics that achieve a stiffness and impact strength that can be equated with that of metals.
It is therefore possible to save product costs by replacing metal components with comparatively inexpensive plastic parts.
It is therefore possible to save product costs by replacing metal components with comparatively inexpensive plastic parts.
Flexible combination tools
When designing injection molds, different usage scenarios can be taken into account.
This allows a balance to be struck between needs-based and economical production.
A striking example of such considerations is the production of car mirrors.
For car mirrors, it is statistically proven that the left wing mirror has to be replaced more frequently than the right wing mirror.
Using a mold with interchangeable inserts, it is possible to replace the cavity for the right-hand exterior mirror with the cavity for a second left-hand exterior mirror if necessary.
This allows a balance to be struck between needs-based and economical production.
A striking example of such considerations is the production of car mirrors.
For car mirrors, it is statistically proven that the left wing mirror has to be replaced more frequently than the right wing mirror.
Using a mold with interchangeable inserts, it is possible to replace the cavity for the right-hand exterior mirror with the cavity for a second left-hand exterior mirror if necessary.
Metal-plastic connections
In many industrial applications, the combined use of plastic and metal offers interesting advantages.
For example, the combination can reduce impact sensitivity, increase the load-bearing capacity during temperature changes and the joint is also more durable and resistant compared to other joining processes.
Hybrid components of this kind can be produced as part of the shaping process or subsequently.
For example, the combination can reduce impact sensitivity, increase the load-bearing capacity during temperature changes and the joint is also more durable and resistant compared to other joining processes.
Hybrid components of this kind can be produced as part of the shaping process or subsequently.
Surface graining
By introducing textures into the mold, it is possible to produce visually and haptically very appealing surfaces of the formed plastic parts.
Foaming of seals
Using a CNC machine, seals in various Shore hardnesses can be inserted into plastic parts.
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Injection molding machines
Ferratec manufactures plastic products on over 40 injection molding machines with clamping forces ranging from 250 kN to 15,000 kN. Vertical and horizontal machines are used, which are equipped with handling systems or fully automatic loading systems as required.
Parts with shot weights from 0.1g to 8,000g (PS) or 7,400g (PE) are produced, whereby all common thermoplastics are processed.
The tools for the injection molding machines are manufactured in the company’s own tool shop, which enables an uncomplicated and flexible approach.
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