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News Release from: A K Industries | Subject: Injection moulding
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 13 April 2007
Polypropylene moulding includes a
"living" hinge
AKI has redesigned an allergen testing kit for leading diagnostics company, Tepnel, using polypropylene moulding, producing a one-piece item which is easier to manufacture, assemble and use.
Leading diagnostics company Tepnel turned to Hereford-based injection moulding company AKI to improve the quality of their allergen testing kits The original design was a four piece unit that was time consuming to assemble and caused difficulties for the user as well as manufacturing problems
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 14 Sep 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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AKI looked at the product from the concept/design stage using Solidworkstm 3D CAD system and applied their "Product Realisation and Optimisation process".
The result was a completely new design which made manufacturing easier, assembly very fast and provided a simple to use product.
The new design was a one-piece product that could be made in a range of colours, allowing Tepnel to use the same design, but colour coded, for different test kits.
The moulding is in polypropylene, which permits the inclusion of an integrated "living" hinge, and the colours are achieved by masterbatching.
The one-piece design made ordering and inventory management simpler, assembly costs much lower, and helped sales increase dramatically.
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