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News Release from: Martello | Subject: Prototyping and low volume production services
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 16 November 2006
Prototyping and low volume production
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Martello, southern UK's premier prototyping and low volume production specialists has launched a new club for its on-going low volume production customers.
Martello, southern UK's premier prototyping and low volume production specialists has launched a new club for its on-going low volume production customers Club membership entitles members to a permanent 25% discount on watershed resin SLA models or masters
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 4 Jul 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Martello installed a new grade of their watershed resin in August this year and the new resin gives more durable "plastic-like" parts, with more consistent accuracy over both thick and thin sections.
Parts are also crisper and have better clarity and transparency.
The club has been developed to reward Martello's long term customers who use the company's unique low volume production service Thin-Rim and to give customers the benefit of Martello's rapid prototyping capabilities.
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Thin-Rim has been developed by Martello over the years and comprises of the company's specially formulated polyurethane resins and Martello's expertise in the CNC machining of patterns for tool making.
Low volume production customers also only pay a one-off tooling fee, thereby eliminating the added cost of replacement silicone rubber moulds for long-term production.
The Silver Club scheme was launched in September this year with current low volume production customers being given automatic membership.
The club is also open to any new customers who place regular orders for low volume production parts.
Martello's Marketing Manager, Rebecca Fludgate comments, "This is something we have wanted to do for a while as we very much appreciate the commitment and long term business relationship we have with many of our customers.
This is a way for them to benefit from our rapid prototyping expertise and gain a competitive advantage for their new product development projects." To keep up with demand for their Thin-Rim services, Martello Limited has recently purchased a third vacuum casting machine.
The new MK machine has a fast vacuum pump and will increase Martello's capacity significantly as well as provide improved functionality with additional facilities such as differential pressure, which assists in the production of complex parts or thin walled items such as elastomeric keypads.
Martello have also been developing their online services with the launch of a new dynamic interactive web site where customers can upload CAD data for quotation, view technical datasheets on materials, update their contact preferences and even view some fun stuff as well! The aim of the new site is to enable customers to contact Martello when on the move at home or abroad as well as enabling files too large for transfer by e-mail to be uploaded via Martello's secure server.
The site was launched in September this year with current customers being issued login details to enable them to access the site more conveniently.
New customers wishing to register can do so by visiting the main site.
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