Dedicated cell uses precision injection moulder

Edited by the Manufacturingtalk editorial team Sep 15, 2003

Subcontractor installs a dedicated cell to produce a high-volume insert-moulded technical engineering component for a Tier 1 automotive customer.

Dedicated cell will produce a high-volume insert-moulded technical engineering component for a Tier 1 automotive customer.

Precision Engineering Plastics (PEP) of Tottenham, North London, has added a Nove S 2200kN Sandretto injection moulding machine together with a Servo Robot loading system and an automatic packing station to the company's sixteen machine (200-3000kN) engineering moulding facility.

This addition compliments the recent installation of 2-shot capability at PEP.

The new Sandretto machine is intended for a dedicated cell which will produce a high-volume insert-moulded technical engineering component for a Tier 1 automotive customer.

This addition to the higher tonnage range strengthens PEP's position in the specialist close-tolerance sector serving the automotive, engineering, electrical and medical industries.

PEP has set itself ambitious targets in the custom moulding sector in every year since the company's formation in1986.

Each year PEP has met its targets both in terms of growth and investment in new equipment.

PEP's manufacturing site is being extended by 5,000ft2 to cater for the company's future expansion programme.

Mike Cox, PEP Sales Director, explains that the equipment for the new cell is being purchased to meet the specific requirements of an existing customer, as well as to meet PEP's commitment to stay ahead of the field in terms of expertise and equipment.

Cox says that 'we have built the business by specialising in technical moulded components and by differentiating ourselves from other moulders in the UK through a "partnership philosophy" which we adopt with every client.

Cox is confident that PEP's continued investment in new machinery and a "one stop shop" approach will continue to pay dividends: 'We are a QS9000 accredited company with in-house tooling expertise, modern state-of-the-art equipment and a firm commitment to full project management.

We like to think of ourselves as an extension of the customer's operation, committed to moving forward with our customers by offering the complete moulding package.