Sandretto UK & Ireland supply Injection Moulding Machines for use in the process of manufacturing electrical products and components. Our Injection Moulding Machines are used in this process to make plastic parts for white goods or electrical components.
Tex Industrial Plastics (case study below) has purchased several machines, including most recently a 'MEGA TW' 610 machine.
Click on any of the stories below to read more about how our clients make use of Sandretto products:
Tex Industrial Plastics
TEX CONCLUDES NEW ‘MEGA’ DEAL
A Sandretto ‘MEGA TW’ 610 tonne injection moulding machine has recently been installed in the newly opened Derby factory of Tex Industrial Plastics. Supplied as a complete cell with hopper loader, Nepal S3 all-electric drive de-mould robot and indexing conveyor, the new machine is to be used primarily for producing parts for Heatrae Sadia’s ‘Megaflo’ domestic, unvented water heating system.
Tex Industrial Plastics employs what Managing Director Peter Stevenson describes as “a real partnership approach” with its major customers. Typical is Heatrae Sadia for which Tex has been moulding a range of parts for many years. Post-moulding work includes printing, ultrasonic welding, sub-assembly and packaging.
Part of the Tex Holdings plc group of companies which also includes Tex Plastics Products in Barnstaple, Tex Industrial Plastics made further extensions to its Derby factory earlier this year to accommodate an 11% business expansion.
The company has operated Sandretto injection machines for over 20 years; four years ago, Tex Derby took the opportunity of a move into an earlier plant extension to introduce cell production techniques when it installed Sandretto 270 tonne and 380 tonne Series 8 injection machines. Investment continued with a new Serie NOVE 125 tonne machine.
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Goblin Ireland
GOBLIN IRELAND GOES IN-HOUSE WITH SANDRETTO
Goblin Ireland is a long established manufacturer of vacuum cleaners and has recently elected to bring the production of mouldings in house. This necessitated a substantial investment in plant and equipment at the heart of which are seven Sandretto injection machines; they comprise three ‘Mega T’ 550 tonne and four ‘Serie Nove’ machines, two 400 tonne, one 300 tonne and one 220 tonne.
In order to ensure an efficient and cost-effective supply of mouldings to its established vacuum cleaner assembly lines, a high level of automation has been introduced.
A central materials handling system delivers polymer direct to the moulding machines from bulk storage containers situated along one wall of the moulding shop. Master-batch colour dosing equipment is fitted to every machine and sprue-pickers on selected machines enable automatic sorting of the sprues away from the finished mouldings. These are removed by means of an extensive conveyor system.
SANDRETTO CAME ‘HIGHLY RECOMMENDED’
When evaluating suitable moulding machinery for the new plant, Goblin Ireland were aware that much of the contract moulding it was to bring in house was being performed on Sandretto machines. Also, in seeking the advice of sister companies within the Glen Dimplex Group, in which Sandretto have a large number of machines installed, Goblin became aware of the reliability of both the machinery and the back-up service operation.
First line after-sales service is provided by the from Rugby by an extensive spares system. Specialist engineers available for round-the-clock, on-line advice is seen as a vital aspect when manufacturing products for the consumer market.
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Contactum Limited
THE MAGNIFICIENT SEVEN...SEVEN NEW MACHINES IN £2M FACTORY OPENED BY CONTACTUM
Injection moulding of thermosets requires a different approach from that used for thermoplastics. With over 20 years experience in thermoset moulding, Contactum Limited of Cricklewood, North London, was one of the first moulders to investigate thermoset injection.
Changeover to Sandretto DST machines occurred almost 6 years ago. "It continues" says Moulding Engineer Andy Payne, "largely because Sandretto's staff talk the same - and not widely understood - language of thermoset injection."
Specialist manufacturer of domestic electrical accessories Contactum Limited considerably extended its manufacturing capacity with the opening in April of a 22,000 sq ft factory in nearby Neasden.
The only privately owned electrical accessory manufacturer producing a complete range of domestic wiring accessories, Contactum provided its own funding for this £2 million development.
All moulding, at both factories, is from urea-based thermoset materials; at Neasden, where most of the company's Sandretto 'DST' thermoset injection machines are installed, production (which also includes finishing, assembly, testing and packing) concentrates on 26 of Contactum's 352 different product lines. These are the high throughput products, such as 13 amp socket outlets and various derivatives.
Performance is being closely monitored with the intention of adopting the "production cell" approach at Cricklewood where there is now ample room to improve the layout of the moulding shop and the finishing/assembly lines.
"VIRTUAL ZERO" MACHINE MINDING
Long production runs now possible at Neasden have removed much of the need for the more frequent tool changes associated with what had become a cramped operation at Cricklewood. Furthermore, it has enabled the company to take its "virtual zero" policy for machine minding and mould tool maintenance a step further.
Contactum's two injection moulding shops require only one setter/operator for a line of four or six machines, currently running 24 hours a day, five or even six days a week. A contributory factor in maintaining "virtual zero defect" in this area is the company's unique, CAD-based quality control system. Based now at Neasden with permanent connection to the Cricklewood factory, it represents a unique application in manufacturing and has already attracted attention for its advanced use of the off-the-shelf products, such as fibre optics for data transmission around the plant as well as the software packages.
OVER 20 YEARS IN THERMOSETS
In this specialised field of plastics moulding, progress reflects the close co-operation between materials supplier, machinery supplier and moulders. "We continually investigate other machine suppliers" says Andy Payne, "but Sandretto's machine and their DST technology are sound".
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PEP
Custom moulder PEP installs a new Automotive component manufacturing Cell
Precision Engineering Plastics (PEP) of Tottenham, North London, have set themselves ambitious targets, in the custom moulding sector, every year since they were formed in 1986 and every year they have met their targets both in terms of growth and investment in new equipment.
The latest addition to their 16 machine (20-300 tonnes) engineering moulding facility is a Nove S 220 tonne Sandretto together with a Servo Robot loading system and an automatic packing station. This addition compliments the recent installation of 2-shot capability. The new machine is for a specific dedicated cell to 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’s manufacturing site is being extended by 5,000 sq.feet to cater for the company’s future expansion programme.
Mike Cox - Sales Director at PEP, explained that the equipment for the new cell was purchased to meet the specific requirements of an existing customer, as well as to meet the company commitment to stay ahead of the field in terms of expertise and equipment. Mike said “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.”
Mike 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.”
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