Our CAD specialists will devise tailored design proposals and concepts together with you on the basis of your specifications. We have a wide range of techniques to draw on for this. For instance, visual or functional problems can be analysed by simulating the filling pattern as early as during the project development phase, avoiding potential sources of errors and saving costs. This is done using powerful, state-of-the-art CAD and CAM technologies that allow us and you to exchange data in any standard file format. While we are preparing the tool concept, we also consider alternatives such as laser-generated inserts with conformal cooling. All steps decided on and agreements reached are also managed in an efficient document management system.

The next stage after developing and designing the component is making the prototype. Here too, we can offer you an extensive range of techniques and variants that will give you an idea quickly and effectively of your end products’ suitability for their intended purpose. Besides conventional 3D printing, you can also make use of additional manufacturing processes with us, such as vacuum casting and selective laser sintering (SLS). This means that sources of errors can be identified and analysed even at this early stage of the project. We also boast a well-developed network of external research institutions and laboratories in which even CT technology can be applied to your products.

Once the design and prototype have been successfully created, we build a series tool for you on our integrated tool and mould construction line. For this, we offer you an extensive range of design options, from tools for plastic-metal composites through to multi-component injection moulding tools and stack or tandem tools. And you can continue to rely on us during series production too. By having all our work steps close together and keeping decision-making channels short, we ensure readiness for series production through regular maintenance and repair of your production tools.

Once your tool mould has been finalised by our in-house toolmakers, we use it to produce the first product samples right on our premises. Here too, any weak points or deviations can still be fixed by inserting a change loop. You benefit from our short processing and decision-making channels, which enable minor change loops to be implemented promptly and flexibly and allow you to launch series production on our premises as soon as they are complete.