Blow moulds prove popular

A RandD Tool and Engineering product story

Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team May 1, 2006

2005 was a busy year for blow mould manufacture at R and D with over 4000 blow moulds being made by the group during the year.

2005 was a busy year for blow mould manufacture at R and D with over 4000 blow moulds being made by the group during the year.

In addition to having state of the art five-axis machining centres at all its manufacturing facilities worldwide, R and D also carries significant stockholdings of blanks for blow moulds for all major machine types in order to be able to supply high volumes of moulds in the fastest possible lead times.

Some of R and D's clients call off over 1000 blow moulds per year, and the operational focus for R and D's blow moulds business is to deliver and commission tools so as to enable clients to fulfil their launch programmes.

With the need for high mould quality taken as a given, schedule adherence for mould programmes ranks alongside the need for competitive costs as key measurables for R and D's blow mould customers.

With regard to design, R and D has always offered a full service from design to commissioning.

Rather than just highlighting design feasibility issues, R and D now offers design audits and lightweighting audits to evaluate concepts, designs, preforms and products so as to identify ways to enhance functionality and appearance of products and reduce operational costs, and many clients now involve R and D at a concept stage often in advance of selection of processors due to their open-minded approach.