Toolcraft Plastics (Swindon) web site, latest news and contact details

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Units 1-5 Argyle Commercial Centre
Argyle Street
Swindon
SN2 8AR
UK
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Listing of all 29 news releases from Toolcraft Plastics (Swindon):

Reverse engineering vacuum forming tools

Old vacuum forming tools can be reproduced using metal filled resins at a lower cost compared with making a new tool, as Toolcraft Plastics explains.

News from Toolcraft Plastics (Swindon) (24 May 2006)

Plastics designs are ready for production

A child's cup, cases for medical and GPS devices and personal safety products are just some of the products that inventors and engineers have chosen Toolcraft to design.

News from Toolcraft Plastics (Swindon) ( 5 April 2006)

Plastics come with colours guaranteed

Toolcraft Plastics can now guarantee colours without clots, even in small batches.

News from Toolcraft Plastics (Swindon) ( 6 May 2005)

Rapid prototypes cut from solid plastics

To further enhance the Toolcraft rapid prototyping service, parts can be cut in solid plastic using files direct from design software.

News from Toolcraft Plastics (Swindon) ( 9 April 2004)

Modified elastomer satisfies multiple demands

User application article The team at Toolcraft specialises in plastics and elastomeric materials, and can often satisfy the multiple needs of client applications.

News from Toolcraft Plastics (Swindon) (16 January 2004)

Novel solution cuts tooling costs

User application article Toolcraft Plastics of Swindon reduced tooling costs by two-thirds with the simple yet ingenious idea of splitting the cylinder of Golf-Tech's golf ball server into two parts.

News from Toolcraft Plastics (Swindon) (22 October 2003)

Novel design for multipurpose keyfob

User application article Innovators Carol-Anne Ormsby and Debbi Steven turned to Toolcraft Plastics for help in the production of a key attachment that has a multipurpose role as a personal safety aid for women.

News from Toolcraft Plastics (Swindon) (16 September 2003)

Expansion creates full set of processes

Toolcraft Plastics of Swindon has recently extended its existing toolmaking, injection moulding and vacuum forming facilities with blow moulding and extrusion facilities.

News from Toolcraft Plastics (Swindon) (10 April 2003)

Plastic gives to improve on steel limits

User application article A better seal at a considerably lower cost was achieved by Toolcraft Plastics of Swindon, when two steel valve seating rings were redesigned to be extruded in a tough plastic.

News from Toolcraft Plastics (Swindon) (21 March 2003)

Biodegradable plastics offer green alternative

The biodegradable properties of polyvinyl alcohol make it ideal in the creation of thermoplastics for the production of environmentally acceptable disposable parts.

News from Toolcraft Plastics (Swindon) (20 March 2003)

Ultrasonic welding simplifies mould tooling

Ultrasonic welding now supplements the sizable moulding and in-house tool manufacturing facility at Toolcraft Plastics offering customers optimum economy of manufacture.

News from Toolcraft Plastics (Swindon) (20 February 2003)

Biodegradable plastics take on wood and ash

Toolcraft Plastics has been working with suppliers to check out the moulding characteristics of biodegradable materials impregnated with wood and ash.

News from Toolcraft Plastics (Swindon) (16 January 2003)

Tool adaptation cures moulding problems

User application article Toolcraft Plastic's experience at adapting existing mould tools was severely tested recently, when it received over 20 tools from existing customers whose moulders had ceased trading.

News from Toolcraft Plastics (Swindon) (30 December 2002)

Custom designs for tool holders

Toolcraft Plastics of Swindon has turned its experience in vacuum formed storage trays to the development of a range of tool-holders to contain CNC cutting tools.

News from Toolcraft Plastics (Swindon) (18 October 2002)

Trays carry environmental reminder

Storage trays manufactured by Toolcraft Plastics of Swindon can now carry a vacuum formed message on that they are "reusable".

News from Toolcraft Plastics (Swindon) (24 September 2002)

Two-part moulding provides hard and soft combo

User application article Two different materials were used in constructing the case for a novel handheld gas monitor: a tough plastic substrate and a softer rubberised material for a comfortable touch.

News from Toolcraft Plastics (Swindon) ( 9 September 2002)

Mould provides economies on small parts

User application article Toolcraft Plastics has designed and manufactured a 16-impression mould tool with removable inserts in just 8 weeks to enable a client to keep ahead in an economy battle with foreign manufacturers.

News from Toolcraft Plastics (Swindon) (17 July 2002)

Fast tools for plastics

User application article Tool manufacture took a large part of the critical path to launch EDC's green drain pan pump, designed to empty 14 litres of water per hour from air conditioning equipment through small-bore tubes.

News from Toolcraft Plastics (Swindon) ( 8 July 2002)

Plastics provide time and cost savings

User application article An improved seal at a considerably lower cost was achieved by Toolcraft Plastics of Swindon, when two steel valve seating rings were redesigned to be extruded in a tough plastic.

News from Toolcraft Plastics (Swindon) (30 May 2002)

One-stop shop cuts goods-in procedures

In recent times "one stop shop" has become an overworked phrase, but Toolcraft Plastics has found its facility to ultrasonically weld plastic parts has proved more than just useful to clients.