What the work is done on.
The machines in this tool room, what each one is for, and what it means for your mould.
CNC VMC
Cavity and core geometry cut on the Cosmos CVM 1050.
This is where the shape of your container actually gets made. Cavity and core blocks are machined here from the CAM programme, and the finish that comes off this machine decides how much hand work the mould needs afterwards.
Complex geometry is cut, not fettled into shape — so what you approve in CAD is what arrives in steel.
| Machine | Cosmos CVM 1050 vertical machining centre |
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Surface Grinding
Two ALEX NH 8040 surface grinders for flatness and parallelism.
Mould plates have to be flat and parallel before anything else is true. Grinding is what makes a mould shut properly, and a tool that does not shut properly flashes on every shot for the rest of its life.
Plates that sit flat and shut clean, which is the difference between a mould that needs constant attention and one that does not.
| Machine | ALEX NH 8040 surface grinder |
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| Machine | ALEX NH 8040 surface grinder |
Lathe
Centre lathes for bushes, core pins and turned components.
Every mould needs round parts — guide bushes, core pins, sleeves, neck inserts. They are turned here rather than bought in, which means a replacement can be made the same day rather than ordered.
A worn bush or a damaged core pin is replaced from here, not from a supplier with a lead time.
| Machine | Centre lathes |
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Toolroom & Assembly
Where components are drilled, fitted, aligned, polished and assembled into a mould.
Machining makes the parts; this is where they become a tool. Pillar drilling and tapping for the cooling and the fasteners, then fitting by hand — aligning the halves, polishing the cavity, and trialling the assembled mould before it leaves.
Nothing is sent out and returned with an explanation. When a trial is not right it is corrected on this floor and trialled again.
| Machine | Pillar drilling and tapping |
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| Machine | Fitting bay |
| Machine | In-house trials |
CAD / CAM / CAE
One CAD workstation and one CAM workstation, as recorded in the company presentation.
Representative image — not a photograph of this workstation.
Parting strategy, inserts, slides, cooling and ejection are developed in CAD before any steel is cut, and the CAM programme comes off the same model. Work starts from a drawing, a 3D file, a production-ready model or a finished sample — all four are workable, and the last one is more common than you would expect.
Problems get found on screen, where changing them is free, rather than on the machine where it is not.
| Machine | CAD workstation — 1 |
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| Machine | CAM workstation — 1 |
Have a mould requirement?
Send the drawing, the specification or a photograph of the container. We will review it and come back with a quotation and a dated schedule.