Plastic injection mould tooling: best tool material – Steel Vs Aluminium
For production, fully hardened steel tooling is the industry standard for the injection moulding process, and normally comes with a 1 million shot warranty…
How to design for injection moulding – Top 5 Tips
The injection moulding process can often be an afterthought when it comes to designing parts. To ensure you don’t unnecessarily delay your next project, here are our top five tips…
Engineering bioplastics for injection moulding
Plastics play a crucial role in our lives. They appear in almost everything we use, from our cars, computers and televisions, to food packaging, toys and leisure goods. Plastics are incredibly useful yet, as society is becoming increasingly aware, are beginning to present a growing environmental threat.
OGM exhibiting at Med-Tech Innovation in September
As part of our ongoing commitment to the medical sector, we’ll be exhibiting at this year’s Med-Tech Innovation exhibition at the NEC in Birmingham. Our focus will be demonstrating how our latest innovations in injection moulding technology are helping customers bring products to market faster and more efficiently.
Investment continues at OGM
At OGM, we’ve a policy of continuous investment in the most advanced injection moulding, automation and production systems, as part of our goal to provide every customer with the best possible range of injection moulding, tool manufacturing and support services.
New 3D scanning service
We’re now able to offer a comprehensive 3D scanning service. This enables us to help customers reverse engineer products and parts for injection moulding, and to carry out extensive analysis to assess dimensional tolerances and conformity.
Specialised materials for injection moulding offer unique properties
As injection mould manufacturing processes have evolved, so too has the development of specialised technical engineering materials.
Philip Methley completes apprenticeship with flying colours
We’re always delighted when a member of our team – particularly those just starting out on their career – reaches new levels of excellence.
Anti-microbial injection moulded parts
The recent Coronavirus pandemic has focussed the attention of companies throughout industry on the need to offer their customers or end-users enhanced protection from bacteria and viruses.
Injection moulding specialised materials
Many injection moulded parts and assemblies require the use of specialised materials or surface finishes that provide specific properties. These include the ability to control or prevent radio and electromagnetic interference: EMI and RFI.