Molding success one part at a time.
Automotive
Visiting a Tier I client factory in Mexico, PMT engineers noticed several plastic component opportunities for improvement on the production line. The customer explained that they had late deliveries, lines shut down due to quality non conformances and high costs associated with the sister division supplier. Later that day, a team from the customers engineering, quality and purchasing met with our people. They provided in depth information, including specifications, that we reviewed together to develop a solution.
After covering in depth customer concerns related to this group of 7 critical components, PMT made a proposal to build new tooling including state of the art automation. Fine pitch AGMA 7 quality gearing, connectors and insert molded plastic components were covered in the project APQP. The project was approved, and 8 months later the customer went to 100% on time delivery, a 32% cost reduction and zero defective parts per million.
It was a win-win for everyone involved.
Electrical & Electronics
Due to the high demand for a new product line, an electronics client needed a molding supplier with open capacity to reduce back log and fill orders. Forecasting production with our ERP system, PMT was able to make available and offer four presses and run around the clock to fill the new orders. This fast turnaround and close operational cooperation lead to a long term partnership.
Medical Device
The introduction of a new intraocular surgical device required 8 new plastic components. PMT worked closely with the design engineer team to review the 3D models for moldability, tolerance capability and prototyped them all in 5 weeks. After trails and subsequent design changes, the parts were approved for high volume production tooling meeting FDA standards.
Consumer Appliance
PMT aided a large consumer products company by designing and building a small number of prototype parts to meet their specifications. Working closely with our customer to make a micro screen foil assembly for an electric shaver, PMT’s engineering staff was able to design and bring into production a specially adapted insert molding machine which, using robotics, was able to produce the completed part in a timely fashion saving nearly 25 percent over the previous all metal design.
