Plastic Moulding For Metal Replacement

Plastic Moulding For Metal Replacement

Replacing metal components with moulded plastic can cut weight, cost and lead time significantly, provided the plastic part is engineered properly to actually perform the role metal used to. Andel Plastics supports metal replacement projects from our Birmingham facility, drawing on extensive hands on experience across engineering polymers designed to withstand the loads, temperatures or wear that originally justified a metal component. Mouldflow analysis and component design input, offered before tooling begins, help ensure a plastic replacement is genuinely fit for purpose rather than a like for like swap that fails under real conditions. Our in house toolroom then produces the tooling needed, running components on machines from 50 to 200 tonnes once the design is confirmed. Where added strength or function is needed, we can bring overmoulding or ultrasonic welding into the process to reinforce or assemble the finished part. For manufacturers exploring metal to plastic conversion, this combination of material expertise and design input is built to make the switch genuinely successful rather than a cost cutting compromise.