Shuttle vacuum forming
Inline pressure forming/vacuum forming
Rotary and Shuttle pressure forming
Prototype forming
Engineering and design
Fabrication
Subcontract services
Quality assurance
Tooling
Vacuum/pressure thermoforming is the principal method of plastic processing employed by SMI in it's manufacturing operations. A broad spectrum of specialized equipment allows SMI to offer all thermoforming techniques from basic drape vacuum forming to sophisticated pressure forming. Other techniques include vacuum free forming, vacuum snap back forming and matched mold forming.
Dual station sheet vacuum forming. Sheet thickness up to .500" thick, mold size to 4' x 10'. Excellent system for short and medium run applications.
High volume continuous roll feed production. Material thickness up to .060, top and bottom heating. This technique can offer parts at prices competitive to or lower than injection molding, depending on material thickness and part design.
Up to 5' x 8' mold size and to .500" material. Top and bottom ceramic heating with 288 separate temperature adjustments, allowing total control of heating plastic sheet for ultimate versatility in molding complex shapes and forms. Rotary forming tables and ceramic heating combine to allow greater production of thicker plastic parts, thus reducing cost through higher productivity.
Specialty Manufacturing, Inc. stands ready to manufacture one of a kind prototype parts for your new product development.
An experienced engineering staff is ready to assist in new product development. From initial concept, SMI will propose proper material selection, manufacturing design, tool development and construction, prototyping and production. Consultation at SMI to discuss your project is available without charge.
By utilizing SMI's engineering and design service, the time needed to get a product off the drawing board and into production can be substantially reduced.
Operations offered include routing (both computer controlled and hand operated), punching, drilling, milling, die cutting, sawing, riveting (hand set and machine set) and bonding.
To achieve total fabrication capability, SMI has developed a variety of sublet services in rubber and plastic extruding and molding, metal forming, machining and welding, screen printing, plating, painting and packaging, etc. This sublet vendor service allows one stop shopping for component assemblies.
SMI has Government and Industry approved quality assurance systems in place. Full time QA personnel ensure that your part is manufactured to print.
Complete in-house tool shop. Master machinists on staff produce CNC machined aluminum tooling from CAD files, to exacting tolerances. Additional capabilities include prototype tooling, foundry patterns, assembly, drill and router vacuum fixtures.
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