District Heating End Cap
District Heating End Cap DHEC is a District Heating End Cap for sealing the pipe ends of pre-insulated pipes carrying fluids at various operating temperatures up to 120°C. The DHECs are a long-established product and have been manufactured by Thormac for the last fifteen years. DHEC is a moulded part with different outlet diameters on […]
Nested Tooling
Case Study: Nested Tooling An overview of nested tooling, its requirements, advantages and disadvantages. The Challenge For the purposes of this case study, nested tooling is defined as the ability to make variations of the same basic part from a single mould tool, made up of a matrix of inserts. That is a part with […]
Partnering with KYDEX to test the KYDEX® 6565IMi njection mouldable compound
Partnering with Kydex to test KYDEX® 6565IM injection mouldable compound In the recent months, Thormac has been contacted by KYDEX Thermoplastics, with the aim to create a partnership to help test and develop their new injection mouldable compound KYDEX® 6565IM. The Challenge The aim of this project was to: Select a tool that was suitable […]
Metal-to-Plastic substitution
Case Study: Metal-to-Plastic Substitution Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo. The Challenge Our customer, a leading supplier of automotive style products, came to us with a problem they were experiencing. They were looking to replace their metal boxes with a plastic version. Here […]