Most rubber manufacturers rely on external toolmakers for mold fabrication. That adds lead time, introduces a second vendor's quality variability into the equation, and means that when a mold needs a correction, you're waiting on someone else's schedule.
We built our Tool Room in 1997 specifically to avoid that dependency. When a customer sends a drawing today, our tool room team can begin mold design tomorrow. When a cavity needs a modification after first-off sampling, it happens the same week. That speed of iteration is a direct competitive advantage for customers on new model programmes with tight timing.
CAD/CAM-based mold cavity design from customer 2D drawings or 3D part models. Parting line, gate, and ejector system engineered for the compound and process.
Precision CNC milling and turning for mold cavity blocks, core pins, and tooling components. Tight dimensional tolerances maintained throughout.
Electrical Discharge Machining for fine detail cavity work, sharp corners, and complex profiles that CNC milling cannot reach economically.
Vertical Machining Centers for multi-axis mold block machining and die plate work with consistent surface finish requirements.
Full new mold development from customer drawing — design, machining, heat treatment (where required), trial, and correction within a single in-house workflow. No external vendor loops.
Precise surface grinding of mold plates and parting faces to ensure consistent press closure, uniform flash line, and correct cavity depth across all cavities in a multi-cavity mold.
Regular scheduled mold maintenance — cleaning, parting face refurbishment, cavity polishing, and gate reconditioning — to maintain dimensional output quality as molds age through production cycles.
When a first-off sample requires a dimensional correction, we modify the cavity in-house and re-trial within days — not weeks. This speed of correction is critical in new product development programmes.
High-volume production benefits from multi-cavity molds — 2, 4, 8, or more cavities per press operation. We design and machine balanced multi-cavity molds for consistent part-to-part dimensional variation.
All customer molds held in our facility are logged in our mold register — condition records, last maintenance date, revision history, and production cycle count. No mold leaves without documentation.
Customer drawing received (2D DXF/DWG or 3D STEP/IGES). Tool room engineer reviews for moldability, parting line feasibility, and compound compatibility. DFM feedback provided if required.
Mold cavity, core, parting system, and ejector layout designed in CAD. CAM toolpaths generated and verified for the machining sequence before any steel is cut.
CNC/VMC machining of cavity blocks, EDM for fine detail and sharp profiles, surface grinding of parting faces, and assembly of the complete mold set with all components fitted and checked.
First-off trial run. Parts measured against customer drawing. Dimensional corrections made to mold if required, then re-trialed. Customer approval before series production release.
No waiting on an external toolmaker's queue. Mold design starts when you send the drawing. Corrections happen the same week, not the same month.
When the same team designs, machines, and uses the mold, there is no translation loss between design intent and machined reality. Dimensional feedback from production goes directly back to the tool room.
In-house mold maintenance extends tool life. No external vendor markup on routine maintenance. Mold modifications are quoted at our actual cost, not a third-party rate.
Your mold design stays in our facility. No sub-contracting of customer tooling to unknown third parties. Customer IP is handled under confidentiality as a matter of policy.