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by Matt McCreary, Production Manager
I direct our three shift molding operation. Based on the size, quantity, and engineering requirements of your application, we can mold your product using cast liquid techniques or injection molding. Our versatile range of processing machinery allows us to work on unique, one-of-a-kind projects as well as high volume OEM components. Finished products range in size from a tenth of an ounce to 2,000 pounds. In 2006 we processed approximately 1,000,000 pounds of cast urethane and thermoplastic materials. Our in-house mold making and insert manufacture allows fast turnaround and tight controls on dimensions and tolerances.
Cast Urethane:
Every day we process up to 40 different cast urethane compounds which can be molded into hundreds of different products. While some of the components of these compounds may be solid at room temperature, they are all liquid at our typical processing temperature of 100°C. Our machinery accurately maintains both temperature and flow rate of the liquid components, ensuring that the mixed compound is optimum and consistent. We base the machine settings on daily titrations on the raw materials.
Because the cast urethane is a liquid, we can gravity-fill molds with little or no pressure. This type of tooling is generally less expensive -- great for prototyping and short- to medium-production runs. We can also pressure fill molds directly from the mixing machine, centrifugally mold, compression mold and mold under vacuum.
Injection Molding:
In addition to liquid cast materials, Gallagher offers a wide range of thermoplastic urethanes, glass filled urethane, TPR, polycarbonate and nylon. Processed via injection molding thermoplastics combine great physical properties and cost-effectiveness on medium- and high-volume production runs.
Gallagher's injection molding operations leverage our considerable engineering resources when it comes to tooling design, part shape, and material selection.
Insert Molding:
Using either of the above processes, we can mold to inserts such as bearings, wheel and roller hubs, threaded fasteners, metal plates, and shafts. The insert can be made from aluminum, steel, stainless steel or plastic.
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