Plastic Moulding

Plastic Moulding01420 470400

www.fernhoward.com

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Injection moulders for over 27 years, few companies have Fern-Howards’ breadth of experience. Capable of moulding simple components through to large and complex optical elements requiring injection-compression, we can undertake every step of the injection moulding process - from component and tool design and build, through compound selection and development to final hand finishing.

Our own Lighting RangeMuch more than just injection moulders we produce in excess of 2million components each year for use in our own award-winning lighting ranges. That means we understand quite why accuracy is so important and why delivery times matter.

It is why, when supplying customers from across the world from our modern, 24-hour, UK-based plant we can take pride in the quality and efficiency of our work and the skills of our workforce.

Fern-Howard Plastic Moulding

Years of experience, background in lighting & optics

Plastic Moulding

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Our twenty injection moulding machines range from 35 tonnes to 1,000 tonnes clamp force. This means we are able to undertake large and complex jobs with confidence and small jobs with exceptional efficiency - processing a range of engineering polymers to produce components with a shot weight of a few grams to 3.5kg.

Our background in commercial lighting – specifically the moulding of optically pure light guides for LED based luminaires – and the skills learned in this demanding area means our quality control and consistency levels are high.

We manufacture components for the electronics industry, for the medical industry, and for companies large and small. Indeed for anyone who demands cost-effective high standards, delivered reliably.

• Precision injection moulding

• Optical moulding

• High and low volume

Able to undertake large or small jobs

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Your ideal overflow moulding shop

The flexibility of our plant and workforce means we are able

to undertake your overflow work at short notice. When demand on

your plant is high or unpredictable, we can ensure you continue to deliver,

and continue to keep your customers happy.

With a wide range of finishing processes on site and proven quality control we are always on hand, and

only a phone call away.

Able to undertake work on short notice

Plastic Moulding

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Turnkey Operations

Working as your manufacturing partner we can take products from the most preliminary of design sketches through to validated production mouldings. We have experienced in-house project management and technical support teams, advanced CAD and prototyping facilities.

Our established network of tooling partners and our own tool room means we can manufacture, maintain and modify your tools, whilst our thermoplastic expertise means we can source, develop and test the plastic compound best suited to your job.

We simplify and streamline the entire injection moulding process.

Taking products from initial design through

prototyping and toolmaking to production

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Optical Mouldings

We allow lighting manufacturers to reach the high standards of quality and optical precision their industry demands - manufacturing more than one million parts every year.

• Custom lenses and diffusers for the lighting and diagnostics industries

• Established relationships with specialist toolmakers and optical design consultants

• State-of-the-art LED applications for commercial and residential sectors

• From a few grams to ½ meter width

Quality and optical

precision

Plastic Moulding

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Our Plant

Machine Type

Quantity Tonnage Max Shot Weight(PS in g)

Tie bar distance (mm)

Max/Min mould heights (mm)

Negri Bossi 1 1,000 5621 1300 x 1100 1200/500

Negri Bossi 1 750 3570 900 x 1000 1000/400

Negri Bossi 2 440 1645 760 x 680 800/250

Negri Bossi 1 330 849 660 x 600 730/220

Negri Bossi 2 270 760 630 x 570 700/280

Negri Bossi 4 210 435 570 x 510 630/200

Negri Bossi 4 160 380 450 x 510 550/170

Negri Bossi 1 85 155 400 X 360 450/150

Arburg 1 70 121 320 x 320 400/200

Arburg 2 50 89 320 x 320 550/200

Arburg 1 35 41221(2 tie bar)

300/150

Finishing Capabilities

• Hand finishing

• Ultrasonic welding

• Laser de-gating

• Formed-in-place Gaskets

• Printing

• Insertion and assembly

Fern-Howard is a long-established injection moulding company with extensive experience in the lighting and general moulding industries. Manufacturers of our own, highly successful commercial lighting ranges, we are commercially stable and UK based with a skilled and experienced workforce.

Able to undertake most injection moulding commissions up to 3.5kg shot weight both long-run and short-run we have full finishing and toolmaking facilities on site.

Quality assured to BS EN ISO 9001: 2008

Our continuous improvement programs ensure that we deliver the

best possible service to both internal and external customers.

All products are Designed &Manufactured in the UK

To find out more about our capabilities, for a quotation or simply for more information:

Fern-Howard, 2 Newman Lane, Alton, Hampshire, GU34 2QR, United Kingdom.

Tel: +44 (0)1420 470400 Email: plasticmoulding@fernhoward.com

www.fernhoward.com/plastic-moulding

Registered in England Reg. No. 3202749

We reserve the right to alter specifications without notice in accordance with our policy of continuous

product improvement. Design and copyright rights reserved and our standard Terms & Conditions apply.

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