Plastic Injection Moulding Specialists. Est 1948.

Let S.B.Weston take care of your manufacturing requirements.

Machines

S.B.Weston Ltd is equipped with a range of electro-hydraulic Demag plastic injection moulding machines which are NC controlled allowing precise adjustments to the manufacturing process.

We have a range of machine sizes enabling us to react quickly to clients orders whilst maintaining constant production of our Weston Boxes. View our plant list for full details.

Mould Setting

Our production staff are massively experienced setting up and optimising new mould tools for production. They will work with our toolmakers to get the full potential from your mould, noting the optimum settings during mould trial for the highest quality moulding at the fastest cycletime and so gaining maximum efficiency.

The successful running and maintenance of the tool is taken care of by our setting team who will ensure the tool is monitored, cleaned, lubricated and generally serviced as it works through production.

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Plastic Injection Moulding Resources

The Plastic Injection Moulding Process

If you are unsure as to exactly how the plastic injection moulding process works, and wether it is a process that will work for you and your product then read more information here.

Material Properties

There are many types of materials available for injection moulding. Read more about the properties and manufacturing potentials of the available materials here.

Plastic Injection Moulding Machinery

Plastic injection moulding machines became available after World War II when the process became popular as a way of mass producing cheap items. Read more about the evolution of the technologies involved in plastic injection moulding here.

Vacuum Forming

S.B.Weston Ltd. also specialises in vacuum forming. To learn more about the process and its capabilities click here.

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Client: Coherent Research

Product: Comm 22 TV Box

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S.B.Weston Ltd. Plastic Injection Moulding Specialists

Manufacturing

S.B.Weston Ltd is equipped with a range of electro-hydraulic Demag plastic injection moulding machines. Our machines are NC controlled allowing precise adjustments to the manufacturing process, necessary when moulding consistent quality products.

We have a range of machine sizes enabling us to react quickly to clients orders whilst maintaining constant production of our Weston Boxes. View our plant list for full details.

Specialist Staff

Setters – S.B.Weston Ltd. employ a team of trained machine setters who fully utilise the NC technology available on our Demag machines. Our setters are responsible for closely monitoring the performance of your mould from its initial trial right through to its final production run, making the necessary decisions and modifications to the production process to ensure that your tool runs at optimum efficiency, with the correct temperatures, speeds and pressures maintained over the production cycle.

Maintenance – We service our machines regularly to ensure their optimum performance. A team of qualified Demag technicians perform all necessary repairs and major works, whilst our setters deal with replenishing consumables such as hydraulic oils, grease and lubes.

Material Selection

Our in depth knowledge of  plastics enables us to recommended a material perfectly suited to your job. Required material properties often include strength, impact resistance, flexibility or temperature resistance, all of which can be catered for. If necessary we will test run your product in a number of materials to determine which is the most suitable for the final production run.

Health & Safety

Auto-stop devices are installed on all our machines. Guarding is always present and will shut the machine down if removed or tampered with. Our staff are always trained to understand the potential dangers of the process if health & safety measures are disregarded.

Environmental Impact

We have the facilities on-site to recycle all the plastic scrap we produce and feed it straight back into our processes. All Weston Boxes are manufactured in recyclable polypropylene minimizing the effect of S.B.Weston Ltd’s environmental impact.

Quality Control

We deliver optimum quality mouldings across your entire production run as standard. Quality control checks will take place to ensure you get the exact spec on the mouldings you have ordered.

Machining / Assembly

We regularly perform additional machining / assembly tasks. From simple separation or assembly of multiple parts through to more complex actions such as heat insertions, printing – using hot foil techniques or jigging to set mouldings at a particular shape. We will always look to employ the most efficient methods of production, streamlining so as to minimise the amount of time and labour required and as a result,  keeping the cost to you as low as possible.

Finishing / Packing

If required, we can take care of any finishing / packing that your job reqiures. We are regularly supplied packaging for injection moulded products which we assemble, pack and palletise at the time of production. This can be massively cost effective with mouldings being packed and palletised with in the machine cycle ready to go out of the door to your customers.

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Put your project in safe hands…

We want you involved in your project at every stage. The most important aspect of any brief is to give the client what he requires… plus a bit more!

Guidance

Letting us handle your project does not mean handing your project over to us. We simply guide you through CAD component design, prototyping, and then CAD/CAM tooling and manufacture. We have the design expertise and in depth knowledge of plastic injection moulding that your project will require, but will always work to your design requirements.

Communication

We pride ourselves on close interaction between our in house designers, toolmakers and manufacturing experts. Good communication between our staff in these key roles enables us to work quickly and efficiently and allows us to consistently achieve great results for our clients.

Co-ordination

S.B.Weston can co-ordinate any specialist processes required by your project. We regularly work with prototyping experts, laser welders, vacuum formers, metalworkers and many others.

Time Management

We will schedule regular meetings to keep you informed of all aspects of your project. Not all scenarios can be catered for, but after 60 years experience many can be predicted. We are able to give accurate estimates on the cost and timescale involved in a project and will allow time for modifications to either component or tool design.

The experience we have gained over the last 60 years is waiting to be applied to your product!

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