Tooling
Our in-house tooling department ensures that we have full control of quality, cost and lead times which will enable us to meet the stringent requirements of our customers across the seating industry.
The benefits of 'in-house tooling' are many fold, but are chiefly as follows:
- Direct control over the work and lead times.
- Pattern and Model worked in wood or resin-board can be viewed at our premises with minor alterations done whilst you wait.
- Tools are built to the Interfoam's own high standard for ease of production and outstanding durability.
- Glass Fibre (GRP) tools offer an inexpensive way forward to moulding foam, with minimal lead-time.
- In many cases we can produce tools from limited customer information, such as sketches and mocked up representations.
We can offer Resin, Silicone Rubber, Machined Aluminium, Cast Aluminium and GRP tooling either at Interfoam or via approved subcontractors.
Our tooling department can manufacture models, paterns and tooling from the full spectrum of data sources, ranging from a simple sketch to a fully formatted CAD drawing. We often work with other tooling companies to ensure we achieve our goals.