Why Work with An Extruder With In-House Tooling Capabilities?
In-house tooling capabilities are advantageous in many ways, including lower costs and better-quality products. Manufacturers who have in-house tooling capabilities can create extrusion dies and other tools needed to complete the plastic profile extrusion job without costly shipping or poor communication.
The Advantages of In-House Tooling
Increased Quality
When you choose to outsource your tooling production and extrusion die building, you may notice the decreased quality of your final product. Outsourcing requires you to trust your tooling manufacturer to meet all of your specifications without having close contact or clear communication with them. This may lead to instructions being lost or disregarded and a final product that doesn’t meet all of your requirements.
Manufacturers with in-house tooling capabilities can create your tooling and extrusion dies to your exact specifications while maintaining close contact. Since your projects are being extruded in the same location, we understand the manufacturing process and can ensure your dies and tooling are as efficient as possible while creating high-quality parts and products.
Cost-Effective and Efficient
Outsourcing your tooling can cause your costs to climb. Not only will you have to cover the cost of labor and materials, but you need to consider how much your shipping will cost. If you are planning to outsource to a company overseas, shipping can be extremely costly.
In-house tooling cuts down on these costs and reduces the time it takes to get your product to market. You won’t have to pay for shipping and you don’t have to wait for your tools or dies to be shipped to your plastic extruder.
Increased Flexibility
Since in-house tooling is completed by your plastic extruder, you are able to make any necessary or desired changes to your dies or tooling easily. There is virtually no wait time from the change to implementation because your tooling will go straight from our tool room to the production floor.
Improved Communication and Customer Service
Communication issues can easily arise when outsourcing your tooling. From language barriers to different time zones to distance, communication can fall through the cracks when outsourcing. Luckily, in-house tooling allows you to have a direct line of contact with your manufacturer. This makes adjusting designs, checking on the progress of your project, or asking general questions easy.
Looking for an Extruder with In-House Tooling? Turn to Custom Profile
For more than 30 years, Custom Profile has been trusted to create high-quality custom plastic profile extruded products and the tooling that is required for the process. Our state-of-the-art machinery and skilled staff allow us to take your project from conception to finishing touches with ease.
We can create custom extrusion dies and tooling for co-extrusion, dual durometer co-extrusion, tri-extrusion, crosshead extrusion, and tubing extrusion projects so you don’t have to waste time or money on outsourcing. This gives us the ability to get your products into your hands in a shorter amount of time.
If you are looking to partner with an experienced manufacturer that has in-house tooling capabilities, contact our team today.